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Hello Douglas With The Snow Bunker Tapes, you decided to release the original versions on the guitar of the songs that were to be interpreted on the piano for Peaceful Snow. Did this will to release these raw versions come from the last tour you made in Europe in which you played some of these songs accompanied with the guitar? Yes, absolutely. I was being asked by fans if they could listen to the entire album as it was originally conceived on guitar. As I was playing on guitar 3-5…

1.. Right from the start, Crisis seemed to be interested in shock tactics, of making things happen and getting up people’s noses. Is that a fair summary? No. The idea Tony and I had was that Crisis would be deadly serious and that our politics were to be taken seriously. That, in itself, turned out to be shocking enough for some people so inevitably we did get up some people’s noses – especially in the mass media. But, that wasn’t our raison d’etre. 2.. What was the Canio Club in…

1. Douglas, first of all a few words about your last release, the “Abandoned tracks”. How did you decide to release it right now? Basically the main motivation was that I was getting so many requests from people for the tracks that were featured on rare compilations or deleted singles etc. I realized I could combine those with some new/remixed material and it would provide almost a ‘new’ album. It certainly sounded like a whole concept after I listened back to the songs featured on AT despite a lot of…

Here is the English version of an interview I recently did for the German music magazine ‘Orkus’ #05 Mai edition. I was asked to list the 5 most important/influential albums in my Life which obviously led to some notable exclusions from the likes of Joe Meek, more Beatles, David Bowie, Sex Pistols/Clash, Kraftwerk etc. The feature was entitled ‘Soundtrack of My Life’; “I’m sure everyone says 5 all time great albums is far too few but I will attempt to explain why the following came to mind today – immediately:…

Please find within Part I of the full length Death In June interview conducted with Simon Collins for the UK music magazine ‘Zero Tolerance’ in September, 2006. This was eventually slightly edited and eventually published in January/February 2007 in issue #015. Many of you are probably aware of much of the contents but for the archives and newcomers to this group/Death In June here it is. (As an aside, interesting interviews with both Patrick Leagas of 6 Comm and John Murphy’s group Knifeladder are also in the same edition and…

Here are some titbits from a communication about The Roxy Club that took place in April, 2006. I don’t believe this group has seen this before. I also don’t know if it was ever officially printed anywhere: “Dear Paul, If it’s a question of what memories I have of that time and place: I/Crisis started going to The Roxy in about mid-1977 after its main period of fame and the release of the Live At The Roxy album. They did audition nights and we managed to get a slot on…

Here is the full English translation of an interview that was recently published in the German music magazine Orkus #06 June, 2007: How many gigs have you played in your life so far? With Death In June it is about 200 shows around the World between 1981 and 2005. But, with Crisis who seemed to be playing every week from 1977-1980 I have absolutely no idea. Rock Against Racism and the Anti Nazi League certainly got their pound of flesh from us playing at their benefits during those years as…

Recently published in an Hungarian magazine called ‘Fossilia’ is an extensive interview that took place over several weeks in early 2006. Over the next few days I will be posting my replies, some of which have the questions included but, not all. Those segments that don’t have the questions – such as this one – I’ll leave up to your collective imagination regarding what I’m talking about: 1. Much of what I’ve released in this decade has been retrospective as, after I departed world serpent distribution in 1999, I was…

“The March Of Man’s True Destiny” Douglas Pearce interviewed by Brian Clark via email, 2006 One thing that most recording artists today are all but universally terrified of, is the accusation of being a “Nazi” or of having fascist sympathies or anything resembling latent “racism.” For the last several decades, the entertainment industry has been afflicted with a sort of puritanical political correctness which insures that anyone involved in that industry who strays from the accepted norms (one of them being anti-fascism and anti-racism), quickly finds themselves out-of-the loop in…

Exclusive Interview with Douglas P. – Death in June, June 2006 Due to the current situation concerning the German censorship of “Rose clouds of Holocaust” we are nearly forced to ask you about the progresses in this matter. Were you able to achieve an appeal trial?How did your fans react after the adjudication, what about showing support and solidarity with DIJ? At the moment we are still waiting to hear a reaction to our legal appeal from the other side in the matter. They haven’t responded in the time frame…

1.) DEATH IN JUNE have ever since been a topic for numerous discussions about how far art can go in its imagery. With putting “Rose clouds of holocaust” on the German index of publications dangerous to younger people end of last year it has become a legal matter for the first time. When did you hear about these things first? Did you have an idea what it can mean being put on this index? I was first told in about August, 2005 that after an official complaint had been filed…

You are releasing through your website many old stuff (like “Burial”) and and also DVDs. A few words about it? It’s said that these recordings will NOT be available via any shop or music distributer for purchase. Whynot? You’re confused. Only the ‘Free Tibet’ release is not available via any shop or record distributer. It’s purely for Free download off of the internet from the main DIJ website. All other releases should be available from shops/mail order companies/internet sites and music distributers that normally stock Death In June. The back…

in all these years since you began with DIJ, the years of provocating, the playing with the fire – which has been the hardest experiences and which the finest? Without doubt the hardest time was when Patrick Leagas decided to leave the group in April,1985 after the release of “NADA!” and after many successful shows throughout Europe and with more lined up. I had to think very quickly on my feet as to where Death In June would go from there – if anywhere! And, equally without doubt, despite some…