We gave Al from Ministry a quick ring to discuss his latest album House's Of The Mol?:

So how you doing then?
Excellent

So what do you recon of your new album?
What do I think of it? I think it kicks ass!
Me too
Oh right on!

What was it like recording it?
What was it like recording it? errr...fast and furious! We got it done in about three months.
3 months!
Yeah!

How did you come up with the name?
errr...the name is a errr little dab at err 'House's Of The Holy' [Led Zeppelin] and then 'Dark Side Of The Moon' [Pink Floyd] as well. And err 'holy' is a chocolate brown sauce that looks suspiciously like petroleum [Laughs] and is the kind of obsession that we have an appetite for and i figured that it all hit hand in hand.

Did any big names help you produce it?
err did we have any big named producer? err, yeah me!

Why do all the tracks begin with 'w'?
err that was an accident. Cos at about the eighth song we realised that they're all 'w's except for 'No 'W'' and err just figured that the planets had aligned and err that it made sense.

Will there be a tour around Britain soon?
I think we start soon

What's been the highlight of your career so far?
err probably doing like err acoustic show of Ministry at a Neil Young benefit, that err Neil young personally asked us to do so that was, that was kind a cahoot.

Favourite band?
Favourite band, huh, err well it's not a band really, well yeah is. It's err Hank, 'Hank Williams Senior And The Drifting Cowboys'

Favourite album?
Favourite album. Probably err... 'Bucko Wins Tiger' by The Tail.

Ministry

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