Death In June
Country	England
Years active	1981–present
Genres	Dark ambient Experimental Folk Martial Neofolk Post-industrial
Labels	NER
Members	Douglas Pearce

Death In June is the musical brainchild of English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. Death In June was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of Douglas Pearce and various collaborators. Pearce now lives in Australia. Image File history File linksMetadata Dij-03. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music which emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of new synthesizer and sampling technology in the electronic music genre and other technical advances in music. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Martial music, also known as military pop and martial industrial, is a music genre originating in late 20th century Europe. ... Neofolk is a form of folk music that emerged from European ideals and post-industrial music circles. ... Post-industrial is a term used to refer to a grouping of music genres related to the original usage of the term Industrial Music by Industrial Records through either influence or direct involvement, such as power noise, power electronics, technoid, types of experimental music and dark ambient. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... New European Recordings (NER) is the label of Douglas Pearce of Death In June. ... Douglas P., born Douglas Pearce, is an English musician who records under the name Death in June. ... Music is a form of art that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Douglas P., (born Douglas Pearce, 27 April 1956), is an English musician, record label owner, photographer and actor who records under the name Death In June. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Over Death In June's two decades of existence, numerous shifts in style and presentation have occurred, resulting in an overall shift from initial post-punk and Industrial Records influence to an overall more acoustic and folk music-oriented approach. Although sometimes considered controversial, Death In June has become very influential in certain post-industrial musical circles. Pearce's influence was instrumental in sparking neofolk, which his music has subsequently become a part of. Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... Industrial Records was a record label established in 1976 by art/music group Throbbing Gristle. ... Post-industrial is a term used to refer to a grouping of music genres related to the original usage of the term Industrial Music by Industrial Records through either influence or direct involvement, such as power noise, power electronics, technoid, types of experimental music and dark ambient. ... Neofolk is a form of folk music that emerged from European ideals and post-industrial music circles. ...

Crisis

Main article: Crisis (British band)

Pearce formed Death In June in 1981 in England, along with Patrick Leagas and Tony Wakeford. Pearce and Wakeford had been members of the influential political punk band Crisis [1], which formed in 1977. Crisis had gained a substantial following in the UK punk scene, which was getting its legs at that time. Crisis performed at rallies for Rock Against Racism (RAR), and the Anti-Nazi League (ANL), organizations that neoist and Crisis/Death in June critic Stewart Home wrote were fronts for the Socialist Workers Party.[2] Home further stated that the SWP organized a tour of Norway for Crisis and that Wakeford was a "card-carrying member of the SWP". Crisis was a British political punk rock group formed in 1977. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Patrick Leagas is a British musician. ... Anthony Charles Tony Wakeford is an English Pagan folk and neoclassical musician who primarily records under the name Sol Invictus. ... Crisis was a British political punk rock group formed in 1977. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Rock Against Racism (RAR) was a campaign set up by Red Saunders, Roger Huddle and others in winter 1976. ... Anti-Nazi League logo The Anti-Nazi League (ANL) was an organisation set up in 1977 to oppose the rise of what they deemed to be far-right groups in Britain. ... Street action at the 6th Neoist Apartment Festival in Montreal, 1983 Neoism refers both to a specific subcultural network of artistic performance and media experimentalists and more generally to a practical underground philosophy. ... Stewart Home (born 1962) is a British fiction writer, subcultural pamphleteer, underground art historian, and activist. ... The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is the largest political party of the far left in England[citation needed]. It sees itself as standing in the revolutionary socialist tradition. ...

Early Death In June. From left to right: Douglas Pearce, Tony Wakeford and Patrick Leagas.

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Early Death In June (1981-1985)

Death In June soon left the reticent punk scene behind and began to infuse their sound with electronics and martial style drumming, combined with a Joy Division-like post-punk sound. Their lyrics maintained much of the poetry and political urgency of the early Crisis recordings. Tracks such as "Holy Water" and "State Laughter" demonstrated an ongoing fascination with political systems. Further on, Pearce would abandon any overt interest in politics in favor of a more esoteric approach to his work. The field of electronics comprises the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons (or other charge carriers) in devices such as thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) and semiconductors. ... Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Mozart Regiment, December 20, 1863 Several American Indian-style drums for sale at the National Museum of the American Indian. ... Joy Division was a rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... Etymology Esoteric is an adjective originating during Hellenic Greece under the domain of the Roman Empire; it comes from the Greek esôterikos, from esôtero, the comparative form of esô: within. It is a word meaning anything that is inner and occult, a latinate word meaning hidden (from which...

