What were they to call themselves? Jeff explains how the name came about:
"Sean and I were just talking
about names on the phone and came up
with June of 44 as the name of our
band. Then all these other things came
with it. Henry Miller, who is one of
Sean and my favorite writers was
sending correspondence to a liaison of
his in 1944, this woman named Anais
Nin in June of 44 was sending to letters
to her about how he wanted leave his
wife whose name was June. My mother
was also born in June of 1944, so all
these really strange surrounding things
came after we decided to name the band June of 44. We also try to leave as much open to
personal interpretation as we can. It's just like saying there's a lyric in a song that reminds you
of one thing and then you were to ask to me "what does this lyric mean?" and it doesn't mean
that's what you think it means. We try to leave things as open as we can so people can form
their own assumptions and make it whatever they want."
Since then? Four albums. Two eps. Side projects/other family bands have come [Sonora Pine, Shipping News, Him etc] and gone [Hoover, Codeine etc]. Shows have streched from Italy to the former penal settlement of Australia . Web sites have arisen. The band members became slightly fatiqued . And everyone lived happily ever after.