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Lard
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre(s)	Industrial Punk
Years active	1989 - 1997 (indefinite hiatus)
Label(s)	Alternative Tentacles
Associated acts	Dead Kennedys Ministry
Website	Lard
Members
Jello Biafra Al Jourgensen
Former members
Paul Barker Jeff Ward Louis Svitek Mike Scaccia Rey Washam

Contents 1 History 2 Discography 2.1 Singles/EPs 2.2 Albums 3 Samples 4 References 5 External links

Lard is a hardcore punk/Industrial band founded in 1988 as a side project by Jello Biafra (vocals), Al Jourgensen (guitar), Paul Barker (bass), and Jeff Ward (drums).^[1] Biafra is perhaps best known as the former frontman of the punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Jourgensen is the founder and only continuous member of industrial metal band Ministry, of which Barker was an official member between 1988 and 2004, and Ward was also once a touring member. Over the years, several other members of Ministry played with Lard, namely Bill Rieflin, Mike Scaccia, Louis Svitek 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 humour.

As of 2007, Lard have not officially toured and have only performed live a handful of times, mostly around the San Francisco, CA area (where Jello lives and operates his Alternative Tentacles record label) - during Ministry's 1988 tour and throughout their 1989-1990 dates (Jello was a touring member), once in Chicago after wrapping the recording of The Last Temptation Of Reid, once at the conclusion of a Ministry concert in Los Angeles (Mar. 24, 2003), and at the San Francisco (Sep. 26, 2004) and Seattle (Sep. 29, 2004) dates of Ministry's Evil Doer tour. Since its key members are heavily active with other projects, it is unlikely that this will change.

Barker left Ministry in 2004 and has now started a new band called U.S.S.A.

Al Jourgensen has stated that Ministry's new release "The Last Sucker" will be the last album for the band, and that Lard will make one final album before calling it a day.^{[citation needed]}

• The Power of Lard (June 1989)
• 70's Rock Must Die (Jan 2000)

• The Last Temptation of Reid (July 1990)
• Pure Chewing Satisfaction (May 1997)

Songs have also appeared on the soundtrack to Natural Born Killers (1994) and The Virus That Would Not Die (1997) sampler.

• Lard Fansite

Ministry

Al Jourgensen

Tommy Victor | John Bechdel | Tony Campos | Jimmy DeGrasso | Mike Scaccia | Sin Quirin

Paul Barker | Bill Rieflin | Chris Connelly | Kevin Ogilvie | Martin Atkins | Louis Svitek | Rey Washam | William Tucker | Max Brody | John Monte | Mark Baker | Stephen George | Paul Raven | Joey Jordison | Dave Ellefson

Discography

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

Live, Remix and Compilation albums: Twelve Inch Singles | In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up | Greatest Fits | Sphinctour | Early Trax | Side Trax | Rantology | Rio Grande Dub Ya

Related Bands: Special Affect | Revolting Cocks | Pailhead | Lard | 1000 Homo DJs | PTP | Acid Horse | Pink Anvil | Lead Into Gold | Pigface | Skrew

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