[kj] Strange "controversy" a-brewing: Prada runway showin Milan plays Death in June's music

[pssyche23]

Thanks mate, wasn't aware of that CD ... must track it down ... had 
Holocaust UK 5 track 12" single ... "PC 1984" fantastic song ...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] Strange "controversy" a-brewing: Prada runway showin Milan 
plays Death in June's music



> The huge irony is that Crisis, the very political late 70s/early 80s punk 

> band that contained future members of Death in June, are left-wing as 

> fuck. Their "Holocaust Hymns" complete discogaphy is almost nothing short 

> of phenomenal. The od thing is that it is almost Crass-like in its 

> militant leftism.

>

> Death in June began with 3 members of Crisis who basically wanted to do a 

> Joy Division clone band a la Joy Division's "Ideal for Living" EP with the 

> kettle drum-pounding Aryan youth pic on the front. Within a couple of 

> years, no one was left in Death in June except Douglas P., and it's 

> basically been his solo project here and there, continuing with the 

> fascist imagery and themes and strumming away on his acoustic guitar in 

> his Waffen SS uniform about German wines and the glory days of Old Europe.

>

> Crisis are very much worth checking out. Crisis, Crass, and The Clash were 

> for a short whil (1980?) considered THE political punk triumvirate in 

> England, according to someone I argued who worked with Crass Records 

> bands.

>

> -Oliver

>

>>  (Death in June began life as a punk band called Crisis). The overall 

>> conclusion by the author is that Death in June *is* playing up the 

>> neo-fascist/Nazi stuff but their motivation is the almighty dollar (or 

>> pound sterling in this case) - controversy sells.

>>

>>

>> Geoff

>>

>>

>> P.S. Adam and the Ants also feature in the article

>>

>>

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