Ministry and Co-Conspirators, 'Cover Up' (13th Planet/Megaforce)
Posse of industrial toastmasters ironically rev up their hogs.
By Chuck Eddy 05.15.08 2:49 PM
Al Jourgenson and his Prong/ Revolting Cocks/etc. buddies have excellent taste in classic-rock hits. Here, they cover a steaming pile, from ZZ Top and Mountain to T. Rex and Ram Jam, occasionally locating some proto-industrial locomotion in the originals' buffalo-burger beat. But invariably the Ministry guys' rhythm is stiffer, and their gratuitous vocal shtick -- wrestler grunts, horror hushes -- drains power on contact. Long before they mellow out with Dylan and Satchmo ballads tacked on at the end, they've proven miles more quaint than the biker boogie they're spoofing.
