{"id":12273,"date":"2025-04-22T16:38:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12273"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:38:27","slug":"ministry-is-bringing-the-squirrely-years-to-chicago-may-9-celebrating-early-synth-pop-hits-from-with-sympathy-songs-from-twitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12273","title":{"rendered":"MINISTRY is Bringing ‘The Squirrely Years’ to Chicago May 9, Celebrating Early Synth Pop Hits from ‘With Sympathy’ & Songs From ‘Twitch’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Al Jourgensen<\/strong> said he’d never do it – and yet here we are. Stranger things have happened in 2025, but Al finally dusting off hits from With Sympathy<\/strong> <\/em>and playing them live is pretty up there. 
On May 9, Ministry <\/strong>will head to Chicago<\/strong> at Riviera Theatre <\/strong>to celebrate The Squirrely Years<\/strong><\/em>, the name Al has given to the period of time when Ministry<\/strong> began as a synth pop band and released hits like “Work For Love” <\/strong>and “I’m Not An Effigy”<\/strong> and of course the goth anthem “Everyday Is Halloween.”<\/strong> But as the saying goes, time heals all and Al is ready to embrace the past and play the hits live. 
It all comes on the heels of Ministry <\/strong>releasing the accompanying The Squirrely Years <\/em>album this past March on Cleopatra Records, in which he reexamined his long-dormant synth pop hits and gave them a fresh polish 40 years later. That includes the first-ever video for “Everyday Is Halloween”<\/strong> – see it here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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