Al Jourgensen on Drugs & Johnny Depp

[@emptyclaw1265448]

Johnny Depp made jack sparrow from watching Al Jourgensen for sure

[@andrepereira744]

Keith Richards

[@mdemilagros]

A mix between Al and Adam Ant

[@morganhanson9084]

Woah!!!!! That makes sense. Lmfao

[@waskozoids]

wake up please.

[@NicklasTvIvLaReN]

Of Course!!! They (AL) even had a band together with Flea from Red hot Chili Peppers

[@nastynick7392]

Too strange to live, too rare to die. We love you Al

[@Nono-vg7bb]

and that's how you do it

[@mrconfusion87]

Yup! Being paid to be yourself is the best sign of success!

[@vanleeuwenhoek]

I return to this every so often to remind myself of the provisional nature of stardom and of creativity.

[@RG-mk9fn]

Me too bro!

[@gentrelane]

god his face was a blessing why did he forsake it.

[@mulletsuitcase6127]

so that's who threw that damn bottle of Knob Creek out of that '59 T-bird at me...

[@BootlegFightVideo]

Al aged hard. Now he looks like someone dragged Danny Trejo's corpse through the sewer.

[@artblack01]

Let's see you look as good as he does at his age, haha, everyone looks.... old.... when they get old.... I know a guy his age, a health fanatic who looks like a leather hand bag.

[@Shadowx011]

Yes but he looks pretty cool. :)

[@mindmy609]

lol

[@xwarx1000]

I love Al but I have to 😂😂😂😂

[@testpattern23]

hey we can't all age gracefully when we are shooting heroin in our eye sockets

[@rammstone9233]

Never trust a junky.

[@halimahjedani7477]

yuuuup ;-)

[@lucymoreno88ss]

olololololololol

[@zindi1138]

William s Burroughs

[@FoolishFlock]

Nancy?!?...i thought you were dead!

[@artdudivin]

Maybe you are not an idiot but your sentence is stupid as fuck... "Never trust a junky"..? So, never trust a poem of Charles Baudelaire, never open, read and believe a book of Arthur Rimbaud, Honoré de Balzac, Alfred de Musset, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jean-Paul Sartre or Théophile Gautier.. And do not forget to never trust a song of Hendrix, Joplin, The Velvet Underground, Serge gainsbourg, B. Marley, ok, ok, i stop there (i could continue for hours and hours)..... So, my dear friend be a nice and sober Citizen and vote Trump.. I don't say using drugs is a good thing, i just try to believe our world is not just black or white..... If you can get what i mean... Have a good day..

[@blockout18]

Weird, as a wise man once said “ never trust a junkie”. Just found this one and weird to think that I used to see him when he worked at Wax Trax and Ministry was a synth band with his affected English accent... he has come a long way.

[@djfloodmusic]

I believe that was Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb)

[@richardkent2014]

Hard when you explain ministry was a brilliant synth band that would have been bigger then Depeche mode if he would have turned sober like David gahan did

[@Zenjedi99v2]

That probly explains why Johnny Depp doesn't give Al any credit for the creation of Jack Sparrows image.

[@blazejames47]

He aged 30 years in 1

[@whitlowjohnonly1_2]

Cocaine is a helluva drug. Heroin too.

[@mrconfusion87]

@@whitlowjohnonly1_2 He has done just about every drug known to mankind! 😎

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

Al Jourgensen is the Keith Richards of my generation. Just like Keith, he hasn't made a decent record in decades, but he just will not die. Stubborn fuck.

[@annahanguiano8931]

He's been off hard drugs for well over a decade now and is still putting out good music

[@THEBANDIT7979]

He is the Keith richards of his generation but I disagree with the output of his music. He has released some really good stuff.

[@aeopmusic]

Hahahahaha 😂

[@DeadGirlSuperstar86]

@@THEBANDIT7979I LOVE the last two Ministry albums.

