Cover Up is an album of cover versions by Ministry and Co-Conspirators released on April 1, 2008. The album includes previously released covers Roadhouse Blues, Lay Lady Lay, and Supernaut. Cover Up was intended to be Ministry's final release before their three year break up from 2008 to 2011. On December 3, 2008, Under My Thumb was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Metal Performance in 2009. It lost to My Apocalypse by Metallica. Read more on Last.fm.
Ministry was formed in Chicago, Illinois, United States in 1981 by Alain Jourgensen (born Oct. 8, 1958, Havana, Cuba), who had previously been in a new wave band called Special Affect (fronted by future My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult leader Frankie Nardiello, aka Groovie Mann).
With drummer Stephen George, Ministry debuted with the Wax Trax! single Cold Life, which -- typical of their early output -- was in the synthpop dance style of new wavers like the Human League and Thompson Twins. Read more on Last.fm
