It has been written far and wide that June of 44 is from Louisville, Kentucky and in fact founding member Jeff Mueller is indeed a native of Louisville, yet June of 44 as a band began existence in the fall of 1994 in New York City. October and November of that year saw the band record it’s first record “Engine Takes to the Water” at James Murphy’s Downtown Brooklyn location of his Plantain Studios as well as performing their first series of concerts. Throughout the nineties Mueller with Doug Scharin, Fred Erskine, and Sean Meadows would continue to make records for Chicago’s Quarterstick Records and play concerts in Taiwan, Guatemala, Europe, Australia, and North America.

In 2018, June of 44 started playing select concerts again, and is currently working on new music.