Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' has come to define post-punk in the late 1970s. It also features a drum element that is ...

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 ...

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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Peter Saville was 22 years old, fresh out of college and ready for the opportunity that presented itself. “At that age, no one was asking me to redesign the transit system but somebody asked me to do ...

Joy Division is a cornerstone in the history of British music. Yet despite their massive impact, their actual time together ...

Speaking in 2011 about the New Order/Joy Division joint singles compilation Total, bassist Peter Hook declared, “We did actually do something wonderful. And not just with one group, but with two.” ...

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 ...

Dark star: The final days of Ian Curtis by his Joy Division bandmates Married at 19, the brightest star of the post-punk scene at 22, dead at 23. The life of Joy Division's Ian Curtis is the stuff of ...