A sparsely attended concert in Manchester on June 4, 1976, inspired future members of Joy Division, The Smiths, Buzzcocks and ...
Salford lad Peter Hook learned of the Sex Pistols gig when he saw an ad for the show in the Manchester Evening News. He ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
More than three decades have passed since Joy Division emerged from the cultural rubble of post-industrial Manchester, England to rechannel punk rock’s sound and fury into something more sublime. Over ...
It is unlikely to be the most lighthearted walking tour on offer this summer. But one taking in the places that helped shape lives of Joy Division and their frontman Ian Curtis is expected to attract ...
A few months into 1980, the British post-punk group Joy Division were ready to take the next steps in their promising career. Led by their compelling lead singer Ian Curtis, the emerging quartet from ...
On this day (Jan. 25) in 1978, Joy Division played their first live gig, a moment that is often credited with kicking off the post-punk era. The iconic, yet short-lived rock outfit – made up of ...
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 ...
Peter Hook has a lot of witty one-liners about Disney’s controversial Joy Division-inspired shirts that were yanked from shelves yesterday, including: “Because of the amount of money I’ve spent in ...
The music writer explains the roots of his new oral history of ‘the most powerful live group I’ve ever seen’ Read an extract from This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division – the ...
Though Curtis died tragically at the young age of 23, his life and music continue to resonate 30 years later. As a songwriter, he helped inspire the melancholy post-punk revival of bands like Bloc ...
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