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Until
Nine
Inch
Nails
crossed
over
to
the
mainstream
Ministry
did
more
than
any
other
band
to
popularize
industrial
dance
music
injecting
large
doses
of
punky
over-the-top
aggression
and
roaring
heavy
metal
guitar
riffs
that
helped
their
music
find
favor
with
metal
and
alternative
audiences
outside
of
industrial's
cult
fan
base.
That's
not
to
say
Ministry
had
a
commercial
or
generally
accessible
sound:
they
were
unremittingly
intense
abrasive
pounding
and
repetitive
and
not
always
guitar-oriented
(samples
synthesizers
and
tape
effects
were
a
primary
focus
just
as
often
as
guitars
and
distorted
vocals).
However
both
live
and
in
the
studio
they
achieved
a
huge
crushing
sound
that
put
most
of
their
contemporaries
in
aggressive
musical
genres
to
shame;
plus
founder
and
frontman
Al
Jourgensen
gave
the
group
a
greater
aura
of
style
and
theater
than
other
industrial
bands
who
seemed
rather
faceless
when
compared
with
Jourgensen's
leather-clad
cowboy/biker
look
and
the
edgy
shock
tactics
of
such
videos
as
"N.W.O."
and
"Just
One
Fix."
After
1992's
Psalm
69
which
represented
the
peak
of
their
popularity
Ministry's
recorded
output
dwindled
partially
because
of
myriad
side
projects
and
partially
due
to
heroin
abuse
within
the
band
but
continued
to
resurface
through
the
rest
of
the
decade.
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