[@MarcusMobley-t4p]

Moral hygiene dumbness

[@stormyweather9917]

Lollapalooza 1992 Ice-Cube points to a stage sign that says the allowable decibel limit is 98. Calls Al a wild fucker and says Ministry is playing LOUD AT 140 DECIBELS!!!

[@wcmgworldwide5542]

I remember seeing that interview on MTV. I was at the Lollapalooza 92 show in Mountainview Ca, and to this day I would have to say that Ministry's set that evening was one of the loudest most chaotic set Ive ever seen.I've seen them live about 5 times throughout the years and nothing still comes close to that night they played

[@modelcitizendj]

Ditto saw them @ Lollapalooza 92 Barrie Park Ontario. Crazy fucking show. RHCP came on after and people started to leave it was so lame in comparison.

[@wlouisharris]

Concerts aren't nearly as loud these days. I remember the days leaving concerts and my ears would be ringing all the next day.

[@famousdraven5443]

So, to anybody curious, this was WAY BACK in 1993, before Johnny Depp was the mega superstar he is today. Johnny was in a band called P during this time, along with Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers. What Al seems to be talking about is Halloween night, 1993, the night River Phoenix died. Seems Al was filling in one the Pedal Steel Guitar that night (he wasn't a regular member of the band), but was too drunk to play well. Had no idea River was there, or met him and didn't realize who he was. After the show, or during the short lived show, some of the band and some friends were trying to help with River, Al was neck deep in pussy. Johnny comes in to clear the backstage room, probably upset about River Phoenix, Al did some drunk rant and was carted off by one of Johnny's entourage. Sounds like a tall tale, but some facts check out.

[@7bigapple]

thanks for mansplaining every thing said in the video. wtf?

[@jlobiafra]

Johnny depp was a household name in 93. That’s why the band P never marketed it as the band featuring s Johnny Depp even though the record label wanted them to. You are spot on everything else though

[@DM12128]

Fuck off with that “mansplaining” thing, you aren’t even using the word right.

[@wentzr]

Johnny Depp was very much so a "mega superstar" in 1993 , bud. . . "WAY BACK" hahaha

[@FrostedSeagull]

The only part of Jourgensen's rambling that rings true was that River Phoenix d i d look like Herman Munster that evening and that most people f iudnt know it wax he who had o verdosed outside the Viper Room. Johnny Depp unfortunately did NOT KNOW it was River Phoenix who the paramedics were working on outside hhonius own club. on the pavement. Depp has consistently said I saw the paramedics working o n this young kid frantically. Quote, "I knew it wasnt good at that time. I had no idea it was River Phoenix. " J Depp only found out it was River Phoenix from a call after he was prounounced dead officially at the hospital. River Phoenix actually did die outside Depp's Viper Club. Johnny Depp immediately c l eared our the Viper Room as soon as he heard it was River Phoenix who had died. Depp knew that a death via drug overdose (especially with heroin in the deceased actors bloodstream) would ensure that the cops would arrive as soon as heard. The Police did but Depp outfoxed them. ! The story goes both Jourgensen and Gibby Haines were carrying on like Class -A a##holes ! Al was p#ssed off that the hot nubile things had no idea of whom either he, OR, Gibby Haines were. Even though the world wide Alternative/Indie scene adored them these Hollywood babes ignored them. Depp wanted h i s club cleared off drugs ASAP. Depp was super smart back then. The cops allegedly arrived by 3 30 pm. The story goes that the cops were stunned, if not outright p'd off ! There was no one around. River Phoenix was dead and the club closed not even 2 hours later. !!!

