Killjoy DeSade (born Frank Anthony Pucci; November 4, 1966 – March 18, 2018) was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist for the death-metal band Necrophagia.
Career Pucci founded Necrophagia in 1983, which first dissolved in 1990. Shortly after Necrophagia's dissolution, he formed his solo band and released Compelled by Fear in 1990. Pucci reformed Necrophagia in 1997 with Phil Anselmo and performed with the band until his demise. Pucci was the only original member of Necrophagia until the band's end.
He was the vocalist for the death-metal/thrash-metal band Cabal in 1990. Pucci participated in several side projects with Phil Anselmo, including Viking Crown and Eibon. He was the vocalist for the death-metal band The Ravenous, which included Nuclear Assault bassist Dan Lilker and Death drummer Chris Reifert. Pucci also sang for the black-metal band Wurdulak, Forlis and Enoch. He appears in the films August Underground's Mordum, released on video in 2003, and Opening the Mind, released in 2019. Personal life Pucci was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, the son of Frank Pucci and Constance "Crabtree" Keller-Orr.
He had two sons and one daughter.
On March 18, 2018, Pucci died from heart failure, in a local hospital in East Liverpool. Necrophagia announced his death via their Facebook page.
Discography Necrophagia Release date Title Label 1987 Season of the Dead New Renaissance 1995 Death Is Fun Red Stream 1998 Holocausto de la Morte Red Stream Black Blood Vomitorium (EP) Red Stream Cannibal Holocaust (EP) Season of Mist 2001 Reverse Voices of the Dead (split EP with Antaeus) Season of Mist The Divine Art of Torture Season of Mist 2004 Goblins Be Thine (EP) Season of Mist Harvest Ritual Volume I Coffin / Season of Mist 2006 Slit Wrists and Casket Rot (Live) Coffin / Season of Mist 2011 Death Trip 69 Coffin / Season of Mist 2014 WhiteWorm Cathedral Season of Mist
Viking Crown Release date Title Label 1999 Unorthodox Steps of Ritual (EP) Baphomet Innocence from Hell Baphomet Banished Rhythmic Hate Renegade
The Ravenous Release date Title Label Assembled in Blasphemy Hammerheart 2002 Three on a Meathook (EP) Red Stream Blood Delirium Red Stream
Killjoy Release date Title Label January 1, 1990 Compelled by Fear Restless / Colossal
Wurdulak Release date Title Label Ceremony in Flames Baphomet 2002 Severed Eyes of Possession Season of Mist
Enoch Release date Title Label 2004 Graveyard Disturbances Red Stream/Baphomet
Haxxan Release date Title Label December 23, 2016 Loch Ness Rising Hells Headbangers
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