Live debut

The band played their first show in November, 25 1981 in London, England supporting The Birthday Party followed by a short British tour in 1982 (The May 28th show to be rereleased unofficially by Patrick Leagas later in 1987 as Oh How We Laughed) and a more extensive tour in 1983. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... The Birthday Party is the name of an acclaimed play (and later movie) written by Harold Pinter: The Birthday Party (play); and an influential post-punk band led by Nick Cave: The Birthday Party (band). ... Oh How We Laughed (album cover) Oh How We Laughed is an album by Death In June, released in 1987. ...

Introduction of folk music

During the recording of 1983's The Guilty Have No Pride LP, Death In June began to adopt a more traditional European folk sound, using more acoustic guitars, references to ancient and contemporary European history, combining heavy percussion with electronic soundscapes and post-industrial experimentation. The Guilty Have No Pride is an album by Death in June, released in 1983. ...

Tony Wakeford departs

After some tension in the group regarding the direction it was taking Wakeford was asked to leave Death In June in January 1984 after a show in Paris, France. Wakeford then began a post-punk project called Above The Ruins shortly before founding Sol Invictus. Although relations were bad for several years after his enforced departure, Wakeford re-established his friendship with Pearce in the late-1980s. He remains on good terms with Pearce and has guested on stage during one Death In June show in London,1998. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Sol Invictus is an English neofolk and neoclassical group fronted by Tony Wakeford. ...

Nada! flirtation with dance music

The Nada! (1985) LP introduced a temporary dance sound to Death In June accompanied by other tracks with the previously introduced folk elements. Pearce would later state this period was brought about by Patrick Leagas, which is further justified by Leagas' other work as Sixth Comm and later by his joining Mother Destruction, where he would further explore Germanic paganism and historically-inspired music. Nada! is an album by Death in June, released in 1985. ... Sixth Comm was a British experimental, rock and synth pop group founded by Patrick Leagas in 1986. ... Mother Destruction is the electronic music project of Amodali and Patrick Leagas. ... Germanic paganism refers to the religion and mythology of the Germanic nations preceding Christianization, including Norse, Anglo-Saxon mythology, information obtained from archaeological finds and remnants of pre-Christian beliefs in the folklore of medieval and modern Germanic peoples. ...

Patrick Leagas departs

Patrick Leagas abruptly left the group in April 1985 after a tour of Italy, resulting in many cancelled shows in the UK and Europe due to follow that tour. Leagas, who began calling himself Patrick O-Kill, later formed Sixth Comm. From that point until the present, Death In June has consisted solely of the work of Pearce and various like-minded collaborators. Patrick Leagas is a British musician. ...

Mid-period Death In June (1985-1996)

Creation of World Serpent Distribution

In 1991, Pearce named and helped form World Serpent Distribution, [3] a British distribution company that specialized in esoteric, experimental and post-industrial music, whom would distribute his NER releases until the late 1990s. During this period, Pearce collaborated with many artists who also had material distributed through the company in various ways. The World Serpent Distribution Ouroboros logo. ... New European Recordings (NER) is the label of Douglas Pearce of Death In June. ...

Collaboration with David Tibet

David Tibet formed Current 93 in 1982. After being introduced to Pearce by Alan McGee of Creation Records at the Living Room Club, London, in 1983, Tibet eventually began working with Death In June. Upon meeting Tibet, Pearce began to devote more of his time to a new circle of collaborators, which resulted in various Thelemic, Satanic and Hermetic disciplines that markedly affected his approach to composing music. Familiar with Germanic Runes, Pearce introduced them to Tibet. Tibet similarly had been long interested in ceremonial magick and implemented occult concepts into his early recordings with Current 93. David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting, 5 March 1960) is a British apocalyptic folk musician and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only constant member. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thelema is the English transliteration of the Ancient Greek noun : will, from the verb θέλω: to will, wish, purpose. ... Satanism Associated organizations Church of Satan First Satanic Church Prominent figures Anton LaVey | Blanche Barton | Peter H. Gilmore | Peggy Nadramia | Karla LaVey Associated concepts Left-Hand Path | Pentagonal Revisionism | Suitheism | Survival of the fittest | Objectivism | Might is Right Books and publications The Satanic Bible | The Satanic Rituals | The Satanic Witch... The word hermetic is commonly applied to literary or graphical symbolism that is exceedingly obscure, convoluted, or esoteric. ... Younger Futhark inscription on the Vaksala Runestone The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles, but before Christianization also on the European Continent. ... This article deals with magic in the context of religion and the anthropology of religion. ...