[@brianmcguiremcguire5968]

I thought Al was at his Absolute Coolest when I didn't even know what he really looked like. He was just this Dark and Foreboding "Presence" on stage. His face obscured by that Old Style 1930 or '40s era Microphone which, the then Ministry Roadie- Trent Reznor used as the Centerpiece of The Pretty Hate Machine- Album-Cover, his Breakthrough Album, & his first, I think. When Al took the Stage the crowd would go crazy & Al seemed to not even notice. The Band it'self resembled a bunch of Pirates, or extras from the First Road Warrior Movie. Al didn't so much as interact with the Crowd, but incited them. There would be no preamble, or greeting- maybe a middle finger extended to whoever showed- up, knowing full well, (the informed at least), that showing up to see Ministry Live was inviting physical harm upon ones' self. Those were the days: late '80s - early '90s. There is hardly any footage of Al back then. He made himself unavailable to the Media, & I believe he did this because he hated most Media types & his image was very Anti-Conformist. Unfortunately, Al changed his image into what we have today, in: Al "FUCKING" Jourgensen! And what a shame. It's all about Al now, & Ministry is just the vehicle. I blame this transgression on wet-brain and the massive amount of organic brain damage Al inflicted upon himself over the decades. However, I disagree with those who say drugs ruined Ministry. That would be like saying the Romans destroyed Jesus. Yes, it is technically true, but in both metaphors, one does not exist without the other. Jesus and Al are both more of a phenomenon than just two personalities.

[@tristramdejong1003]

In all fairness, he was making better material at a time when his brain would've been in a much worse state than it is now.

[@golz9785]

Brian McGuire McGuire - to this day and even with all the access to media etc if you ask me to envision Al I can never picture what he looks like.

[@superunknown2812]

Intresting i just bought his book the lost gospels of al jorgensen

[@superunknown2812]

@Fancy Boy lets just say Al doesnt paint a pretty picture of his lifestyle of drug abuse,but its very intresting read like that guy said he hated performing live he said he would rather be in the studio makin music.

[@mindmy609]

I get what your saying but comparison of jesus and al are two differ aspects on way opposite spectrums jesus wasn't suppose to be a cult of personality

[@thesputnik6423]

He's Al fuckin Jourgenson! ya'll better recognize an authentic OG genuine article when you see one, cuz it's a rare muthafuckin occurance. Unconditional love always, uncle Al!!

[@luckyphilster]

Ah yes, the old chestnut "once it stops being fun then I'll stop" line. 20 years later and countless rehab stints and it sounds quite foolish

[@bopbopperono58]

The man's died four times.

[@timallenwood633]

Prodigy singer did it right.

[@bananaempijama]

He's still alive and kicking. It's a miracle he's alive though lol

[@manuelgarciaiv2395]

Al Jourgenson saying he "couldn't take River Phoenix seriously cuz he was dressed like Eddie Munster." Bro have you seen your face recently??

[@AccuracySpeaks]

Uncle AL is quite intelligent, a hell of a storyteller, a hell of a musician and artist altogether, I never really could get into the industrial Ministry back in the day, however, seeing them live on the Slayer final tour gave me an amazing amount of respect for what it is that he does, the dude is a hell of an artist! Can't quite dig all of his political ideas, but that is a-ok, as we're all supposed to be different, not everyone wants vanilla! Back in the day he was a right nice-looking fellow, hard-living and modifications have eroded just a bit of those good looks, but who cares, as age kicks all of our butts anyway, so if you want to stud your face and tatt it up, go for it...you do you!!

[@seand5259]

I had the wrong Heros growing up...Uncle AL and Trent no wonder I went wild in my youth lol

[@derkeheath5172]

Al is a prime example that mental illness can be both a gift and a curse, often at the same time.

[@jjahnke2746]

I can't believe it has taken me until now to stumble across this, seeing how long ago recorded. People can say whatever the f@#k they want.....all I can say is , HILARIOUS!!! An absolute candid conversation-back in the day-of 'dude' just being 'dude'. Priceless! Thanks

[@shadowdude8466]

lol 4 or 5 christina applegates

[@elizabethbennet4791]

lol Im literally thinking, is he seeing double and christina applegate is really there? Or is her referring to blond groupies as christina applegates LOL

[@hunterkelly5570]

Come on people we all know that taking drugs just warps the mind and with this guy it clearly shows it doesn't mean he's a bad guy or anything just has KING KONG on his shoulders!

