"Death in June are a post-industrial music 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. 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. Although sometimes considered controversial (largely due to usage of themes and imagery relating to Nazi Germany), Death in June has become very influential in certain post-industrial music circles. Douglas P.'s influence was instrumental in sparking neofolk, of which his music has subsequently become a part."
All pigs must die
This ain't August '69
All pigs must die
7 & 7 - Sieg Heil - sublime!
Their trotters are in the mud
They're better off with the Son of God
They had no idea
Not even close, not even near
All pigs must die
This ain't August '69
All pigs must die
7 & 7 - Sieg Heil - sublime!
All pigs must die
This is August '99
All pigs must die
Their stolen riches are really mine
Cover their faces in blood
They're better off with the Son of God
All pigs must die
This is August '99
All pigs must die
The law of The claw will make them mine
01. All Pigs Must Die
02. Tick Tock
03. Disappear In Every Way
04. The Enemy Within
05. We Said Destroy II
06. Flies Have Their House
07. With Bad Blood
08. No Pig Day (Some Night We're Going To Party Like It's 1969)
09. We Said Destroy III
10. Lords Of The Sties
11. Ride Out!
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Detractors have accused Death in June of harboring neo-Nazi sympathies. Pearce has said, "At the start of the eighties, Tony and I were involved in radical left politics and beneath it history students. In search of a political view for the future we came across National Bolshevism which is closely connected with the Sturmabteilung hierarchy. People like Gregor Strasser and Ernst Röhm who were later known as 'second revolutionaries' attracted our attention." The Sturmabteilung (Stormtroopers) were a paramilitary unit of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), and Strasser and Röhm were Nazi leaders who vyed for Adolf Hitler's power.
Protests have been staged and some performances have been cancelled due to these accusations. Justification for the cancellations stem from strong aversions to the Nazi inspired 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 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!"
Pearce, who is openly homosexual, has collaborated with various ethnic Jews throughout his music career. The official Death in June website site featured the flag of Israel, and Death in June played a concert in Israel on June 18, 2004 for a predominantly Jewish audience.
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