Pearce introduced a folk influence to Current 93/David Tibet, who in turn contributed to Death In June's Nada! (1985)LP and its remix version titled 93 Dead Sunwheels (1989), as well as the following tripdych; The World that Summer (1986) Brown Book (1987) and The Wall of Sacrifice (1989). He continued his work with Death In June, ending their collaborations with a contribution to the (1994) LP, Rose Clouds of Holocaust before their eventual split. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Braunbuch - about War and Nazi criminals in West Germany (English title: Brown Book - War and Nazi Criminals in West Germany: State, Economy, Administration, Army, Justice, Science) is the title of a book from Eastern Germany (GDR) of Albert Norden, which appeared in the GDR in 1965. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Wall of Sacrifice is an experimental, dark folk album by Death in June. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Rose Clouds Of Holocaust is a 1995 album by Death in June. ...

Pearce also contributed to Current 93 projects, including the definitive apocalyptic folk LP, Swastikas for Noddy, Earth Covers Earth and 1888 releases from (1988) and 'Thunder Perfect Mind' (1992) as well as playing live on many occasions from 1986-93 with Tibet's group. Apocalyptic folk is a type of music characterized by the employment of traditional folk styles with themes of ruin, destruction, war, loss, grief, misery, misanthropy and various other forms of apocalypse. ... Swastikas for Noddy is a 1987 album by English music group Current 93. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pearce has stated that after he stopped contributing to Current 93, Tibet replaced his acoustic guitar works with that of Michael Cashmore. Michael Cashmore is a British musician who creates d under the monicker of Nature And Organisation. ...

Collaboration with Boyd Rice begins

Boyd Rice (left) and Douglas Pearce (right) in the early 1990s.

Boyd Rice of NON met Pearce on tour in Japan during this period. He was invited to assist on the Wall Of Sacrifice (1989) LP, where he contributed a spoken word piece. This was to mark a long period of collaborations with Boyd Rice in the early 1990s until 2004 between the two, leading to side projects such as Scorpion Wind and albums bearing both the Boyd Rice and Death In June names. Image File history File linksMetadata Friends-01. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Friends-01. ... Boyd Rice (born 1956) is an American experimental sound artist, occultist, archivist, actor, photographer, prankster and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name NON. // Rice started creating experimental noise recordings in 1975, drawing on his interest in tape machines and bubblegum pop sung by female... Boyd Rice (born 1956) is an American experimental sound artist, occultist, archivist, actor, photographer, prankster and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name NON. // Rice started creating experimental noise recordings in 1975, drawing on his interest in tape machines and bubblegum pop sung by female... Non or non can refer to: Look up non in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Collaboration with Erik Konofal

Erik Konofal of Les Joyaux De La Princesse collaborated with Pearce on the Ostenbraun (1989) 2xTAPES release. Pearce sent Konofal source material, which Konofal would remix and send back after making any musical or aesthetic changes.[4] Pearce would later appear live with Les Joyaux De La Princesse for a joint show in 2001.[5] Les Joyaux de la Princesse is a dark ambient project based in France. ...

Collaboration with John Murphy begins

Pearce having recently moved to Australia, he came back into contact with John Murphy of Knifeladder and previously of SPK. Murphy began playing live percussion with Death In June during tours from 1996 onwards. This began a period of very stripped down, largely acoustic live performances for Death In June up until Pearce announced no further live shows in 2005. John Murphy is a drummer who has played in bands such as Whirlywirld, The Associates, Max Q, Dumb And The Ugly, Shriekback, SPK, Death In June, Knifeladder, and Sword Volcano Complex. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Contemporary Death In June (1996-present)

Douglas Pearce (left) with Albin Julius (right) of Der Blutharsch from the Operation Hummingbird LP (2000). Image shot in Lisbon, Portugal near the Padrão dos Descobrimentos

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Collaboration With Albin Julius