[@tennesseepatriot1950]

He was good looking, then!

[@LMB222]

Remember that Al Jourgensen doesn't have a toe. He was shooting up and got an infection, the toe was amputated.

[@wristclutchatomicdrop]

this is close but not completely accurate - he threw a used needle away and it landed in his boot beside the bed, then he put the boot on without realizing the needle was in there and it stuck in his toe, and that's what caused the infection

[@JohnSmith-ln1ve]

Hes referring to the death of River Phoenix.when he overdosed at the Viper Lounge...River had a widows peak and he was calling him Eddie Munster...no respect for the dead.....and i believe Al was shooting cocaine in this video....Although hes definitely no stranger to heroin

[@rblfrmthewstdwn]

It was Halloween. That’s why River Phoenix was dressed like Eddie Munster.

[@nastynick7392]

River was shooting speedballs, in the shitter. Eddie fucking munster indeed. Fuck R.P ..........Al''s a rock legend

[@steveanimatrix3887]

"I learn something definitive each time I quit." I don't think Al knows what the definition of quit is.

[@basedsouljah]

Lol right on. There's a 311 sticker on the wall behind him

[@farshid71]

Its like Keith Richards born all over again. Had no clue what he said.

[@magneteye]

from the documentary "fix"

[@dothesenate2745]

Despite his bullshit stories it's still fun to watch and listen to

[@mrconfusion87]

Drunken, drug-induced tales! 😆

[@crescentfreshbret]

Is there ANYONE from an industrial band who WASN’T a heroin addict at some point?

[@twilightsymphony1371]

Really Al???WE all love ya man,you don't have to tell these "tall tales" mate.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

rock stars have the best stories

[@gigachad2221-g4n]

These interviews are like something out of a Eric Andre show episode.

[@CelesticaDemonix]

He looks so attractive.

[@bmillerdrums]

You should see him now he's a bum

[@azaaritepriestess8746]

+bmillerdrums just no.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

he's only average for the 90s. Guys back then were beautiful..very northern euro looking with long, wavy hair- and they knew how to dress and there were fewer chemicals leaking estrogen and antidepressants into the water supply! Now they hag out pretty fast and look fat

[@golz9785]

AuralAudacity ASMR -LOL

[@kenliss]

Too bad you gave up on them. I saw them on the '96 Sphinctour, at the Warfield in S. F. when Psalm 69 was fairly new. Great show. Saw them there and Fillmore 2 more times each since. They are what I call fun. It's their choice how they live. I just love their music. Too bad, their guitar player died last week. Had a heart attack during a performance.

[@spirokoufo4415]

I. BUY THE MUSIC + THE MERCHANDISE... II. SUPPORT THE ARTIST(S) + THE SCENE...

[@coverstream9951]

Ya'll really dont know how rockstars live do you? A lot of bands will say they wouldn't of made music If it wasn't for Al either.

[@reanimate21]

“Look buddy!”

[@tr1ckydr1v3r]

Man, no wonder he thought he would die in Texas. The last half hour of the documentary is just downright hard to watch.

[@SpiritusMundi4EVER]

If you guys think Al is callous, you shoulda listened to Howard Stern back in the day. Many of you millennials would've gone beserk!

[@BUSTRCHERRI]

I think they should do a Ministry movie with all actors etc and get Johnny Depp to play AL.

[@lucymoreno88ss]

thatd be dope idk if al would like it tho.

[@gangurobitch]

With Harry Lloyd as Bill Rieflin, Ewan McGregor as Chris Connelly, and Ron Jeremy as Mike Scaccia. I dunno who would be Barker, though. Maybe Vincent Kartheiser or Lou Taylor Pucci.

[@ericbryant6097]

ron Jeremy as mike scaccia hahaha

[@813lynch]

Amestris Ron Jeremy as Mikey ? no way

[@gangurobitch]

But they look so much alike....

[@necrophiliacswag5000]

the closed captions to this are hilarious "basta off off" 0:43

[@JKParmer]

awww; he used to be so sweet and innocent.

