Favorite Industrial Songs #1 - "N.W.O."

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This one seemed to speed by. I'm talking about my Favorite Industrial Songs series, and we are already at #1: "N.W.O." by Ministry. Led by vocalist/guitarist Al Jourgensen, Ministry formed in 1981 in Chicago, and get this, as a synthpop band. They quickly morphed into possibly the world's most popular industrial band. They are widely considered the pioneers of industrial metal. From their platinum 1992 album, Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs (#27 on the Billboard 200,) "N.W.O." (short for New World Order) was the second single released from that album. The song is a diatribe m against then-President George H. W. Bush ( Jourgensen pretty much has it in for the entire Bush family,) reached #11 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart. I love this song, and it has nothing to do with the anti Bush sentiments. This thing just flat out rocks. The video is of a great live performance. See if you can count how many times Uncle Al changes hats! (Info verified by Wikipedia)