Douglas John McCarthy (born 1 September 1966) is the vocalist of the English EBM band

Nitzer Ebb Nitzer Ebb () are a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris (programming, synthesizers, drums, vocals), Douglas McCarthy (vocals), and David Gooday (drums). History Initial releases (1983–1987) The g ...

. McCarthy writes and performs with the band. He has appeared on multiple recordings by

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and has released material in collaboration with DJ Terence Fixmer as Fixmer/McCarthy. He contributed vocals to tracks by

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, Motor,

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, Client, and more recently

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's Reverse Commuter project. After Nitzer Ebb originally split, McCarthy began his work with

, then left the music business and focused on film studies and design in

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. He moved to

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in 2000 to work in the

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Solo work

McCarthy's first solo album was originally titled ''Life Is Sucking the Life Out of Me''. The album was written, recorded and mixed at Easier with songwriter/musician/producer Stephen Papke and British

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DJ/producer Mark "Blakkat" Bell. All songs were co-written by McCarthy, Papke and Bell. Currently performing as Douglas J. McCarthy, his first solo album, ''Kill Your Friends'', was released in November 2012 on Los Angeles-based label Pylon Records. McCarthy collaborated with Headman and producer Scott Fraser on the ''Noise'' EP, and with Cyrus Rex on the ''DJMREX'' EP.

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Pylon Records' website
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, Douglas 1966 births Living people English male singers Electronic body music musicians Singers from London Nitzer Ebb members Pigface members

Solo work

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