Al Jourgensen said he’d never do it – and yet here we are. Stranger things have happened in 2025, but Al finally dusting off hits from With Sympathy and playing them live is pretty up there.
The Squirrely Years, the name Al has given to the period of time when Ministry began as a synth pop band and released hits like “Work For Love” and “I’m Not An Effigy” and of course the goth anthem “Everyday Is Halloween.” But as the saying goes, time heals all and Al is ready to embrace the past and play the hits live.
t all comes on the heels of Ministry releasing the accompanying The Squirrely Years album this past March on Cleopatra Records, in which he reexamined his long-dormant synth pop hits and gave them a fresh polish 40 years later. That includes the first-ever video for “Everyday Is Halloween”
“Since I hated my early stuff for decades, I decided to take ownership of it and do it right,” Al has shared.
In addition to Al, the live band includes John Bechdel (keyboards), Monte Pittman and Cesar Soto (guitars), Pepe Clarke Magaña (drums) and Paul D’Amour (bass).
