Category: All Interviews

Interview by Simone This is a question I’ve been asking to quite a few bands in the last times: 20 years are passed! If you look back to the very beginning of Death In June, what are your feelings, do you have any regrets, is there something you’d like to change? In the 20 years of Death In June’s existence the only true and deep regret I have is that I didn’t get Death In June, and of course the entire NER/Twilight Command catalogue, away from World Serpent Distribution sooner…

Ende 2001 feiert Death In June sein 20-jähriges Jubiläum. Allein das wäre schon Grund genug, Douglas P. einige Fragen zu stellen. Außerdem gibt es noch ein weiteres wichtiges Ereignis – das Erscheinen des neuen Albums “All Pigs Must Die”. Aus diesem Anlass haben wir den Meister über die Hintergründe dieser Veröffentlichung ausgefragt und dabei kamen Geschehnisse ans Licht, die dieses Interview schon vor seinem Erscheinen zum Auslöser intensiver Diskussionen machte. ” All Pigs Must Die” scheint eine Abrechnung mit Bestehendem und der Beginn einer neuen DIJ-Ära zu sein. Inwieweit entspricht…

This are the answers to questions from a Polish magazine, whose name escapes me, asked in 2001. I’m sure your imaginations can fill in the blanks of the missing questions! I never got to see a finished copy so I can only assume this was published somewhere in Poland in late 2001/early 2002: 1. I don’t feel the 2 are related whatsoever. ”Apocalyptic” is a word used by others not by me! Anyway, I never believed in putting Death In June in any sort of musical genre or ghetto and…

Interview:2002-Edge of time DEATH IN JUNE Europe Has Burnt and Burns Again [January 2002, by Audrius Ozalas, Zydrius, Ugne; intro by AO] Death In June always has been something more than music. Since the beginning of the 80s, for many people it was the source of inspiration, for many it had changed the worldview, and for many it had changed the understanding of how the music should sound like. Call it some kind of religion, and maybe you will be right. Apocalyptic visions, magical symbols –- the music of Douglas…

Death In June Interview vom 26.April 2002, Wien. (An dieser Stelle nochmal lieben Dank an Albin Julius, der uns bei der Ausarbeitung und Übersetzung des Interviews seine Hilfe zur Verfügung stellte.) Im Vorfeld des Konzertes versuchten zahlreiche Bewegungen den Auftritt zu verhindern, ironischerweise behauptete sogar eine Aktiongruppe von Homosexuellen du würdest Schwule diskriminieren. Die ganze Aufregung rund um das Konzert bringt dir zweifellos auch Publicity. Genießt du diesen Rummel oder wäre es dir etwas ruhiger doch lieber? Es ist keine Frage des Genießens, ich bin lediglich genervt über die Menge…

An interview with Douglas P Death In June was formed in 1981 by Douglas Pearce, Patrick Leagas and Tony Wakeford. Since 1985 Death In June has consisted of one sole member, Douglas Pearce, aided by others if and when required. It is with this present incarnation of Death In June that this interview is concerned (for a complete dissection of Death In June and their numerous releases read the excellent and informative articles on Death In June in Fractured #1 & #3). Since the last split in personnel Death In…

HOMO CONTRA VULGUM An interview with Douglas P. of Death in June. Easter 1994. Somewhere in London. by Per Norstrom and Johan Birgander When this interview was taped, the latest release from Death In June was the double CD “Something Is Coming” where the group had, as the first British act, played live in Croatia after the war had begun. Douglas tells us of his experiences from living nearby a hospital where patients were desperately trying to survive in conditions where over-crowding and lack of supplies was the order of…

DEATH IN JUNE An interview with Douglas P. by Oliver Phillipe In a time of a new and serious wave of acts of racist and especially neo-nazi violence, don’t you think that the message that DIJ used to convey in the past by wearing theatrical dress (masks of pigs linked to the nazi armband) is still more present in the current events, and I particularly think about the song C’est Un Reve (that would be a vigilant attention of the “black beast”, which can be hidden in one of us,…

How do you introduce Death In June? If you’ve never heard of them (?) I can guarantee that some fragment of their extensive and diverse history will appeal to you, because few musical styles have been left untouched. Whether it’s the early snarls of guitar driven punk, the shrieking distortion, the silvery wind-chimes, the melodic apocalyptic folk, the deafening ritual drums, the winding neo-classical soundscapes or the curious and wonderful looping samples, woven across the entire Death In June spectrum – a native DIJ element lies beckoning within each song…

C’est avant le concert du Club Dunois du 18 décembre dernier que Cynfeirdd a eu le plaisir de rencontrer Douglas Pearce et Boyd Rice, qui nous ont parlé de leurs nouveaux projets; à savoir Kapo!, réunissant Douglas et des membres de Strength Through Joy; et Scorpion Wind formé de nos deux compères. Ces projets simultanés, orchestrés par Douglas P. font apparaître d’une part une musique qui pourrait être labelisée Death In June, tant et si bien que ce qui devait être un maxi de D.I.J., puis un mini-LP est devenu…

