Peter Hook of Peter Hook and the Light performing on the main stage during Kendal Calling 2018 at Lowther Deer Park on July 29, 2018 in Kendal, England. CREDIT: Carla Speight/Getty Images Hook, who ...
The surviving members of Joy Division went on to form New Order following Ian Curtis taking his own life in 1980. Morris was speaking to NME about New Order’s classic second album ‘Power, Corruption & ...
Today would have marked the 57th birthday of Ian Curtis, who was born on July 15, 1956. Though the Joy Division front man tragically took his own life 33 years ago, it’s telling of the legacy he left ...
Forty years ago, on May 18, 1980, Ian Curtis, the charismatic and deeply troubled frontman of the legendary Mancunian post-punk outfit Joy Division, took his life at age 23. Struggling with the ...
No one’s questioning the fact that Joy Division’s catalog isn’t exactly the most positive, uplifting group of songs out there. Although the band’s time together was eye-blink fast, they left behind a ...
There are not many between the age of 20 and 50 that don’t know the iconic motif of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. However, it is, perhaps, unlikely that they will know any other of the ...
Ian Curtis was aged just 23 when he committed suicide on 18 May 1980, on the eve of Joy Division’s first American tour, causing the band to dissolve and reform as New Order. Yet his cultural legacy ...
U.K. indie the Works U.K. Distribution has tuned into the sounds of "Joy Division," a documentary from Grant Gee about the cult 1970s British indie rock band. By Stuart Kemp, The Associated Press ...
The post-punk band's seminal "Unknown Pleasures" album inspires an adult-sized tee in the Disney catalog. Says the band's original basssist: "It's certainly a fantastic compliment 34 years later to ...