Tribute to Ministry -- "Wish You Were Queer"

1. Meg Lee Chin -- Scarecrow
2. Pig -- Just Like You
3. TRS-80 -- Everyday is Halloween
4. Here -- Lay Lady Lay
5. Hate Dept -- Effigy
6. Julian Beeston -- The Angel
7. The Hardcore Cadaverdog Sexslaves -- Tonight We Murder
8. Eco-Hed -- The Isle of Man
9. Death Ride 69 -- Burning Inside
10. Meathead -- Say You're Sorry
11. Trust Obey vs Paved In Skin -- Revenge
12. Not Breathing -- Crash and Burn

    This Tribute is much different from the other Invisible Tribute to Ministry "Another Prick in The Wall". Gone are selections with slammer head banging rhythms and speed-metal edge guitar riffs, industrial rock-core, harsh vocals and screaming. Instead, this release brings forth more electronic experimental / drum&bassy / folksy / ambient / funky / darker types of music for the most part. Meg Lee Chin who also appears on the second Tribute album created a slow curvey deep bassy work on "Scarecrow". Pig's track "Just Like You" has drum&bass with high pitches of synth, vocals are deep and eerie. TRS-80 uses the same synth-pop and drum beats as the original and treated vocals, tasty track!
    Here also uses drum&bass and includes a rather synth-pop beat layered over a guitar melody on "Lay Lady Lay", written by Bob Dylan. This track is really smooth and warm. "Effigy" by Hate Dept has a melody line, very subdued overall, drums, piano and chorus. Lead vocals by Seibold? "The Angel" by Julian Beeston sounds like pure electronica [gothic] dance or G-Electronic Body Music if you will. Mazona with her excellent vocals combined with treated male vocals brings out harmonies in the melody lines. Excellent dance track. "Tonight We Murder" by The Hardcore Cadaverdog is a beaty blend of synth work, percussion, electronic tweeks and blurps and spooky vocals [Curse Mackey of Evil Mothers helped on this one].
    The CD picks up speed somewhat with Eco-Hed's "The Isle of Man", a semi-funky beat of electro-industrial dance, synth fx and more twisted vocals, "...we get what we deserve...". "Burning Inside" by Deathride 69 is another good industrial-dance track, highly charged, unrelenting beats. Slowing down a little with "Say You're Sorry", Meathead leaves no mercy with guitar and bass&drums on this track. No need to say you're sorry either! Slow heavy drifting rhythm and beats dominate this track.
    On a lighter note, Trust Obey vs Paved In Skin combines jazzy yet semi-funky beats with a synth [gothic edge] melody and short stops inbetween with drums with lyrics/vocals. Another good dance track. Ending the release with Not Breathing in "Crash and Burn", an instrumental, Dave Wright's knob fondling wizardry once again proves to be a tasty delight. Funky noise beats and fx with a background of deep bass is sure to drive your roommate out of the apartment on any given day/night.