I wasn ' t a fan of Ministry until I saw them live at Lollapalooza in 1992 . I was only slightly familiar with them since my good friend was a fan at the time . It was in Atlanta at what was then called Lakewood Amphitheater . The pit on the dry lawn was a massive spinning circle of people and dust , lit by the constant barrage of strobe lights . My previously mentioned friend went into the pit his first and came out smiling with a chipped tooth . People started lighting pizza boxes on fire and were flinging them through the air , sending them spinning above the crowd . The band had two or three huge screens on the stage behind them , looping all sorts of footage . It was all amazing and left sixteen year old me with a big old boner for the band , and industrial music in general .