Lead Into Gold
Encyclopedia
Lead Into Gold was a side project of American industrial
musician Paul Barker
, best known as the bassist
for Ministry
. Primarily a solo project by Barker, Lead Into Gold featured occasional guest performances by his Ministry bandmates Al Jourgensen
and Bill Rieflin.
Lead Into Gold only released two 12 inch singles and one full length studio LP. Idiot was the first release in 1988, followed by the Chicks & Speed: Futurism single and Age of Reason album, both released in 1990. The CD release of Chicks & Speed included the Idiot single in its entirety. There was an EP to be released at some point in the early '90s entitled Low & Slow, but never saw the light of day. The tracks, according to Barker, were called "The Sweetest Kiss", "The Crybaby", "Low & Slow", and a remix of the track "Lunatic/Genius" with additional percussion by Rieflin.
In the video for "Faster Than Light", Trent Reznor
(Nine Inch Nails
) can be seen playing the guitar. He was rumored to have been in the area for the "Head Like a Hole
" video shoot when he made his cameo.
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
musician Paul Barker
Paul Barker
Paul Barker , also referred to as Hermes Pan, is the former bass guitarist, producer and engineer with the industrial metal band Ministry from 1986 to 2004...
, best known as the bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
for Ministry
Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
. Primarily a solo project by Barker, Lead Into Gold featured occasional guest performances by his Ministry bandmates Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen
Alain David Jourgensen , is a Cuban-American musician best known as the founder and frontman of the industrial metal band Ministry. He is sometimes credited as Alain Jourgensen, Alien Jourgensen, Hypo Luxa , Dog, Alien Dog Star and Buck Satan...
and Bill Rieflin.
Lead Into Gold only released two 12 inch singles and one full length studio LP. Idiot was the first release in 1988, followed by the Chicks & Speed: Futurism single and Age of Reason album, both released in 1990. The CD release of Chicks & Speed included the Idiot single in its entirety. There was an EP to be released at some point in the early '90s entitled Low & Slow, but never saw the light of day. The tracks, according to Barker, were called "The Sweetest Kiss", "The Crybaby", "Low & Slow", and a remix of the track "Lunatic/Genius" with additional percussion by Rieflin.
In the video for "Faster Than Light", Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and leader of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Reznor is also a member of How to Destroy Angels alongside his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross. He was previously associated with bands Option 30,...
(Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
) can be seen playing the guitar. He was rumored to have been in the area for the "Head Like a Hole
Head Like a Hole
"Head Like a Hole" is a song by the American industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails. A song influenced by industrial metal group Ministry, it was released as the second single from the group's debut album Pretty Hate Machine...
" video shoot when he made his cameo.
Discography
All songs written by Paul Barker unless noted otherwise.- Idiot (1988, Wax Trax! RecordsWax Trax! RecordsWax Trax! Records was an independent record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver, Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher. They sold the store in 1978 and, in November of that year, opened a new one under the same name at 2449 North Lincoln Avenue in...
, 12" single)
- Idiot (Barker, Al Jourgensen, Bill Rieflin, Roland Barker)
- Blackened Heart
- Hatred (Barker, Jourgensen, Rieflin, Barker)
- Age of Reason (1990, Wax Trax! Records)
- Age of Reason (Barker, Rieflin)
- Unreason
- Snake Oil
- A Giant on Earth (Barker, Jourgensen)
- Faster than Light
- Lunatic/Genius
- Sweet Thirteen
- Fell from Heaven
- (Untitled)
- 13 (Hidden Track)
- Chicks & Speed: Futurism (1990, Wax Trax! Records, 12" single)
- Faster than Light
- The Stripper
- Beauty
- Low And Slow (1990, Wax Trax! Records, 12" single, unreleased other than as a test pressing)
- Cry Baby
- The Sweetest Kiss
- Lunatic/Genius (Bill Rieflin Remix)
External links
- Lead Into Gold at discogs.com
- Faster than Light video