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- Joy Division/ New Order, British rock group who, as Joy Division, refined the external chaos of 1970s punk into a disquieting inner turmoil, ushering in the postpunk era, and later, as New Order, pioneered the successful fusion of rock and 1980s African American dance music styles.
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Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Ian Curtis , guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner , bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris .
- 1976–1980
- Salford, England
Joy Division/New Order, British rock group who, as Joy Division, ushered in the postpunk era and, as New Order, pioneered the successful fusion of rock and 1980s African American dance music styles. Songs included Joy Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ and New Order’s ‘Blue Monday.’.
Apr 9, 2019 · A most unexpected fate for this saddest and fiercest of bands: folk music. A new book explores how the group turned itself into a portal for some of the most alien and beautiful information ever ...
Jun 18, 2019 · Tue 18 Jun 2019 06.00 EDT. Joy Division oral historian Jon Savage on the band’s place in pop. I initially saw Joy Division when they were known as Warsaw in 1977, but the first time I...
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- Dave Simpson
Apr 21, 2019 · The Joy Division story has been told many times, yet it never stops seeming too bizarre to be true. Jon Savage, best known for his classic punk history, England’s Dreaming, was one of the...
Jun 15, 2023 · Louder. “We don't want people to know what we think”: Why Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures may be the most important record to emerge from the UK punk scene. By Stephen Hill. published 15 June 2023. Released on June 15, 1979, Joy Division's bleak, beautiful masterpiece has lost none of its power or stark dread.
Sep 10, 2021 · Joy Division ’s eventful history has already been well documented in numerous in-depth books – and on film in Anton Corbijn’s excellent Ian Curtis biopic, Control. However, there’s always more to discover about Manchester’s pioneering post-punk icons. Here are ten Joy Division facts you probably didn’t know….