Michael Moynihan (journalist)
Michael Moynihan, (b.
January 17,
1969) aka Michael M. Jenkins, is an
American journalist, publisher and founder of the music group
Blood Axis. Among the topics he has written on are:
Ásatrú,
Satanism,
Fascism,
Black metal,
Charles Manson, and
National Socialism. Moynihan is involved in a long standing collaborative and romantic relationship with
Annabel Lee, with whom he has fathered a child.
Early life
Moynihan was born in
Boston, Massachusetts to a
lawyer father. He identifies his background as entirely
Northern European:
Irish,
English,
Welsh, and
German. At age 15, Moynihan began making experimental
industrial music, some of it
power electronics, under the name
Coup de Grace. It was the name for a
multimedia project under which he operated from
1984-early
1989. In addition to cassettes and live performance, booklets of images and texts were released, the last of which was
Friedrich Nietzsche's
Der Antichrist.
Collaborations and Associations
In
1989, he formed the musical entity
Blood Axis, for which he does the
vocals and writes the music. Moynihan was an associate of the
experimental musician
Boyd Rice, at one point sharing an apartment with him in
Denver. Beginning correspondence with him in
1988, Rice invited him to go to
Japan and collaborate with him on some
NON performances there in
1989. Moynihan performed in concert with
Tony Wakeford,
Douglas P., and
Rose McDowell (the
Osaka,
Japan show was captured on the
Live in Osaka DVD). An album titled
Music, Martinis, and Misanthropy grew out of this collaboration. He moved to
Denver in
1990. He was a part of the
Abraxas Foundation, appearing, with Rice, on the "
neo-nazi satanism" night of
Bob Larson's
Christian radio show. During this time he was questioned by the
Secret Service about a plot to
assassinate then
President George H. W. Bush; he was subjected to a polygraph test, no charges were filed. An incredulous Moynihan argues that it was a plain and simple case of intimidation stemming from his correspondence with
Charles Manson and visits to
Sandra Good.
Editing and Authorship
In
1992, Moynihan published a collection of writings by pro-
Manson National Socialist Revolutionary James N. Mason. Moynihan edited Mason's newsletter
SIEGE (published from
1980-
1986) into a book,
Siege: The Collected Writings of James Mason (
review), for which he wrote the introduction. In
Portland, Oregon Moynihan headed
Storm Productions.Moynihan co-authored
Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground. He has edited two
Julius Evola books, and a collection of writings by
Karl Maria Wiligut. He has contributed to
Seconds Magazine,
The Scorpion (
book review),
Vor Tru, and
Filosophem. He is one of the editors of
TYR: Myth - Culture - Tradition, and the
North American editor of
Runa. He contributed several pieces to the anthology
Apocalypse Culture II and to the
Disinformation anthology
The Book Of Lies. In
2005 he edited a collection of Essays by British philosopher
John Michell called
Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist (ISBN 0-9712044-4-6).
Influences
Moynihan has expressed admiration for
Ernst Jünger,
Julius Evola, and
Leni Riefenstahl.
Present
Moynihan moved from
Portland to
Vermont in
2000.He helms
Dominion Press and is a member of the
Asatru Alliance.
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Siege: The Collected Writings of James Mason by
James Mason, edited and introduced by Moynihan
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Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Moynihan &
Didrik Søderlind, (
Feral House [
1], ISBN 0922915482 original, ISBN 0922915946 revised and enlarged edition).
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The Secret King: Karl Maria Wiligut, Himmler's Lords of the Runes edited and prefaced by Moynihan, (
Dominion Press,
2001, ISBN 0971204403)
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Introduction to Magic: Ritulas and Practical Techniques for the Magus by
Julius Evola and the
UR Group, edited by Moynihan, ISBN 0892816244
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Men Among the Ruins: Post-War Reflections of a Radical Traditionalist by
Julius Evola, edited by Moynihan, ISBN 0892819057
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Apocalypse Culture II edited by
Adam Parfrey, several contributions by Moynihan, (ISBN 0922915571)
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The Book of Lies edited by
Richard Metzger, with contributions by Moynihan, (ISBN 097139427X)
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Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist a collection of essays by
John Michell selected and introduced by
Jocelyn Godwin edited by Michael Moynihan and Annabel Lee. Designed and Typset by Michael Moynihan, (ISBN 0-9712044-4-6)
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Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity by
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 2001, ISBN 0814731554
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Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the postwar fascist international (Appendix I:
The Devil and Francis Parker Yockey) by
Kevin Coogan, (
Autonomedia, Brooklyn, NY,
1998, ISBN 1570270392)
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Lucifer Rising : A Book of Sin, Devil Worship and Rock 'n' Roll by
Gavin Baddeley,
Paul Woods. (Plexus Publishing,
UK,
1999, ISBN 0859652807)
Official
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Blood Axis Extremely outdated authorized fansite.
Unofficial
Interviews
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Interview with Michael Moynihan conducted by
R. N. Taylor*
The Notorious Michael Moynihan Interview with Michael Moynihan by Zach Dundas
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Michael Moynihan / Blood Axis Interview by Jan R. Bruun
Misc
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How Black Is Black Metal By Kevin Coogan, article examining Moynihan's
Lords of Chaos