[@uverpro3598]

Starting working for the post office this year so now Im in deep introspective hell.

[@pcornary3003]

This is the best video on youtube.

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Wow, never seen such a raw interview with Uncle Al before. What is this from? BTW, the title should probably be "...on Drugs, Johnny Depp, and River Phoenix".

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Oh yeah, I remember seeing a listing for that when it came out, but I'd forgotten about it. Thanks, Accidental Protégé and Fancy Boy, for the reminder.

[@Nudiescorner]

Beautiful man ..then and now..

[@ronaldhickman9953]

Yep...he and his habit ruined many incarnation 's of Ministry......but he survived it and so did Ministry

[@sharonneedlesfreedomsnotfr813]

" i cudnt play for shit that night so i go fuck this kick that thing over run across the room tackle jonny depp..broke a bunch of his guitar strings spilled his drink...so now this leaves just gibby n i"....if only every story cud start off this way

[@karasimon6766]

Johnny Depp didn’t give Al credit because people understand and know Keith Richards more than Al Jourgenson

[@Eszz2384]

Did anybody else notice the 311 sticker in the background?

[@zakur0hako]

what is this interview from?

[@jeromedamian5740]

Uncle Al. The best.

[@sether199]

Showing me pretty Al, he was so beautiful

[@reanimate21]

"Pawin' at him" lol

[@lolliwag]

He always was a laugh riot...a real piece of work! Ya gotta luv da sona ma bitch, ya know what I mean?!

[@Vision33r]

Atleast he was a self professed junkie not the closet ones that will OD suddenly anyday.

[@dudschigralf5802]

This is a subcutan needle, it is to short for a injection in veins.

[@miguelisms]

Hell yeah when this man does die for real not the 3 other times he came back LOL. I wanna make a blunt out his ashes and see how high I get!! Al you're a legend.

[@Nono-vg7bb]

right with you

[@testpattern23]

aww when Al looked kinda normal

[@chrismay8816]

Drugs held Ministry back from being one of the greatest metal bands ever to exist.. Tgat being said... ima nod off now

[@synthandsynth]

Metal my ass

[@pessimystica]

Uhh... without drugs, Ministry would've stayed synthpop, or at least dark synthpop industrial :-D

[@FrostedSeagull]

Hey Macabre Artist, "Drugs created Ministry" is a stretch. Like The Rolling Stones 20 years before ... drugs influenced them heavily .. but it did NOT create them.

[@Baerchenization]

Ministry is Twitch + Psalm 69 as far as I'm concerned... and they couldn't have existed without the Bush family...

[@Rollotomassi099]

Ministry is the Ramones of the Industrial music scene

[@jimmyfreeman5714]

I can stop any time...

[@Nono-vg7bb]

Jayne says gonna quit tomorrow

[@Johannes_W]

Didn't even know how good-looking he was.

[@MrToddling]

That was the fastest trip from Hoover Dam to the Golden Gate Bridge ever

[@69Ferg]

I fckin love Ministry, but I've always found it kind of embarrassing when ppl try to act all indifferent and cool about something so shockingly sad. Talking about young man dieing a really horrible sudden death in front of his family and friends as if it was just another "crazy night out" makes me cringe.

[@invertedcrown]

Al loves johnny so much that he still dresses like a pirate to this day.

[@nubbl123]

Where is this footage from?

[@justusxii9237]

He reminds me of Charles Manson lol

[@holygalaga]

Wait, Al Jourgenson did heroin?

[@cocainecowboy1717]

Yep.

[@Black2th]

lol the question is what DIDN'T he do! lol Read the book!

[@MrOdinsmom]

holygalaga lol

[@ericbryant6097]

lol

[@zac8780]

lol

[@ryanmgard5292]

I'll take two please : D

[@morganhanson9084]

This is in real bad taste. I respect Al as a musician, ministry is amazing. But to have a interview with Al swinging a rig around about to get high. Smfh

[@Holiday_Ringo]

Casually exposes depp nicee lol

[@TheDeluminated]

Not to mention how much Ministry on drugs can fuck you up :D

[@TheGmcFilms]

Johnny Depp. De Caprio. Mark Wahlberg. Corey Feldman? Go and look up a guy called Michael Harrah and then dig a little deeper...G...

