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There were four in Joy Division – Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris – but Ian was their eyes and ears: it was he who propelled them into uncharted territory – songs like ‘Dead Souls’ which, cold as the grave, has the infinity of a Gustave Doré hell.
Deborah Curtis • Touching From a Distance: The only in-depth biographical account of the legendary lead singer of Joy Division.
When you’re young, death often isn’t part of your world. When Ian Curtis committed suicide in May 1980, it was the first time that many of us had had to encounter death: the result was a shock so profound that it has become an unresolved trauma, a rupture in Manchester’s social history which has persisted through the city’s worldwide promotion as
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Control (2007) is a black-and-white drama about Ian Curtis, the legendary lead singer of Joy Division. Based on the memoir by his wife Deborah Curtis, it follows his life in Macclesfield, the band’s rise in the late 70s, and his struggles with epilepsy, depression, and fame.
Directed by Anton Corbijn, the film is... See more
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On July 18th 1980 Joy Division released their 2nd and final studio LP Closer, exactly two months to the day since the world lost Ian Curtis. The release of Closer signalled the end of Joy Division as we knew it, but it wasn’t the end, the bands legacy continues to cultivate and progress with each new generation discovering meaning and connection... See more
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Did people admire Ian Curtis for the very things that were destroying him?