Illinois Entertainer April 2015 | Page 6

Without Sympathy Veilside with the Hollywood Casino and Loop 97.9FM crews in Joliet Longtime Ministry frontman and former Chicagoan Al Jourgensen may have finally come to terms with his early synthpop years with the Record Store Day (April 18) release of Trax Box!, a limited-edition 7CD/1LP box set of Jourgansen's early work, that expands on the reissue of Ministry’s Twelve Inch Singles 1981-1984 compilation from last year. Music website dangerousminds.net details the music nicely, as well Jourgensen's transition from synth hearthrob to industrial shaman: In late 1983, after completing the With Sympathy, Ministry hunkered down at Pierce Arrow Recorders in Evanston to write and demo new music. Four songs were tracked in what would be just about the last gasp of t