[@clutchfrench96]

Evil Satanists in control of all industries, their actions and their symbols give them away. We have all been duped to believe this dichotomy doesnt exist and nor does God for that matter but its plain as day to me . Thanks for leading me down that rabbit hole. The movie "An Open Secret" is where I was led after looking into Harrah . Thanks for the help, we all sure need it and we all need to raise awareness to the evils in control of this world.

[@gateauxq4604]

He's like a drunk, punk Perry Farrel. THIS IS SURPRISING. Didn't really know he was at the Viper Room the night River Phoenix died tho

[@nelliesilvers1210]

FFS..here I am going through the beginning of heroin withdrawals and Al pops up with a fit in his hand. If I remembered that part, I probably wouldn't have clicked. Al got off smack and crack on his own but it's the grog he's needing rehab for. Anyone who kicks smack is extremely strong IMO and I couldn't envy them more than I do but if Al can do it, I guess anyone can

[@Axl_Pose]

@@cevanfx40 Alcohol.

[@Patrick-t6f]

I got off smack... .but my girlfriend and i relapsed....se got on methadone....eventually I as well.....6 cocaine positive....im dosed off of methadone.....i survived.....i went 10 yrs off opiates...but alcoholic and cocaine as before..acid here extasy there.. 2021 relapsed on Smack.....

[@distortiontildeafness]

What year is this?

[@jwilson9072]

Deathculture 1996-ish. Filth Pig tour.

[@dewaynestafford5507]

Lunatic and his top hat !!!!

[@kimmyfreak200]

man he was so cute in the old days

[@blueriverg]

I have no idea wtf he just said

[@MielyssiaMusic]

You got to play it twice. lol.

[@alanjudd7537]

@@MielyssiaMusic ''Dress rehearsal''

[@TheAnalPunisher]

fucking fuck fucking fuck fuck

[@JeffHfromoxford]

At least nobody talks about how Al's smoking cigarettes is going to make smoking look cool and get kids smoking and that sort of thing....

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

i have read an interview where al points about the travolta PULP FICTION movie ect...

[@ChrisJohnson-pc3pd]

what year is this interview.

[@earx23]

drugs drugs drugs yada, christina applegates :D :D

[@tr1ckydr1v3r]

By that point he had been doing it for over a decade. It had it's hooks in him long, long before the 90's.

[@kristenr8311]

wouldn't you if you were responsible for "work for love" (no, dude, we did not forget ;p) - for real, tho, Ministry is fucking legend

[@vonruber]

Subtitles needed

[@pheonixcornell544]

Every famous musician are drug addicts. I want to know how Mich Jagger/Keith Richards are still living? Those guys should take the prize for heaviest drug users

[@z3ph3us6]

Alain is a Chicagoan who ended up in Texas.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

also is this on dvd?

[@justinmcare814]

Ahh this must be the pre-Alex Jones days. Man drugs are serious thing , I mean look at how different he looks now , aside from getting older.

[@MStone-je2wb]

Justin Mcare you’re a child lol gtfo ~ this was early 90s ffs Millennials are so fucked

[@golz9785]

Justin Mcare - wow people age and get older, look different too! Unbelievable

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

what dvd is this from?

[@nubbl123]

I figured it out about 10 minutes after I posted the comment. Thanks anyho ;)

[@D38AS3R]

KNOB CREEK IS THE SHIT! (I am completely serious!!!)

[@steveamaya6477]

Where is this from?

[@omnicromagnon3793]

this is La clef on his top hat

[@Scorpionbite8]

what a story.

[@jessecanines3340]

Is this from an actual Documentary?

[@waskozoids]

we are lucky, live is short..