Kapela Ministry vznikla v roce 1981 v Chicagu. Založil ji Al Jourghensen . Syntetický pop kapely se koncem 80.let mění na tehdy neznámý industrial metal. Velkou měrou se o to přičinil Paul Barker, který přišel do Ministry z kapely Blackouts...
Píseň: Lava
( You might want to ignore these since I can hardly make sense of it. ) Hot lava comes down big monkey goes floatin' On a boiler coming down like rain (" Oh yeah" ) Hot lava cools down ( big babble 'lectric cap( ?)) Going ( loco( ?)) with the boiling ? ( Got lava I mean always take( ?)) ready to serve With the hand. ... .... you lost and you found ( Got light it goes inside some boulder ....(?)) He wants nothing but the ( tip( ?)) on your crown "( Be Healed, Be healed! )" Hot lava, lava "( Be Healed Be healed! )" ( Big kick a mule piston banged up and let's boil 'er( ?)) ( Like Patty and the people in mind( ?)) Big boiler make hot gray matter not .... Like the ( dragon poppin' two inside( ?)) " Be healed! " Hot lava, lava " Be Healed, Be Healed! " Hot lava Hot lava