After meeting Pearce backstage at a performance in Munich in 1996, Albin Julius of Der Blutharsch collaborated heavily and toured with Pearce, acting as a semi-member of the band. Together, they produced the Take Care And Control LP (1998), Heilige! (1999) live LP and Operation Hummingbird LP (2000) albums. These albums were remarkably extroverted in comparison to previous Death In June albums and featured a bombastic, neoclassical, post-industrial and extremely martial sound with few traces of the previous folk elements. The music created during this period could be classified as a part of the martial music genre. Pearce has sometimes guested on Der Blutharsch records since then and covered an untitled Der Blutharsch song for the Fire Danger Season (2002) Der Blutharsch tribute compilation. The track title was later created/revealed as 'Many Enemies Bring Much Honour', which also appears on the rework and rarities album entitled 'Abandon Tracks!' Albin Julius is an Austrian pagan folk and industrial artist; his the primary musical project is called Der Blutharsch. ... Der Blutharsch (snow drenched in blood, dried blood stains) is the primary musical project of Austrian neoclassical and martial music artist, Albin Julius. ... Operation Hummingbird is an album by Death in June, released in 2000. ... Martial music, also known as military pop and martial industrial, is a music genre originating in late 20th century Europe. ...

Demise of World Serpent Distribution

The late 1990s marked the beginning of a court case between Death In June and World Serpent Distribution regarding payment and distribution issues with several other artists that were then on the label. This led to many artists that had sided with or had a similar experience to Pearce's leaving the distribution company and largely moving to Tesco Distribution Germany, as well as other then well established labels such as Eis & Licht. Eventually, Pearce was issued an out the court settlement for the case, leading to the demise of World Serpent Distribution. [6] Tesco Organisation is a record label based in Mannheim, Germany. ...

Afterwards, this led to reissues of most of the major albums in the Death In June discography being made freely available, with overhauled, deluxe packaging and a considerably cheaper price.

Collaboration With Andreas Ritter

On the All Pigs Must Die LP (2001), Pearce was assisted by Andreas Ritter of the neofolk group Forseti who played accordion on a few tracks on the first half of the LP. This marked a return to the previous folk sound of Death In June. Death In June have also appeared live with Forseti and Pearce appeared on Forseti's Windzeit LP (2003). All Pigs Must Die is an album by Death in June, released in 2001. ... Forseti is the creative neofolk music works of German musician Andreas Ritter. ... A 24-bass piano accordion An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. ...

Collaboration With Boyd Rice ends

After completing the Alarm Agents LP (2004), Pearce announced it would be his final collaboration with Rice, citing the decision as having been mutually decided during the recording of Alarm Agents in a studio situated in a valley in Wellington, New Zealand as helicopters flew beneath the two of them. Pearce recalls: "We turned toward each other and said, 'This is going to be the last collaboration. It can't get better than this.'"[7] Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke in Māori) is the capital of New Zealand, the countrys second largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. ...

Name origins

Much has been made of the origins of the name, Death In June. It is sometimes considered to be an allusion to the Night of the Long Knives Sturmabteilung purge on June 30, 1934, or alternately to the 1914 assassination in Sarajevo that helped spark World War I. However, Pearce has said that he once misheard Patrick Leagas during a rehearsal and he "heard" it as "Death In June". There is also speculation that the name relates to Yukio Mishima's "Death In Midsummer". The group then subsequently applied it to the project in 1981. Pearce has stated that the name does not express any single idea for him and remains multifaceted. The Night of the Long Knives (Saturday June 30 and Sunday July 1, 1934) (German, Nacht der langen Messer), also known as Reichsmordwoche, Operation Hummingbird or the Blood Purge, was a lethal purge of Adolf Hitlers potential political rivals in the Sturmabteilung (SA; also known as storm troopers or... The seal of SA The   (SA, German for Storm Division, usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organization of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A plaque commemorating the exact location of the Sarajevo Assassination On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were shot to death in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul... Yukio Mishima Yukio Mishima ) was the public name of Kimitake Hiraoka , January 14, 1925—November 25, 1970), a Japanese author and playwright, famous for both his nihilistic post-war writing and the circumstances of his suicide. ...

Neofolk music

Main article: Neofolk

Pearce's influence was also instrumental in creating a genre of music called neofolk throughout Germania and Scandinavia. Pearce often plays live with artists that are considered a part of this genre and guests on their records. Neofolk is a form of folk music that emerged from European ideals and post-industrial music circles. ... Map of the Roman Empire and the free Germania, Magna Germania, in the early 2nd century. ... Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe. ...

Influences

Death In June live.

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Film

Film and certain television programs have been a major influence on Death In June, sometimes being worked into compositions or referenced directly in album titles. Influential films and television shows include The World That Summer, Take A Closer Look, The Night Porter, The Prisoner, Night And Fog and Come and See. Categories: 1974 films | Controversial films | Movie stubs ... The Prisoner was a 1967 UK science fiction television series, starring Patrick McGoohan. ... Come and See (Иди и смотри transliterated Idi i smotri) is a 1985 Soviet/Belarusian film (Mosfilm/Belarusfilm coproduction), directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova in the leading roles. ...

