Read the bio below and try to give details on ministry -lrb- band -rrb- 's: - years active - landscape - past members - caption - origin - label - genre - name - image size - background - image - current members - associated acts Bio: ministry is an american industrial metal band founded by lead singer al jourgensen in 1981 . originally a new wave synthpop outfit , ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the mid-1980s . ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album '' '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- and touring as part of the lollapalooza festival . after 27 years of performing , jourgensen decided to end the band in 2008 , saying a reunion would never happen . however , in august 2011 , a reunion was announced , when ministry confirmed they would play one of their first shows in four years at the wacken open air festival in august 2012 . ministry released a new album , '' relapse '' , on march 23 , 2012 , which was followed by a world tour . following the death of long time guitarist mike scaccia , ministry released their final album '' from beer to eternity '' in september 2013 , but still plan to tour in support of that album .
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- years active is 1981 -- 2008 , 2011 -- present- landscape is yes- past members is john jones brad hallen paul barker bill rieflin chris connelly nivek davis ogre mike scaccia howie beno michael balch louis svitek duane stephen buford zlatko hukic rey washam max brody mark baker john george monte paul raven tommy victor tony campos jello biafra robert roberts marty sorenson shay- caption is ministry . performing live at the 2008 sweden rock festival- origin is chicago , illinois , united states- label is wax bros. , sanctuary , 13th planet , megaforce trax ! , arista , sire , warner- genre is industrial -rrb- metal thrash metal new wave synthpop -lrb- early- name is ministry- image size is 250- background is group_or_band- image is ministry sweden rock 2008.jpg- current members is al orr jourgensen john bechdel sin quirin aaron rossi casey- associated acts is what revolting cocks , kmfdm , lard , 1000 homo djs is , ptp , acid horse , pailhead , pigface , this killing joke , lead into gold , fear factory , ? prong , skinny puppy , eleven , spinnerette ,