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MINISTRY Unveil Music Video For ‘Sabotage Is Sex’ Track Feat. Jello Biafra
March 1st, 2022

Chicago, Illinois-born industrial metal band Ministry have released a musuc video for the track ‘Sabotage Is Sex’. Directed by Joel Smith (Mad Minute Productions) and featuring guest vocals from Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), the clip can be viewed below.

Speaking about the video, Ministry mainman Al Jourgensen said: “Jello and I have been friends and music collaborators for decades. I had no idea he’d never done a video before and I’m honoured to pop that creative cherry for him on ‘Sabotage Is Sex’. It’s crazy how tech savvy we’ve all gotten yet somehow it all seems very punk rock to shoot a video at home with just an iPhone. Who knows, maybe one day there will be a Lard video?”

Jello Biafra added: “My compliments to the chef!! Not like any other Ministry video either. It’s amazing what can be done dirt cheap in your bedroom, with some kool found footage and a few clever ideas. Two phones, two takes and my work is done. Fun! I knew there’d finally come a day where I could bust out those Fez hats kids stole from their parents, and threw at Dead Kennedys on our ’85 FrankenChrist tour.”

Ministry issued 15th full-length studio album Moral Hygiene on October 1st, 2021 through Nuclear Blast Records.

Al Jourgensen commented: “The good thing about literally taking a year off from any social activity or touring is that you really get to sit back and get an overview of things as they are happening, as opposed to being caught up in the moment. And what I saw with how we handled several public crises – from the pandemic to racial injustice to who we vote in to lead our country – is that times are changing, and society needed to change to get away from the idea that has permeated us of take care of yourself, fuck everything else. Now more than ever we need moral hygiene. It consumed me as I wrote this album. It’s not some pious term. It’s what we have to return to in order to function as the human species on this planet. And I’m proud to have had such great guests on this album to help cement that message like Billy Morrison, Jello Biafra and Arabian Prince.”

Moral Hygiene was recorded with engineer Michael Rozon at Scheisse Dog Studio, Jourgensen’s self-built home studio and creative lab.

All songs were written and performed by Al Jourgensen, with additional guest contributions from Billy Morrison (Billy Idol, Royal Machines), Cesar Soto (Man The Mute), John Bechdel (Killing Joke, Fear Factory), Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour / Soulfly / Nausea), Paul D’Amour (Tool / Feersum Ennjin), Arabian Prince (N.W.A.), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) and sitar player Flash.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Alert Level’
02. ‘Good Trouble’
03. ‘Sabotage Is Sex’
04. ‘Disinformation’
05. ‘Search And Destroy’ (The Stooges cover)
06. ‘Believe Me’
07. ‘Broken System’
08. ‘We Shall Resist’
09. ‘Death Toll’
10. ‘TV Song #6 (Right Around The Corner Mix)’

Music videos were filmed for the track ‘Disinformation’ and the band’s cover rendition of The Stooges’ 1973 hit ‘Search And Destroy’. In addition, official lyric video were created for the songs ‘Good Trouble’ and ‘Believe Me’. All four clips can also be viewed below.

Fourteenth studio record AmeriKKKant was released in March 2018 via Nuclear Blast.

Promotional photograph by Derick Smith.