Literary

Pearce has cited Friedrich Nietzsche, the Norse Eddas, Yukio Mishima, Saxon poetry and Jean Genet as strong influences upon his work. Although some of these influences have waned as the discography has increased, recently Genet and Mishima were quoted in the booklet of the rare track retrospective Abandon Tracks (2001). Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) (IPA: ) was a German philologist and philosopher. ... Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who speak one of the North Germanic languages as their native language. ... For Edda great-grandmother as the ancestress of serfs see Ríg. ... Yukio Mishima Yukio Mishima ) was the public name of Kimitake Hiraoka , January 14, 1925—November 25, 1970), a Japanese author and playwright, famous for both his nihilistic post-war writing and the circumstances of his suicide. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. ...

Musical

Pearce has stated that Nico, Scott Walker, Ennio Morricone, Industrial Records-era Industrial Music, Forever Changes-era Love and traditional European folk music have all had a considerable impact upon his musical output. Christa Päffgen (October 16, 1938 – July 18, 1988) was a singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress and Warhol superstar, best known by her pseudonym Nico. ... Scott Walker is the stage name of the American singer-songwriter (born Noel Scott Engel, 9 January 1943, in Hamilton, Ohio). ... Ennio Morricone. ... Industrial Records was a record label established in 1976 by art/music group Throbbing Gristle. ... Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of electronic and experimental music. ... Forever Changes (1967) is the third album released by the Los Angeles-based quintet Love. ... Love was an American rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ...

Symbolism and aesthetics

Death In June has always used symbolism, in lyrics and aesthetic approaches. Often these symbols are sometimes slightly modified European historical or ancestral symbols or point to general areas of time, with a small 6 applied.

Masks

According to Pearce, since its inception, Death In June "did not want to become a part of a normal rock'n'roll thing. Pretty boys staring into the cameras with huge cocks and IQs of one million... It doesn't work like that."[8]

Since the early days of Death In June, the band would appear on stage wearing various masks and uniforms pertaining to the subject matters presented. The band shunned group photos, with very few ever taken, usually featuring the band masked or with their back to the camera.

In 1992, during a trip to Italy, Pearce encountered a unique mask at a Carnival shop. Fans were so taken by the mask, it became iconic for Death In June. Pearce often wears the mask when playing live and it appears on various Death In June releases, most visibly on the live Something Is Coming (1993) double LP.

Camouflage

Specific varieties of camouflage are regularly worn by Pearce and appear on various Death In June releases. Most commonly, the variety of camouflage used is the autumnal Erbsenmuster/"pea pattern"[9] (usually on original items) though sometimes the modern Bundeswehr Flecktarn[10] or possibly the post-World War II Austrian fleckerlteppich[11] pattern is used. Anolis caroliensis showing blending camouflage and counter-shading A flounder blends in with its environment. ... The Bundeswehr (Federal Defense Force,  ) is the organization that controls and administers the armed forces of Germany. ... In 1976, the Bundeswehr in Germany developed a number of prototype camouflage patterns, to be trialled as replacements for the solid Feldgrau Field Grey olive-grey moleskin combat uniform. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

The subject of camouflage has also appeared in the lyrics of Death In June, notably in the song "Hidden Among The Leaves" - A reference to the Japanese Hagakure. Hagakure, or Hagakure Kikigaki (葉隠-In the Shadow of Leaves) is a practical and spiritual guide for a warrior, drawn from a collection of commentaries by the former samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, retainer to Nabeshima Mitsushige, the third ruler of what is now the Saga prefecture in Japan. ...

The Totenkopf-6.

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Totenkopf-6

A slightly grinning skull, framed by a circle and a small 6 in the lower right corner. Death In June has, since at least the State Laughter/Holy Water (1982) 7", used variations of the Prussian Totenkopf or Death's Head symbol. Pearce has stated repeatedly that the symbol is not an endorsement of extermination camp atrocities and the symbol far outdates the Third Reich, having been used by the Prussian army under Frederick the Great. Although the particular version used by Death In June is a modified, faintly grinning version of the SS insignia, Pearce has stated the symbolism is clear: "The Totenkopf for Death, and the six for the sixth month - June." [12] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The extermination camps is a loaded term which is used for the facilities established by Nazi Germany in World War II. Under the T4 euthanasia program the gas was used for the killing of the handicapped. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 Prussia (German: ; Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Lithuanian: ; Polish: ; Old Prussian: PrÅ«sa) was, most recently, a historic state originating in East Prussia, an area which for centuries had substantial influence on German and European history. ... Frederick the Great Frederick II of Prussia (Friedrich der Große, Frederick the Great, January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was the Hohenzollern king of Prussia 1740–86. ... The double-Sig Rune SS insignia. ...

