Buck Satan
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Al Jourgensen performing with Ministry at 2017's Hellfest (Clisson, France)
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Alejandro Ramírez Casas October 9, 1958 Havana, Cuba |
| Other names | The Alien, Alien Jourgensen, Hypo Luxa, Dog, Alien Dog Star, Buck Satan, Uncle Al, Enchanted Al |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
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Allen David "Al" Jourgensen (born Alejandro Ramírez Casas; October 9, 1958), is a Cuban-American singer-songwriter, musician and music producer, best known as the frontman of the industrial metal band Ministry and its several side projects (namely Revolting Cocks, Lard and others). He has been widely regarded as one of most prominent figures of industrial-associated music, and been given the moniker “the godfather of industrial music.”
Alejandro Ramírez Casas was born in Havana on October 9, 1958, the son of Margarita “Maggie” Jourgensen (née Brouwer; born c. 1942), and the grandson of Julio Brouwer, a biologist. Jourgensen's extended family has Dutch and Spanish heritage. In 1961, following the fall of Fulgencio Batista's regime and rise of Fidel Castro to power, his family relocated to Florida. Soon after in 1964, Margarita Brouwer married Ed Jourgensen—a and mechanic for Formula One driver Dan Gurney—and adopted his surname for herself and her son.
Jourgensen was raised in Chicago, Illinois and Breckenridge, Colorado, and was a fan of artists such as Liberace, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, Can, Kraftwerk, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, George Jones, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Miles Davis.
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