Lead Into Gold was a side project of American industrial musician Paul Barker, best known as the bassist for Ministry. Primarily a solo project by Barker, Lead Into Gold featured occasional guest performances by his Ministry bandmates Al Jourgensen and Bill Rieflin.
Lead Into Gold only released two 12 inch singles and one full length studio LP. Idiot was the first release in 1988, followed by the Chicks & Speed: Futurism single and Age of Reason album, both released in 1990. The CD release of Chicks & Speed included the Idiot single in its entirety. There was an EP to be released at some point in the early '90s entitled Low & Slow, but never saw the light of day. The tracks, according to Barker, were called "The Sweetest Kiss", "The Crybaby", "Low & Slow", and a remix of the track "Lunatic/Genius" with additional percussion by Rieflin.
In the video for "Faster Than Light", Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) can be seen playing the guitar. He was rumored to have been in the area for the "Head Like a Hole" video shoot when he made his cameo.
Discography:
All songs written by Paul Barker unless noted otherwise.
Idiot (1988, Wax Trax! Records, 12" single)
1. Idiot (Barker, Al Jourgensen, Bill Rieflin, Roland Barker)
2. Blackened Heart
3. Hatred (Barker, Jourgensen, Rieflin, Barker)
Age of Reason (1990, Wax Trax! Records)
1. Age of Reason (Barker, Rieflin)
2. Unreason
3. Snake Oil
4. A Giant on Earth (Barker, Jourgensen)
5. Faster than Light
6. Lunatic/Genius
7. Sweet Thirteen
8. Fell from Heaven
9. (Untitled)
10. 13 (Hidden Track)
Chicks & Speed: Futurism (1990, Wax Trax! Records, 12" single)
1. Faster than Light
2. The Stripper
3. Beauty
Low And Slow (1990, Wax Trax! Records, 12" single, unreleased other than as a test pressing)
1. Cry Baby
2. The Sweetest Kiss
3. Lunatic/Genius (Bill Rieflin Remix)
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Paul Barker's 'solo' side-project after he joined Ministry. Under this name he put out 2 releases, a full length called: Age of Reason (featuring his brother Roland (from the Blackouts on one track and Ministry's Al Jourgenson on another) and a CD single/12" called: Chicks & Speed: Futurism. A video for the song "Faster Than Light" was created with Jourgenson & Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) both making an appearance, which was available on the Wax Trax! Black Box. Additionally, a 12" EP titled "Low and Slow" is set to release roughly 25 years after recording later this year on Wax Trax! Records. Paul Barker will release new Lead Into Gold music in late 2015 as well.
Since exiting Ministry he's released music with Max Brody as Pink Anvil on Ipecac, and formed USSA with Duane Denison (of Tomahawk & the Jesus Lizard fame). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.