Rantology
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Rantology is a compilation album from industrial metal band Ministry
. The album is made up of remixes of the band's singles and most well known songs.
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...
. The album is made up of remixes of the band's singles and most well known songs.
Track listing
- Tracks 13, 14, and 15 are live versions taken from the SphinctourSphinctourSphinctour is a live CD/DVD/VHS release by the industrial band Ministry released in 2002. It contains various tracks recorded on their 1996 world tour in support of the album Filth Pig.-Track listing:*Track 5 and 13 not included on CD releases...
live album.
Personnel
- Al Jourgensen - vocals (1-7, 9-15), guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s (1-7, 10-12), bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2), drum programming (2), lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
(8), slide guitarSlide guitarSlide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...
(8, 9), productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, remixing, mastering - Mike ScacciaMike ScacciaMichael "Mike" Scaccia is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist for the metal bands Ministry, Rigor Mortis, and The Revolting Cocks.- Professional life :...
- guitars (1, 3-8, 12), lead guitar (1, 2, 6), bass (6) - Martha Cooper - feature vocals (1)
- John MonteJohn MonteJohn Monte is the bassist for Evan Seinfeld's new band, The Spyderz. He was a bassist for M.O.D., Mind Funk, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Human Waste Project and a guitarist for Dragpipe and Handful Of Dust. John can often be seen at Lakeland Baseball Academy in Lakeland, Florida.- References :...
- bass (3, 7) - Mark Baker - drums (3, 7)
- Paul BarkerPaul BarkerPaul 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...
- bass (4, 5, 8-11, 13-14), programmingProgramming (music)Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
(4, 5, 8-11), keyboard bassKeyboard bassThe keyboard bass is the use of a low-pitched keyboard or pedal keyboard to substitute for the bass guitar or double bass in popular music.-1960s:The earliest keyboard bass instrument was the 1960 Fender Rhodes piano bass, pictured above...
(15) - Bill Rieflin - drums (4, 8)
- Michael Balch - programming (8)
- Gibby HaynesGibby HaynesGibson Jerome "Gibby" Haynes is an American musician, radio personality, and painter, and the lead singer of the group Butthole Surfers.-Early life and career:...
- vocals (8) - Louis SvitekLouis SvitekLouis Svitek is a musician and former guitarist for a number of bands including M.O.D., Ministry, Pigface, Mind Funk, The Hollow steps and Project .44...
- guitar (9, 11, 13-15) - Rey WashamRey WashamRey Washam is a drummer who has been performing for more than 20 years. He has collaborated with many bands, the most notable of which include: Scratch Acid, Rapeman, Ministry, the Big Boys, Helios Creed, the Didjits, Lard, and Tad and Butthole Surfers offshoot Daddy Longhead...
- drums (9, 11, 13-15) - Max BrodyMax BrodyMax Brody , is an American musician based outside of Austin, TX, best known as the one-time percussionist/saxophonist for the hard rock band Ministry.- Biography :...
- drums and percussion (10, 11), programming (10) - Adam GrossmanAdam GrossmanAdam Grossman is the guitarist and singer of the Texas-based Industrial metal band Skrew and the crossover thrash band Angkor Wat, both of which he co-founded with his friend Danny Lohner...
- guitar (10) - Zlatko Hukic - guitar (13-15)
- Duane Buford - keyboards (13-15)
- Darrell James - programming & assistant engineer
- Dave Donnelly - mastering
- Marco A. Ramirez - engineer
- Jeff Magid - compilation producer
- Paul Elledge - photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
& art direction - Tim Bruce - design