Curtis killed himself just eight months after this taping. At the time the group were on the verge of heading to America for their first stateside tour. “On Sunday morning I was turning my trousers up ...

The career of Joy Division - the greatest band of the post-punk era of the late 1970s and early ‘80s - was tragically short, ended by the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis at the age of just 23: Not ...

Sixteen days later, their singer was gone and Joy Division ceased to exist. Photo by Chris Mills on (Photo by Chris Mills on ) The shows documented cover the full run of the band's final active years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unreleased recordings span most of the band's brief career, starting with a performance from March 1, 1979, at the Hope and ...

In 1979, for even the most avid NME reader living outside Britain’s big cities, it wasn’t easy to get to see new bands. Sure, you could hear them on John Peel, but that didn’t tell you anything about ...

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In the seemingly infinite discussion of influence, Joy Division's place in the halls of music's most revered is just as sure as the band's equally esteemed mythos. Generations of fans old enough to ...