Sinhue "Sin" Quirin is an American guitarist based in

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. He came to prominence as a member of industrial metal band

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and its side projects, and as a primary songwriter on their albums '' The Last Sucker'' and ''

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''. In addition to his role in Ministry (co-writing credits on the abovementioned releases and guitar on 2008's ''

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'' album) and primary writing credits for

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albums ''

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'' and '' ¿Got Cock?'', Quirin toured the U.S. and worked with DJ Hardware on the 2009 ReVamp tour. He has been

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nominated twice, both times with Ministry, the first for 'Under my Thumb' from ''Cover Up'' – 2008 and the second time around for 'Señor Peligro' from the live 2009 album '' Adios... Puta Madres''. In 2010, Quirin joined

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for Sextreme Ball 2010. In 2011, it was announced that he would be joining

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. He also worked on the project Supermanic – a Los Angeles-based rock band co-founded by Quirin and vocalist & music producer Kallaghan (Charles Massabo). In addition to his work with Supermanic, in January 2014, Quirin announced his foray into the

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world by releasing new industrial/aggrotech/electro dance tracks to fans. Quirin rejoined Lords of Acid for their 2019 Pretty in Kink tour. On January 17, 2020, ''Billboard'' released an exposé on Quirin detailing accounts of Quirin's alleged behavior including sexual relationships with underage girls while touring in San Antonio, TX; Portland, OR; and Tacoma, WA in the early 2000s. On May 15, 2021, Quirin announced his departure from Ministry, to work on other projects and look after his health, following years of accusations of underage sexual abuse.https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/ministry-guitarist-sin-quirin-leaves-band-9573775/

Discography and collaborations

*Tactics – ''The Master Plan'' (1991) *Society 1 – ''Exit Through Fear'' (2003) *Society 1 – ''The Sound that Ends Creation'' (2005) *Society 1 – ''The Years of Spiritual Dissent'' (2006) *Ministry – '' The Last Sucker'' (2007) *Ministry and Co-Conspirators – ''

'' (2008) * ''Saw IV'' soundtrack (2007) * ''Saw V'' soundtrack (2008) *''Wicked Lake'' soundtrack * ''NCIS'' soundtrack *Revolting Cocks – ''

'' (2009) *Revolting Cocks – '' ¿Got Cock?'' (2010) *Ministry – ''

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'' (2012) *Ministry – ''

'' (2013) *

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– '' Hell Yeah'' (2017) *Ministry – ''

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'' (2018)

References

External links

Grammy nominations

Sextacy Ball

SoundCloud
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