User:Gleb95/List of Ministry band members

Ministry is an American industrial metal band, founded in 1981 by Al Jourgensen in Chicago, Illinois. Following its inception, the band has gone through multiple lineup changes, with Jourgensen remaining the only constant as the band's main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist.

The band's first lineup was assembled in November 1981, and comprised vocalist and guitarist Jourgensen, keyboardists John Davis and Robert Roberts, bassist Marty Sorenson (formerly of Special Affect, Jourgensen's previous band), and drummer/percussionist Stephen “Stevo” George. Initially, Jourgensen didn't want to perform vocals, but embarked on after he had auditioned twelve singers “who all sucked;” also Jourgensen's friend Paul Taylor was invited to play keyboards, but he got sick and proposed to approach Roberts instead. With the aforementioned line-up, the band had recorded their debut single, “I’m Falling / Cold Life,” and made their live debut on December 31, 1981 in a Chicago-based club Misfits; during mid-1982, Ministry had toured through the East Coast and Mid-West.

In May 1983, Ministry's debut studio album, With Sympathy, was released by Arista Records. The album featured a sheer number of contributors beside the core line-up, including bassists and Brad Hallen; however, only Jourgensen and George were credited as the band's members and later referenced to as such in several publications.

Members

Current

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Al Jourgensen	1981—2008; 2011—present	vocals guitars	All Ministry releases
	Burton C. Bell	2008; Spring 2018–present	additional vocals	The Last Sucker (2007) AmeriKKKant (2018)
	Sin Quirin	2007—2008; 2011—present	guitars including bass	All Ministry releases from The Last Sucker (2007)
	John Bechdel	2006—2008; 2011—present	keyboards	The Last Sucker (2007) All Ministry live releases from Adios... Puta Madres (2009) AmeriKKKant (2018)
	Cesar Soto	2015—present	guitars backing vocals	AmeriKKKant (2018)
	Tony Campos	2007—2008; 2011—2015; October 2017—present	bass guitar backing vocals	Adios... Puta Madres (2009) Relapse (2012) From Beer to Eternity (2013) AmeriKKKant (2018)
	DJ Swamp	Summer 2017—present	turntables electronics	AmeriKKKant (2018)
	Derek Abrams	2017–present	drum kit	AmeriKKKant (2018)

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Stephen George	1981—1984	percussion (including drum kit)	With Sympathy (1983) All Ministry singles from "I’m Falling / Cold Life" (1981) to "All Day / (Every Day Is) Halloween" (1984) Twitch (1986) Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) (1987)
	Paul Barker	1986—2003	bass guitar keyboards vocals	All Ministry releases from The Land of Rape and Honey (1988) to Animositisomina (2003)
	Bill Rieflin	1986–1994	drums guitar	All Ministry releases from The Land of Rape and Honey (1988) to Filth Pig (1996)

References

Bibliography

• Brooks, Jeffrey S. (2017). "Chapter 5: The Evolution of a Revolution". Educational Leadership and Music: Lessons for Tomorrow's School Leaders. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. pp. 47–54. ISBN 9781681238579 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
• Glickman, Simon (1994). "Ministry". In Rubiner, Julia M. (ed.). Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of The People in Music. Vol. 10. Detroit / Washington, D.C. / London: Gale Research. pp. 164–166. ISBN 0-8103-2218-8. ISSN 1044-2197 – via the Internet Archive.
• Greene, Jo-Ann (April 2, 1993). "Ministry". Goldmine. Vol. 19, no. 7 (331). pp. 26, 28, 32, 38, 40. ISSN 1055-2685 – via Prongs.org archive.
• Jourgensen, Al; Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)