When Tony Wilson gave Ian Curtis a collection of Frank Sinatra records in 1980, he probably had no great expectations about the result, and he certainly felt that neither Ian nor the other band members… Love Will Tear Us Apart: story and meanings of Joy Division’s song
The halo of legend that circulates still today around the name of Ian Curtis, singer and leader of the Joy Division, is huge. It is something close to veneration, lived by several generations of fans,… Control: a movie about Ian Curtis, Joy Division and the downfall
The deaf and thumping drums by Stephen Morris, a slight discharge, a choked cry passing on the powerful, distorted and enveloping bass by Peter Hook: the punk soul that tries to get out, and then Bernard Sumner’s… Unknown Pleasures: inside the disorder of Joy Division’s first album