Reload (Ministry song)
| "Reload" | ||||
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| Single by Ministry | ||||
| from the album Filth Pig | ||||
| Released | July, 1996 | |||
| Format |
CD single 12" vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1994-1995 | |||
| Genre | Industrial metal | |||
| Length | 2:25 | |||
| Label |
Sire Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) |
Al Jourgensen Paul Barker | |||
| Producer(s) |
Hypo Luxa Hermes Pan | |||
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"Reload" is a song from American industrial metal band Ministry. The song was the third single from the band's 1996 album Filth Pig. The single was unsuccessful and failed to reach a position on any chart. There was a video released for the song.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Reload" | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Reload" (Safe Consumption edit) | 2:25 |
Music video
The video for "Reload" was released in mid-1996. A spoof of the JFK assassination conspiracies. It featured a world filled with guns, where almost anything could be one. People depicted as possible assassins include:
- An assassin with a rifle assembled from a fishing rod.
- Fidel Castro with a pistol concealed inside a Cuban cigar supported by Richard Nixon as his number 2.
- A man with a weapon concealed within an 8 mm film camera on a tripod.
- A Mafia hitman with a weapon inside a violin.
- Oddjob sharpening then throwing his hat.
- A woman whose walking frame breaks into a rifle.
- A Bishop in ornate vestments with a bomb made out of a jewel encrusted orb.
- Jesus Christ with a nail gun supported by an alien.
- A baton twirler using her baton as a rocket launcher.
- Jimmy Hendrix with a blowpipe.
- Marilyn Monroe using a pistol inside a banana after a photo shoot with Andy Warhol.
- finally Jackie Onassis makes a gun shape with her fingers and points at JFK.
The video also featured Al Jourgensen dressed up as Jackie Onassis, Charles Manson and other 1960s icons. It was banned from MTV.
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