My first exposure to Ministry was seeing Just One Fix on Rage one night and being interested and confused simultaneously.

A little later, I was able to tape this off a relative and with a bit of effort, fucking loved it.

Now I reckon the run of The Mind…, Psalm 69 and Filth Pig is as strong as any three consecutive records I can think of.

You’re just going for that anti-marketing dollar

I thought number 3 was a piss and a shit and a wank in a tree.

If we’re talking bands consisting entirely of or fronted by women, these are my picks - including others previously mentioned because they’re awesome and if the emphasis helps you give them a go then all the better!

Vaguely in order of increasing “heaviosity”

The Breeders Sleater-Kinney Bikini Kill L7 7 Year Bitch Babes In Toyland Acid King Windhand (Neurosis &) Jarboe Bonnie Mercer

And on a more relaxed bent… Portishead Bardo Pond Bowery Electric Blonde Redhead

Yep, I love it for just how obscure some of the music you get is. Don’t forget to share!

Happy to have helped!

Soulseek is peer to peer - what’s available is dependent on which users are online and what they are sharing. If you’re not interested in another program with a login then I guess it’s not for you - might be good for someone else reading this though.

Soulseek works for me for 99% of the music I’m after.

Agreed - though I loved Anathem and couldn’t put it down at the time, I couldn’t go back to it.

I’m coming up to the crescendo (hopefully) of Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson. I can’t say that I’ve loved it as much as some of his previous work but it’s got 150 pages left to change that.