“I’m becoming the Susan Lucci or Martin Scorsese of metal,” laughs Ministry’s founder Al Jourgensen of his five Grammy nominations, but no wins – yet. Jourgensen and Ministry just snagged a nomination in the Best Metal Performance category for the track “Under My Thumb” from their album “Cover Up,” released April 1, 2008.
Indeed, the multi-platinum-selling Jourgensen, who put Ministry to bed this past fall with the band’s “C U La TouR” global jaunt, was somewhat surprised by this Grammy nod. “I’m starting to feel like Michael Corleone in “The Godfather”,” he mused. “Every time I try and get out… they keep pulling me back in.”
“Of all the mind-bending albums I have been a part of,” said Fear Factory’s Burton C. Bell, who contributed vocals to the track, “it took a version of a Rolling Stones song to get noticed. Who would have thought?”
This is Ministry’s fifth Grammy nomination after 2000 for “Bad Blood”, 2005 for “The Great Satan”, 2006 for “Lieslieslies”, and 1993 for “N.W.O.”.