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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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  • deathinjuneluuv

    [This comment has been hidden because the user is on your ignore list.] <--- best feature on last.fm - YAY Derfagget, charts on last.fm are of most importance, LULZ.

    17 May 12:32am Reply
  • deathinjuneluuv

    don't teach me how 2 Doggy [3]

    17 May 12:31am Reply
  • IAmUndead

    teach me how 2 Dougie [2]

    14 May 9:47pm Reply
  • prinderella

    why?

    13 May 10:47pm Reply
  • deadUndead

    teach me how 2 Dougie

    13 May 10:08pm Reply
  • Schindlers_Fist

    Does anyone know where i could find a ss skull snapback?

    11 May 9:09am Reply
  • home6alien

    Слава воинам-освободителям!

    10 May 4:22pm Reply
  • Derfag

    С Днём Победы! Слава советскому народу!

    9 May 6:50am Reply
  • prinderella

    and by 'worse' i mean better.

    8 May 11:17pm Reply
  • prinderella

    and this shitbox used be a lot worse anyway.

    6 May 3:05am Reply
  • prinderella

    'Blatant homophobia'? Obv. you just don't get our sense of humour. We love Dougie with all of our black hearts [ <-- racism]. So show yerself, Banning Gustapo! It's probably Doug, he does not take kindly to us, "mongs."

    6 May 3:04am Reply
  • home6alien

    I can't get into their folk stuff, its ok but its just boring flat music compared to their murky and dark Post punk stuff [2] Agreed. Earlier stuff is so much superior to everything composed in their neofolk era.

    5 May 3:04pm Reply
  • muteintruder

    our ghosts are gathering

    1 May 6:34am Reply
  • defnoob

    I can't get into their folk stuff, its ok but its just boring flat music compared to their murky and dark Post punk stuff.

    30 Apr 5:29am Reply
  • veggiecannibal2

    Today, all I want to say here is: Happy Birthday to Douglas P.! :)

    28 Apr 3:31pm Reply
  • cadavreflex

    a muse for the endless; a board for the living dead.

    27 Apr 1:25am Reply
  • ardsurd

    «Эээ, что, Death in June?»^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ да это блин Мего класная группа! :)

    26 Apr 11:57pm Reply
  • matt_white

    Hello!

    25 Apr 9:21pm Reply
  • Derfag

    'Learn from mistakes' you say. Implying someone is concerned about his precious charts and scared of possibility to lose them in exchange for having some fun at shoutboxes

    25 Apr 7:41pm Reply
  • sunheadbowed

    Lots of casual ironic homophobia here, as usual. And I think the reason people get banned over and over is because they never learn from their mistakes or grow up.

    25 Apr 4:36pm Reply
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