PTP stands for "Programming The Psychodrill", a phrase taken from a JG Ballard collage. See the SF-references-in-music list or this page for further reference.

PTP began in 1987 as a side project of the group Ministry, and featured pounding dance beats and a popping, thunderous sound.

"I have a new sound that's just me, which is a new sound that nobody's ever done before called Programming The Psychodrill. That's me, a Marshall stack and a Fairlight, that's all. I'm starting from scratch, station wagon tour, no rock star. I'm just going to go out and break people's fucking eardrums if I can because if that's the only way I can make them open their eyes to what's going on that's what I'll do."

--Al Jourgensen, from an interview with IPSO FACTO, 1987

NEWS

11/06/04 - With the re-release of all of PTP's music on the "Side Trax" CD, PTP is back in the public eye again. What better time then for the very first PTP interview? Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you Chris Connelly in a new exclusive interview for this website... read it HERE.

10/12/04 - "Show Me Your Spine" has finally seen release, as part of the Ministry "Side Trax" compilation CD. Also included are both PTP tracks from the "Rubber Glove Seduction" EP, effectively PTP's entire discography.

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