The Whip-Hand.

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Whip-Hand

A studded, gloved hand holding a whip surrounded by a circle and a small 6 in the lower right corner. This symbol has been used by Death In June since at least the She Said Destroy (1984) 7"/12", stated by Pearce to signify control and relates to having the whip hand, a British expression. [13] The hand is gloved, giving it both a medieval and fetishistic element, and is often used either in place of the totenkopf or with it. This symbol was used later than the totenkopf and is usually secondary to it. As with the Totenkopf-6, the 6 presumably refers to June. She Said Destroy (album cover) She Said Destroy is an album by Death In June, released in 1984. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The basic idea of sexual fetishism is sexual arousal and satisfaction through an inanimate object, the fetish. ...

Three Bars

Three parallel, up-standing vertical bars accompanied by a small six in the lower right corner. Although a very basic symbol, this symbol likely originates, for the use of Death In June, from the 1943 Kursk version of the insignia of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf. It may have been used to signify the three members of Death In June at the time. Scantly used afterwards for the purpose of Death In June, it first appeared on the Lesson One: Misanthropy! (1986) LP and is rarely used when not referring directly to this period of Death In June. This article concerns the military unit SS Division Totenkopf Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. ...

Runes

Ancient Germanic pre-Christian culture has been more and more a common theme for Death In June with each successive release. Runic text has appeared on many Death In June albums, as well as references to runes in the lyrics of the songs themselves. Germanic paganism refers to the religion and mythology of the Germanic nations preceding Christianization, including Norse, Anglo-Saxon mythology, information obtained from archaeological finds and remnants of pre-Christian beliefs in the folklore of medieval and modern Germanic peoples. ... Younger Futhark inscription on the Vaksala Runestone The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles, but before Christianization also on the European Continent. ...

In a 2005 interview with musician and writer Erin Powell for the Heathen Harvest Webzine, Pearce states: "I'm very happy about that because I see Death In June as part of a European cultural revival. I'm pleased that the Old Gods are being resurrected, for want of a better word. Old symbols. I feel very pleased that I am a part of that process and that I have had influence. At this stage in the game, so to speak, it's not false modesty to say that I am content with my influence."[14]

Personal Bind Rune

This is a combination of runes that is etched on to the To Drown A Rose (1986) 10" and the original cover for Rose Clouds of Holocaust (1995) LP. Pearce has also this bind rune as something of a signature. A bind rune is a ligature of two or more runes. ...

According to Pearce: "In 1986 whilst staying with Tibet in his flat in Freya Aswynn's house in north London over a period of 3 nights I dreamed I was falling in a sort of rain of indistinct runes. On each separate night I managed to concentrate enough on one particular rune to stop it from spinning and moving so I could actually see which one it was. When I awoke I made a note of it. After 3 nights the dream stopped and I decided to try and form an 'appropriate' bind rune from the original 3. This I did and after Freya saw it I basically was given a 'thumbs up' about the whole thing. It definitely does not refer to my name but it definitely does refer to ME." [15] Freya Aswynn, born in Holland in November 1949 and now residing in England in the United Kingdom, in one of the most well known and reckognised Odinists, female shamans, runeologists and is the countries foremost authorities on the runes and their history. ...

Odal rune

The odal rune has sometimes been used by Pearce, if inverted. This can be seen very visibly on the Come Before Christ And Murder Love (1984) 7" cover. The Odal rune. ...

Algiz rune

The algiz rune has often been used by Pearce for non-album Death In June purposes, appearing sometimes with a circle around it as seen on The World That Summer 2xLP (1986), on the official website and elsewhere. Algiz is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name for the ᛉ rune, representing Proto-Germanic final z. ...

Controversy

Detractors have accused Death In June of being neo-Nazi, fascist, and racist. Protests have been staged and occasional performances cancelled due to these accusations. [16]. The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... 1. ...

