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.
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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.