Joy Division is best known as one of the most revered post-punk bands of all time, as well as for hits like “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. Unfortunately, the band is also known for the sudden and ...

Sanctuary Events presentCelebrating the Music ofJOY DIVISIONThis May marks the 45th anniversary of Ian Curtis’ passing.Let’s celebrate ...

They weren’t known, they were just a local band.” In Grant Lee and Tom Atencio’s documentary, Joy Division (2007), an epilepsy specialist analysed Curtis’ prescription from the time and ...

As the seminal band of the post-punk movement, Joy Division's importance in the realm of popular music cannot be overstated. The band first came together when high school friends Bernard Sumner ...

Like Joy Division and PiL, Talking Heads opted to present their 1979 album in an austere, conceptual sleeve design by the band’s own Jerry Harrison. Metallic black with embossed cross-hatches ...

That’s what the contract read. With the Is dotted and the Ts crossed in his blood, making a pact that he would never seek to own or control the band, Wilson’s contract for Joy Division isn’t just a ...

"Well I could call out when the going gets tough, the things that we have learned are no longer enough, dance, dance, dance, ...

as well as Joy Division and New Order, the band that members of Joy Division formed after the death of its lead singer, Ian Curtis. As in recent years, the latest nominees represent a mix of eras ...

Several British acts are among the nominees, including rock group Bad Company, Southern blues-style band The Black Crowes, punk rock legend Billy Idol, raspy blues singer Joe Cocker, post-punk group ...