Justification for the cancellations stem from strong aversions to the symbolism of Death In June coupled with an interpretation of select lyrics as containing deliberate Third Reich-era imagery and tropes. When questioned about his interest in the Third Reich, Pearce has responded: "I've an interest in all aspects of the Third Reich. It has had such a huge influence on the world, who could fail to be intrigued by it? However, I've still read more pages of Das Kapital than Mein Kampf!"[17] Das Kapital (Capital, in the English translation) is a very lengthy treatise on political economy written by Karl Marx in German. ... Cover of Mein Kampf (First Edition) Mein Kampf (English translation: My Struggle) is the signature work of Adolf Hitler, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitlers political ideology of Nazism. ...

Pearce, who is openly homosexual, has also collaborated with various ethnic Jews throughout his discography, the official Death In June site sports an Israeli flag and Death In June played live in Israel on June 18, 2004 for a dominantly Jewish audience. Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ...

Censored in Lausanne, Switzerland

On November 19, 1998 Death In June was scheduled to play with Boyd Rice, Fire + Ice and Der Blutharsch in Lausanne, Switzerland. A day prior the scheduled show, Pearce appeared wearing a sign restrained by two men (Boyd Rice and Albin Julius) in ape suits wearing Third Reich-era swastika arm bands and gave a press conference announcing that he had been banned for the first time from playing live. November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Lausanne is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura hills to its north. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The swastika (from Sanskrit ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles in either left-facing () or right-facing () direction. ...

After pressure from a local activist group, the decision was made by local Swiss chief of police Bernard Metraux due to perceived "ambiguity" to not allow Pearce to appear on stage but Rice, Fire + Ice and Der Blutharsch were allowed to take the stage.

A petition[18] for the resignation of Metraux circulated amongst concert goers at the show and eventually equalled 184 signatures. At the show, a man appearing to be Pearce took the stage and revealed himself to be Rice. Rice performed an altered rendition of Death In June's "C'est Un Rêve" to commemorate the event. This rendition of the song would later be credited to "NON & Freunde" and released on the Der Tod Im Juni compilation. Look up Petition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A petition is a request to an authority, most commonly a government official or public entity. ...

After the show, a website[19] was erected by Swiss fans featuring photographs recording the event. Pearce later recorded a song about the censorship on Operation Hummingbird in 1998.

In a 2005 interview with Pearce, he recalls the event:

"This has to do with politics, not to do with me because they had a local election and they thought I was going to bring an army of skinheads to Lausanne and destroy the city. Because they've heard from someone in Germany who contacted a policeman in Bern. And the policeman in Bern contacted the authorities in Lausanne. This is like gossip. This is like fishwives. This is like old women. I don't care about old women gossiping. If at the end of the day, it means I don't play, good, I don't want to play in the city of old women talking about people behind their backs. And they are so stupid they believe in all the rumours."

"When I had a meeting with the Council a day before the concert, they were absolutely petrified of me. I wanted to play the records and say 'I am not going to destroy you' but they were just so scared. Because they were worried about their political future. They were not thinking about Death in June as Being a Nazi group, they are thinking that I, Jean Pierre Nobody, want to be Mayor of this town and I must win the good citizens over of this town to my calls and, therefore, I will be a knight in shining armour, I will always stand up to those things that everybody hates. So, I will stand up to Nazi, skinhead hordes that are coming to destroy Lausanne."

"Of course, there were no Nazi, skinhead hordes and I didn't play and they got elected. So, life goes on. The fishwives got their wave." [20]

Censored in Chicago, Illinois

Death In June were banned a second time in Chicago, Illinois USA. The show was scheduled to take place at a local venue called The Empty Bottle on December 13, 2003 with Der Blutharsch and Changes. Initially, pressure from a group calling themselves the Center for New Community was applied to the owner of the club, Bruce Finkelman. Finkelman, who is Jewish, and his staff, which contains African Americans, initially decided the show would go on, feeling there was insufficient evidence to censor the performance.[21] Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders The 312 Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 0 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... The Empty Bottle is a nightclub and concert hall located at 1035 N. Western in Chicago. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Changes are a folk band formed in 1969 by Robert N. Taylor and Nicholas Tesluk. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...

Debate continued on The Empty Bottle's website, fueled partially by an e-mail and 10 day telephone campaign waged by the CNC to ban the event. Finkelman offered a compromise: He invited the CNC to distribute anti-racist information within the venue, as well as any other group that wished to do so and offered to give the venue's proceeds of the show to the Anti-Defamation League. The CNC refused. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Finkleman, feeling the pressure, started to relent and decided to remove Changes from the bill. As the controversy mounted from largely misinformed complaints regarding the band due to the CNC's campaign, he eventually cancelled the night altogether. Due to the mounting pressure and threats of violence by other groups, Finkelman expressed regret for this decision, describing the censorship as a "black mark on the arts community" and continued to encourage open discussion instead of censorship.

