In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up

Live album by Ministry

Released

September 4, 1990

Recorded

February 22, 1990, Merrillville, Indiana at the Holiday Star Theatre^[1]

Genre

Industrial metal

Length

39:47

Label

Sire/Warner Bros.
26266

Producer

Hypo Luxa, Hermes Pan

Ministry chronology

The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
(1989)

In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
(1990)

Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
(1992)

In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up is a live album by the industrial metal band Ministry. The album was released on September 4, 1990.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[3]
Q	^[4]
Robert Christgau	A-^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]

In 2005, In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up was ranked number 328 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Missing"	3:35
2.	"Deity"	3:38
3.	"So What"	11:29
4.	"Burning Inside"	6:23
5.	"Thieves"	5:09
6.	"Stigmata"	9:31

Video

A companion home video also exists, featuring the same tracks as the audio except it is bookended by two "bonus" songs and incorporates footage from two concerts, including the Merriville, Indiana concert and a December 1989 New Year's Eve concert in Chicago. According to Al Jourgensen's ex wife, the band were annoyed at having to wear the exact same clothing on both concert dates and the video was difficult to edit properly due to small differences in each.^[8]

The beginning of the concert starts with a very textured dual drum jam then segues into "Breathe". After playing Stigmata, Jello Biafra comes on stage and reads his own rendition of The Pledge of Allegiance.^[9] After that, the band returns for an encore of "The Land of Rape and Honey." Jello remains on stage giving an almost dadaist performance art routine, largely alternating between sucking his thumb and giving a Nazi salute.

Personnel

Ministry

Alain Jourgensen – vocals, guitar (1, 2, 4, 5), keyboards (3), production, art direction
Paul Barker – bass, keyboards ("The Land of Rape and Honey"), production
Bill Rieflin – drums
Chris Connelly – keyboards, vocals (3)
Mike Scaccia – guitar
Martin Atkins – drums
Terry Roberts – guitar
Nivek Ogre – keyboards (3), guitar, vocals (5 and "The Land of Rape and Honey")
William Tucker – guitar
Joe Kelly – background vocals (5)
Jello Biafra – flag pledge (Video only)

Additional personnel

Jeff "Critter" Newell – engineer
"Friskie" – assistant engineer
"Linus" – assistant engineer
"Ex-Con" – assistant engineer
Kim Assaley – artwork
Tom Recchion – design
Dirk Walter – design

References

↑ "Ministry - 2/22/90". Prongs.org. 1990-02-22. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
↑ Raggett, Ned. "In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up - Ministry". Allmusic. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
↑ Robbins, Ira (September 7, 1990). "In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
↑ "Ministry - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Ministry". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved on March 20, 2010.
↑ Brackett, Nathan. "Ministry". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004, p. 544. Cited March 20, 2010
↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 79. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
↑ "Session with Patty Jourgensen". prongs.org. 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
↑ "The Jello Biafra Pledge of Allegiance". Branchfloridians.org. Retrieved 2012-02-24.

Ministry

Al Jourgensen John Bechdel Sin Quirin Aaron Rossi Tony Campos Cesar Soto Martin Atkins Mark Baker Michael Balch Paul Barker Howie Beno Max Brody Duane Buford Chris Connelly John Davis Stephen George Brad Hallen Zlatko Hukic Shay Jones John Monte Nivek Ogre Casey Orr Paul Raven Bill Rieflin Robert Roberts Mike Scaccia Marty Sorenson Louis Svitek Tommy Victor Rey Washam

Studio albums	With Sympathy Twitch The Land of Rape and Honey The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs Filth Pig Dark Side of the Spoon Animositisomina Houses of the Molé Rio Grande Blood The Last Sucker Relapse From Beer to Eternity

Live albums	In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up Sphinctour Adios... Puta Madres

Compilations and remixes	Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) Box Tapes of Wrath Greatest Fits Early Trax Side Trax Rantology Rio Grande Dub Ya Cover Up The Last Dubber MiXXXes of the Molé Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology Undercover

Singles	"Cold Life" "I Wanted to Tell Her" "Work for Love" "(Every Day Is) Halloween" "Stigmata" "Burning Inside" "Thieves" "Jesus Built My Hotrod" "N.W.O." "Just One Fix" "The Fall" "Lay Lady Lay" "Reload" "Bad Blood" "No W" "Keys to the City" "Thunderstruck" "99 Percenters" "Double Tap" "PermaWar"

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