Killjoy

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 film August Underground's Mordum, released on video in 2003. and the film Opening The Mind, released in 2019.

On March 18, 2018, the band announced via their Facebook page that Killjoy had died. 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. Pucci died on March 18, 2018 from heart failure, in a local hospital in East Liverpool.

Discography Necrophagia Release date Title Label 1987 Season of the Dead New Renaissance Records 1995 Death Is Fun Red Stream 1998 Holocausto de la Morte Red Stream February 28, 2000 Black Blood Vomitorium (EP) Red Stream October 22, 2001 Cannibal Holocaust (EP) Season of Mist Productions 2001 Reverse Voices of the Dead (split EP with Antaeus) Season of Mist Productions February 24, 2003 The Divine Art of Torture Season of Mist Productions 2004 Goblins Be Thine (EP) Season of Mist Productions April 18, 2005 Harvest Ritual Volume I Coffin Records/Season of Mist 2006 Slit Wrists and Casket Rot (Live) Coffin Records/Season of Mist 2011 Death Trip 69 Coffin Records/Season of Mist 2014 WhiteWorm Cathedral Season of Mist

Viking Crown Release date Title Label 1999 Unorthodox Steps of Ritual (EP) Baphomet Records April 11, 2000 Innocence from Hell Baphomet Records November 13, 2001 Banished Rhythmic Hate Renegade Records

The Ravenous Release date Title Label August 29, 2000 Assembled in Blasphemy Hammerheart 2002 Three on a Meathook (EP) Red Stream February 24, 2004 Blood Delirium Red Stream

Killjoy Release date Title Label January 1, 1990 Compelled by Fear Restless/Colossal Records

Wurdulak Release date Title Label October 30, 2001 Ceremony in Flames Baphomet Records 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