Ministry

For two decades Ministry mainstays Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker have been stomping down listener's definitions of meaningless terms 'extreme' and 'intense'. Their corrosive discography has earned them acclaim from a wide cross-section of fans, ranging from aggressive alt-rock fans, electronic music aficionados, the head banging cognoscenti, Chicago house music producers attempting to appropriate their drum samples, and one William Burroughs.

Along with Front 242, the German group Die Krupps stands as one of the innovators of the subgenre of Euro-rock dubbed body music, a sound characterized by its dense electronic makeup as well as its harsh, visceral execution. Die Krupps came together in 1981 as a duo comprised of vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and mouthpiece Jurgen Engler, formerly of the German punk outfit Male, and ex-Propaganda member Ralf Dorper.