Lard (band)

Lard
Lard
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Industrial rock, hardcore punk, industrial metal
Years active	1988–2000, 2020–present
Labels	Alternative Tentacles
Members	Jello Biafra; Al Jourgensen
Past members	Paul Barker; Jeff Ward; Bill Rieflin; Mike Scaccia; Rey Washam

Lard is an American hardcore punk/industrial band founded in 1988 as a side project by Jello Biafra (vocals; formerly of Dead Kennedys), Al Jourgensen (guitar; of Ministry), Paul Barker (bass; also of Ministry), and Jeff Ward (drums; once a Ministry touring member).^[1] Over the years, several other members of Ministry played with Lard, namely Bill Rieflin, Mike Scaccia, and Rey Washam.

Like most of Biafra's work, Lard's songs are angrily political (the War on Drugs is a particularly common theme) but often have a tinge of humor.^[2]

I Wanna Be a Drug Sniffing Dog

"I Wanna Be a Drug Sniffing Dog" from Pure Chewing Satisfaction

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Lard has not officially toured and has only performed live a handful of times, mostly around the San Francisco area (where Jello lives and operates his Alternative Tentacles record label). The band played during Ministry's 1988 tour and throughout their 1989–1990 dates, once in Chicago after wrapping the recording of The Last Temptation of Reid, once at the conclusion of a Ministry concert in Los Angeles (March 24, 2003), and at the San Francisco (September 26, 2004), Portland (September 28, 2004) and Seattle (September 29, 2004) dates of Ministry's Evil Doer tour. Because its key members are active with other projects, it is unlikely that the band will tour.

According to a March 2009 interview with Jourgensen, he and Biafra are working on a new Lard album, which was to be recorded in Jourgensen's El Paso studio.^[3] However, according to a January 2010 interview with Jello Biafra, he indicated that a new Lard album was unlikely, saying "Me and Al have talked about it for years, but we've never been able to nail down a time to try and put it together.".^[4]

According to a 2020 interview Jourgensen said that he and Biafra plan to make a brand new Lard album soon with them emailing songs back and forth.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS ^[5]	UK ^[6]
The Last Temptation of Reid	Released: 1990 Label: Alternative Tentacles Format: CD, LP, cassette	—	69
Pure Chewing Satisfaction	Released: 1997 Label: Alternative Tentacles Format: CD	77	—

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details
Title	Details
The Power of Lard	Released: 1989 Label: Alternative Tentacles Format: CD, LP, cassette
70's Rock Must Die	Released: February 2000 Label: Alternative Tentacles Format: CD, LP

Singles

List of singles
Title	Year	Label	Note
"I Am Your Clock"	1990	Alternative Tentacles	Also included on certain versions of the The Last Temptation of Reid album

Compilation appearances

Lard tracks on compilation albums
Release date	Song	Title	Label
1992	"Drug Raid at 4am"	The Bat Is Back - An Alternative Tentacles Records Sampler	Alternative Tentacles
1994	"Forkboy"	Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack for an Oliver Stone Film	Nothing Records
		Selections From Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack for an Oliver Stone Film	Nothing Records/Interscope Records
		The Futility of a Well Ordered Life	Alternative Tentacles
1996		Music from and Inspired by Natural Born Killers, an Oliver Stone Film	Nothing Records/Interscope Records
1997	"I Wanna Be a Drug-Sniffing Dog"	Mind the Gap Volume 14	Gonzo Circus
	"I Wanna Be a Drug-Sniffing Dog"	The Virus That Would Not Die!	Alternative Tentacles
	"Generation Execute"	Rock Sound Volume 9	Rock Sound
1998	"The Power of Lard"	The New, the Classic & the Unexplored	Visions Magazine
	"The Power of Lard"	The Record Shop - 30 Years of Rough Trade Shops	V2 Records, Inc.
2000	"Ballad of Marshall Ledbetter"	Movie Madness	Riffage Records

References

^ Strong, Martin C (1999). The Great Alternative & Indie Discography. Canongate. ISBN 0-86241-913-1.
^ McIver, Joel (2000). Extreme Metal. London: Omnibus Press. pp. 102. ISBN 0711980403 – via the Internet Archive.
^ "Al Jourgensen: Sex-O Olympic-O". SuicideGirls.com. March 12, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2009..
^ "FROM PHIL ANSELMO TO DEALMAKING DEMOCRATS, JELLO BIAFRA TAKES US TO SCHOOL". MetalSucks.net. January 20, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2010..
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 161.
^ "Lard". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

[Strong-1] Strong, Martin C (1999). The Great Alternative & Indie Discography. Canongate. ISBN 0-86241-913-1.

[McIver_Extreme_Metal-2] McIver, Joel (2000). Extreme Metal. London: Omnibus Press. pp. 102. ISBN 0711980403 – via the Internet Archive.

[3] "Al Jourgensen: Sex-O Olympic-O". SuicideGirls.com. March 12, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2009..

[4] "FROM PHIL ANSELMO TO DEALMAKING DEMOCRATS, JELLO BIAFRA TAKES US TO SCHOOL". MetalSucks.net. January 20, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2010..

[ARIA-5] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 161.

[6] "Lard". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

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v t e Lard
Paul Barker Jello Biafra Al Jourgensen Bill Rieflin Mike Scaccia Jeff Ward
Studio albums	The Last Temptation of Reid (1990) Pure Chewing Satisfaction (1997)
EPs	The Power of Lard (1989) 70's Rock Must Die (2000)

v t e Jello Biafra
Spoken-word albums	No More Cocoons High Priest of Harmful Matter I Blow Minds for a Living Beyond the Valley of the Gift Police If Evolution Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Evolve Become the Media The Big Ka-Boom, Pt. 1 Machine Gun in the Clown's Hand In the Grip of Official Treason
Bands	Dead Kennedys Lard Tumor Circus The No WTO Combo Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
Collaborations	Last Scream of the Missing Neighbors The Sky Is Falling and I Want My Mommy Prairie Home Invasion Never Breathe What You Can't See Sieg Howdy!
Related	Discography Hardcore punk Alternative Tentacles Green Party 2000 presidential election 924 Gilman Street

v t e Ministry
Al Jourgensen John Bechdel Cesar Soto Paul D'Amour Roy Mayorga Monte Pittman Martin Atkins Paul Barker Max Brody Tony Campos Jason Christopher Chris Connelly Stephen George Zlatko Hukic John Monte Nivek Ogre Casey Orr Paul Raven Bill Rieflin Aaron Rossi Mike Scaccia Louis Svitek DJ Swamp Tommy Victor Rey Washam Derek Abrams Sin Quirin London May
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 AmeriKKKant Moral Hygiene Hopiumforthemasses
Live albums	In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up Sphinctour Adios... Puta Madres Toronto 1986
Compilations and remixes	Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) 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	"I'm Falling/Cold Life" "I Wanted to Tell Her" "(Every Day Is) Halloween" "Over the Shoulder" "Stigmata" "Burning Inside" "Jesus Built My Hotrod" "N.W.O." "Just One Fix" "The Fall" "Lay Lady Lay" "Bad Blood" "No W" "Keys to the City" "Thunderstruck" "99 Percenters" "Double Tap" "PermaWar"
Other songs	"Thieves" "LiesLiesLies"
Related articles	Discography 1000 Homo DJs Acid Horse The Blackouts Defibrillatour Lard Lead into Gold Pailhead Pigface PTP Revolting Cocks Surgical Meth Machine Trax! Box
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