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United Kingdom (1981 – present)

Death in June are a neofolk group led by UK musician Douglas Pearce. Although originally a post-punk band, they are credited with the initial development of music along with Current 93 and Sol Invictus.

Death in June emerged in 1981 from the remnants of the unit Crisis, reuniting singer/multi-instrumentalist Douglas P. and bassist Tony Wakeford; drummer Patrick Leagas completed the original lineup, which made its live debut late the following year with an opening slot for The Birthday Party.

The 12-inch Heaven Street soon followed, and in 1983 Death in June issued their first full-length effort, The Guilty Have No Pride. From the outset, the group was criticized for its adoption of fascist imagery, and charges of Nazism dogged Pearce throughout his career. However, Pearce is openly homosexual and has also collaborated with various ethnic Jews throughout his discography; the official Death in June web site used to sport an Israeli flag, and Death in June played live in Israel on June 18, 2004 for a predominantly Jewish audience.

Upon completing the Burial LP, Wakeford left the lineup to form Sol Invictus. Following the release of 1985’s Nada!, only Pearce remained, with Leagas exiting to form his own project, Sixth Comm.

Beginning with the 1986 double album The World That Summer, Pearce continued Death in June primarily as a solo concern, aided by a revolving group of collaborators including Current 93’s David Tibet, Boyd Rice and Coil’s John Balance.
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  • Sanketh

    What if Douglas P. is secretly heterosexual?

    yesterday afternoon

  • Sanketh

    maybe if you will say something about Occidental Martyr...

    yesterday morning

  • persianbrown

    give me some fuckin discourse lads

    Friday afternoon

  • persianbrown

    thanks for arguing the point that dij is not in fact 'stupid and bad'

    Friday afternoon

  • persianbrown

    it's all stupid and bad

    Monday morning

  • Sanketh

    But honestly and seriously, I am intrigued why Douglas decided to release OM (it's a strange spoken word album). The title itself is interesting ; I will be glad if somebody could tell me something about circumstances in which this album was made.

    last week

  • Sanketh

    It's just funny when you say that Occidental Martyr is the best and the rest care about your opinion ;)

    last week

  • CypheroN

    What is the problem with having different favourite albums? Doesn't that simply imply that the whole discography is marvelous?

    last week
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