Pure Chewing Satisfaction

Lard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alternative Tentacles
• ASIN: B000000FBS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,078 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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There's no question that Ministry's 1996 album Filth Pig was its weakest effort in years, but for anyone who thought the industrial engine had run out of steam, the band's side-project album Pure Chewing Satisfaction is concrete proof that Ministry's creative juices are still flowing blood red. Lard features the band along with ex-Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra, and this, the group's second disc, is an electrifying blend of speed, precision, and political satire. Returning to the propulsive, crunching guitars and cracking drums that defined Ministry in the early '90s, Lard makes up for lost ground, while at the same time plunging full-throttle into the future with cutting-edge production and biting, contemporary lyrics. "I went to Blockhead Video to rent a tape of people making love/Couldn't find no lovin' here/It's a family store, see here/ ... I settled for Faces of Death, but they rented it to some kid," sings Biafra in "Generation Execute" in his trademarked nasal whine. --Jon Wiederhorn

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fast guitars and drums and whining vocals make this the best, August 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Pure Chewing Satisfaction (Audio CD)

this album was very interesting to listen to because finally got to hear al jourgensen play lead and he is awesome. i couldn't tell how good he was when i listened to a ministry album because they always had additional personnel playing guitar. this band is the next best thing to ministry.it rules!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly awesome record, October 31, 2007

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Boris The Blade (Hell, Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure Chewing Satisfaction (Audio CD)

You folks,
This is a buy or die record - it totally rules! Nuff said.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lard still sounds great despite the long gap, June 14, 2005

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M. Tefer "matt" (MN, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pure Chewing Satisfaction (Audio CD)

1990's The Last Temptation Of Reid was a great LP for the unique industrial band Lard. Seven years later, Pure Chewing Satisfaction arrived.

It's hard for one to deny that 97's Satisfaction is much more than variations of Reid at first (and they mostly are), but the key is to keep those variations interesting, and Lard does precisely that with top-notch production, and a NIN-ish atmosphere. Most importantly Lard, is political, preachy, dark, and therefore, almost sure to affend mainstream conservatives.

Biafra's social messages are filtered through humor, and the humor may sound somewhat dated, but it's an honesty that was reflective of the mid 90's where former President's Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton (at least in Jello's perspective) caused more disruption than solutions.

Standouts are : the driving War Pimp Reniassance, the atmospheric Moths, the dark irony of Generation Execute, and the pulsing beat of Sidewinder