Death in June
Death in June are a neofolk group led by English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. The band was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1984 and 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of Douglas P. and various collaborators. Douglas P. now lives in Australia.
Over the band's three decades of existence, they have made numerous shifts in style and presentation, resulting in an overall shift from initial post-punk and Industrial Records influence to a more acoustic and folk music-oriented approach. They are sometimes considered controversial (largely due to usage of themes and imagery relating to Nazi Germany). Douglas P.'s influence was instrumental in sparking neofolk, of which his music has subsequently become a part.
History
Origin
Pearce formed Death in June in 1981 in England, along with Patrick Leagas and Tony Wakeford. Pearce and Wakeford had been members of the political punk band Crisis, which formed in 1977. Crisis had gained a substantial following in the UK punk subculture. Crisis performed at rallies for The Right to Work, Rock Against Racism, and the Anti-Nazi League.
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by: Death in JuneEyes like little dreams
Come true
We are all
Treading waters
Especially in the new
Europa!
With all its satellites
We'll see
The blossoming of the Judas tree
Any colour infidelity
That weeping wound
That's hard to see
From my circle I'll never stray
Or follow clay feet of yesterday
To broken circles
Well left behind
Those foreign hands
On foreign times
And, in their wake
I'll disagree
To cast my own nativity
With all its satellites
We'll see
The blossoming of the Judas tree
Any colour infidelity
That weeping wound
That's hard to see
For misjudged moments
Of misjudged times
Are for misjudged lives
That misjudged mine
Our dreams
Our dreams they never go
To devils above
And grey rainbows
Spilt seed on stony ground
The only sperm
That ants surround
My hands
My wounds
And, nothing else
I smell traitor
Time the divider