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'', '' Hellbound: Hellraiser II'' and Frank Sinatra reciting "Just One Fix" (from the movie ''

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''). The video, directed by Peter Christopherson of the band Coil, features footage of one of

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's influences, author

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. Burroughs also provided the single's cover art. "Just One Fix" was covered by

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band

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on the album '' Kairos''.

Sampling

The song samples Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern’s dialogue about

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from the

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film '' The Trip'',

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’s statement on trust from

and a sample of an hysterical plea for a fix from the jailhouse scene in

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’s

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. The music video features audio of

William S Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cult ...

saying “bring it all down”, recorded in the studio with Ministry. It is rumoured that the

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" is based on the track, or that the guitar riff in the Rammstein track was cut and sampled directly from "Just One Fix" due to the similarity in the guitar riffs of both songs, but the members of Rammstein are quoted as saying that they were simply highly influenced by Ministry.http://affenknecht.com/main.php?sekce=till-lindemann

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Interview

Video

A music video for the song was produced, and is notable for featuring Beat author

in both audio and video samples. This version of the song features an audio sample of Burroughs saying "Bring it all down", and a sample of Chloe Webb's line "Never trust a junkie" from the film ''

''. The video was featured in an episode of '' Beavis and Butt-head'' called "Tornado" and a tornado also appears in the video. In their commentary, Beavis was so shocked during the

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scene that he declared it "beyond the limits of good taste".

Track listing

Personnel

Ministry

–

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(1, 2),

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, programming,

production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stati ...

Paul Barker Paul Gordon Barker (born February 8, 1959), also referred to as Hermes Pan, is the former bass guitarist, producer and engineer of the industrial metal band Ministry from 1986 to 2003. Prior to Ministry, Barker provided bass for the Seattle ...

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, programming, production

Additional Personnel

Bill Rieflin William Frederick Rieflin (September 30, 1960 – March 24, 2020) was an American musician. Rieflin came to prominence in the 1990s mainly for his work as a drummer with groups (particularly in the industrial rock and industrial metal scene ...

– drums *

Mike Scaccia Michael Ralph Scaccia (June 14, 1965 – December 22, 2012) was an American musician, best known as a guitarist for several heavy metal and alternative rock acts, including Rigor Mortis, Ministry and Revolting Cocks. Life and career Scaccia wa ...

– guitar *Michael Balch – programming *

– spoken word (3), cover painting *Critter Newell –

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limit ...

*Paul Manno – engineer *Howie Beno – edits and programming *Jon Blumb –

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ...

References

External links

* . * . {{authority control 1992 songs 1993 singles Ministry (band) songs Sire Records singles Warner Records singles Songs written by Al Jourgensen Songs written by Paul Barker Songs written by Bill Rieflin Songs about drugs Songs about heroin Song recordings produced by Al Jourgensen