The venue was moved to Deja Vu, another venue in Chicago that Saturday. Anti-Racist Action began to gather at the venue, resulting in violence against fans of Death In June and the concert was canceled by the venue owners just before it was scheduled to begin. ARA Logo, featuring a masked anarchist smashing a swastika Anti-Racist Action Network (ARA) is a decentralized network of anti-fascist and anti-racist communists. ...

Censored by the German government

On December 21st, 2005 the German government illegalized all sales and distribution of Rose Clouds Of Holocaust to minors, which had been available to everyone in the country since 1995.

Early in 2006, discussion on the Death In June Yahoo list resulted in a response from Pearce, who revealed that he had been asked "several" months ago earlier by his distributor, Tesco Organisation Germany (based in Mannheim), to explain passages of his work to the German government. [22] Pearce provided his original response to the government, which featured, "for the first time," Pearce's own explanation for numerous aspects of Death In June, including lyrics, song titles, events and use of aesthetics as well as dates, people and locations. Pearce issued a second letter stating that Tesco Organisation Germany had filed an appeal against the ban. No decision has yet been released. Mannheim is a city in Germany. ...

A third e-mail was sent regarding the ban, in which Pearce expressed concern for further arbitrary action by the German government in banning further albums and artists within the "Neo-Folk/Post Industrial/whatever you wish to label it scene." Pearce requested a "Fighting Fund Festival" and offered legal support.[23]

Discography

Death In June have an extensive discography, including compilations of older material mixed with (then) newer, singles, limited editions and multiple versions of a single releases.

Albums

The Guilty Have No Pride is an album by Death in June, released in 1983. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Burial is an album by Death in June, released in 1984. ... Nada! is an album by Death in June, released in 1985. ... The World That Summer is an album by Death in June, released in 1986. ... Brown Book is an album by Death in June, released in 1987. ... The Wall of Sacrifice is an experimental, dark folk album by Death in June. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Rose Clouds Of Holocaust is a 1995 album by Death in June. ... Death in June Presents: KAPO! is an album by Death in June, released in 1996. ... Take Care & Control is an album by Death in June, released in 1998. ... Operation Hummingbird is an album by Death in June, released in 2000. ... All Pigs Must Die is an album by Death in June, released in 2001. ...

Singles

Heaven Street (album cover) Heaven Street is an album by Death In June, released in 1981. ... The 12-inch single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... A vinyl EP from Crop Circles. ... She Said Destroy (album cover) She Said Destroy is an album by Death In June, released in 1984. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... Kameradschaft is an album by Death in June, released in 1998. ...

Secondary Releases

Lesson 1: Misanthropy is an album by Death in June, released in 1986. ... Oh How We Laughed (album cover) Oh How We Laughed is an album by Death In June, released in 1987. ... The Corn Years is an album by Death in June, released in 1989. ... Typical 60-minute Compact Cassette. ... Les Joyaux de la Princesse is a dark ambient project based in France. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Cathedral of Tears is a 1991 album by Death in June. ... Death In June/Current 93/Sol Invictus is a CD album recording of a March 24, 1991 concert by Death in June, Current 93, and Sol Invictus at the Frankfurt Sound Depot in Frankfurt, Germany. ... Death in June Presents: Occidental Martyr is an album by Death in June, released in 1995. ...

Reference

• Misery and Purity: A History and Personal Interpretation by Robert Forbes (review)

External links

Official Sites

• Official Death in June Site
• Official French-speaking Death in June Site

• Archive Of Death In June Interviews

Unofficial sites

E-lists

• Death In June Discussion List
• Take Care & Control Discussion List

Live

• Review of Concert aboard HMS President, The Thames, London, November 22 2003
• Images of Concert at The Slimelight, London, April 4th, 2002
• Review of Concert at The Steeple, Waregem, Belgium, April 30th, 2002 with Boyd Rice/NON
• Review of Concert at Brussels, Belgium, April 1st, 2001 with Les Joyaux De La Princesse, Tribe of Circle and Der Blutharsch
• Performance Images from a Russian Concert (In Russian)
• Review of Death In June Concert at The Elysium night club in Austin, Texas, April 8th 2005
• Images of Concert at The Elysium night club in Austin, Texas, April 8th 2005

Interviews

• April 2005 Interview with Douglas P

Misc

• Brainwashed.com's archived Death In June discography, dating to 2000.