Who Is Joy Division

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Wonderful music from a far too short lived band

 

Joy Division was an English rock band that formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. The band consisted of Ian Curtis (vocals), Bernard Sumner (guitar),Sumner was also credited as "Bernard Dicken", "Bernard Albrecht", and "Bernard Albrecht-Dicken" on Joy Division releases Peter Hook (bass), and Stephen Morris (drums). With their dark, cavernous sound and use of guitars, throbbing bass, and electronics, they pioneered the post-punk sound of the late 1970s. In May 1980, after the suicide of Ian Curtis, the remaining members reformed as New Order and went on to achieve much critical and commercial success.

Though the group achieved only modest success during their career, and released only just two official albums, they have since been acclaimed as one of the most inventive and influential bands of their era. