Words & Music, May 1965: Super Limited Pink Vinyl LP Ibaraki singer and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen

singer and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen founded the American industrial metal band Ministry in 1981

the release was a resounding success - racking up close to half a million streams on Spotify and Apple Music in its first few weeks of release

“Mars has a voice like a liquid whip

but it was their hit “CryingAt The Discoteque” that charted globally

under the rigorous guidance of Sean

Words & Music, May 1965: Super Limited Pink Vinyl LP Ibaraki singer and instrumentalist Al JourgensenLight in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson, proudly announces the inaugural title in their ongoing Lou Reed Archive Series: Words & Music, May 1965. To hear a tape containing their earliest demos, recorded on May 11, 1965, and locked away until now, is to hear traces of things rarely associated with The Velvet Underground: blues and folk, earthy and traditional, uncertain and hesitant yet bristling with that rusty, caustic, Lou