Article: Confessions of a Mask Scapegoat: With the various mask you’ve appeared in, what is the message you’re conveying? Douglas: I suppose I could waffle on about how, from the early days of Death In June, we all wanted to turn our backs to the usual rock ‘n’ roll schlock of the pretty boy next door, hung like a doulsay with an I.Q. of over 1,000 and heart of gold, grieving inanely into the camera and dancing around on stage like a gibbon on speed, but, I won’t! Instead I…

Previously this interview (in cut version) was printed in autumn of 1999th year in rostov-on-don newspaper “gorod n” [ n.44 (349), 3rd-9th november, 1999 It is hard to introduce in few words the man has such a large influence on the image of europe at the end of millenium during 18 years of extraordinary sound existence, and who has today a lot of followers and imitators all over the world. Each of his new works becomes an event at the independent music society, and the performance – the passionate cultural…

INTERVIEW WITH DEATH IN JUNE, SUMMER 1999. “THE LAST ACT FOR EUROPA” Death In June represents, from the year 1985 (when the project became a “one-man band”), the artistic-musical epos of Douglas P., personage of heroic fibre in the tragic Wolf Age. The interview invests various themes for then concentrating on the principal ossession of Douglas who, as maybe few others, has not forgotten his own European origin. And they’re his own words to give us, good Europeists and Eurocentrists, a bit of hope. For the last act of the…

Pourriez- vous vous présenter ? Dug: Tony, bass, chant. Richard, synthé, chant. Dug, drums, chant. Pat, drums, trompette, chant. Pat ne vient pas. Il ne veut pas parler, ce que je comprends, vu la journée d’hier. Déprimante. Quelle est l’histoire de Death in June ? Dug: Eh bien, deux d’entre nous viennent de Crisis (Tony – Dug). On a joué ensemble pendant un petit moment, puis nous avons splitté. Nous sommes partis dans plusieurs directions: Death in June – Theatre of Hate. Sur quelles bases vous êtes-vous formes ? Juste pour la musique…

Authentic and true music has the potential to upset people. Good music should provoke. It can provoke emotionally or on a political level. Is there a limit? Is there anybody authorized to set a limit for how far artistic provocation can go? Since the early days of Punkrock, controversial symbolism has been used in order to provoke, to arouse and shake things up. The legendary early punk icon Siouxsie Sioux wore not only rubber stockings, but also swastika armbands. Back then outrageous and scandalous, now a part of music history….

Never has one artist been so afflicted by the downfall of record labels and distributors. Since leaving Death In June in the period following NADA! Patrick Leagas’s work as Six Comm and Mother Destruction has been beset by the fall of Red Rhino and Rough Trade, resulting in his vast back catalog remaining out of print and only sporadic releases maintaining any sense of continued presence on the music scene. After a lengthy hiatus Patrick Leagas has returned to the fold with his first new works in years: a double…

Taken from http://www.myspace.com/6comm66 6 Comm Questions and Answer section here The following information was compiled from e-mail conversations with Patrick during 2006 Ironically and considering that Patrick’s 6comm was perhaps the first artist ever to use the term’ comm ‘ as a band name ,defining communication on all levels. He has consistently declined to use the world wide web to inform of his work , life and activities and also has not made his old works available for many years. The reclusive experimental artist is to make a return to…

An interview with Tony Wakeford Sol Invictus released their first album “Against The Modern World” in 1988 on Laylah Records. From this point onwards Sol Invictus have shown their opposition to this modern world, and to it’s accompanying values, that have resulted in the decline of the modern world. In turn, Sol Invictus, under Tony Wakeford have put forward values and beliefs which they believe are necessary if we are to be able to survive this soulless age. Sol Invictus revolve around main-man Tony Wakeford, augmented by individuals such as…

TONY WAKEFORD: PONTIFEX SOLIS An interview with Tony Wakeford of Sol Invictus by Per Norstrom and Johan Birgander In the spring of 1994, Per Norstrom and Johan Birgander interviewed Tony Wakeford. This interview was supposed to be published in a Swedish magazine (Release). However, the editor changed his mind, finding it more lucrative to put acts like the Human League (!) on the cover. FluxEuropa is very grateful to Per and Johan for now allowing this interview to be published here for the first time. It reveals and clarifies a…

TONY WAKEFORD BROWN BOOK INTERVIEW This interview with Tony Wakeford will appear in the English-language edition of The Brown Book (about Death In June, Sol Invictus and Mother Destruction) by JEAN LOUIS VAXELAIRE. Jean reports (November 1995) delays with arranging other interviews for this forthcoming book. The Sol chapters are almost finished and if all goes well he hopes to publish in February/March 1996. The French edition, meanwhile, is available from Camion Blanc, 6 rue du Cheval Blanc, F-54000 Nancy, France. ISBN: 2-910196-02-X. Jean is also working on a fanzine…