Before "Psalm 69"...

... there was a little album by Ministry called "With Sympathy" that was, well, not what you'd expect. Maybe you already knew about this; I didn't, and when I head these songs I almost died. I can't sum it up any better than All Music Guide did:

"Rather than the trademark bone-munching industrial metal of later years, With Sympathy is panto-goth new wave synth-pop that sounds less like the band chewing your pancreas and more like Human League's surly little brother. Great stuff, then, for those who allied themselves with Ally Sheedy's character in The Breakfast Club. "Here We Go" grinds all over some electronic horns, "Work for Love" stop-starts and shouts about like "Walk This Way" without all that scary rap, and the whole record becomes a secret weapon against the contrived snarls of the albums to follow. Surely, Al Jourgensen must be more insecure about his past than a superstar linebacker over childhood courses in ballet."

Now, their next album, released later that same year, was entitled "The Land of Rape and Honey," more in line with what you'd expect, and they started to use guitars at that point. Basically, I have a newfound appreciation for a band that I'd forgotten about.