If you can, try and find Ministy's 2nd album/cd called Twitch or do a kazaa lite search for anything off that. Your jaw will probably drop. No guitars, all electronic drum machine and all
Allen looked a l lot different back then as well. Looked more like a streeter/raver than anything. No wigs or cowboy hats back then..lol I'm actually getting a giggle thinking about what he looked like
I'd say Ministry now is probably closer to metal than tech since they actually use real musicians. Before it was just Allen and banks upon banks of synths, midi switches and drum machines as well as vocorder. He's actually rather multifaceted when it comes to bands. He's been in 10,000 homo DJ's and Revolting Cocks as well.
Here's a good site for discography and a basic write up on what he's done over the years and what 'genres' he's been affiliated with. Most of it's in spanish, but the recording dates are clear enough and there is a short blurb in english as well
Back when I was a teenager (as stated above) the original 'goth' movement was just starting to die out. As you said before it resurfaced in the mid 80's but with a far more 'tech' feel to it rather than the dark edge bands like Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy and Alien Sex fiend put out. Not sure if you remember a rock band from teh 80's called The Cult, but they as well started out in the early 70's as a goth band called Southern Death Cult.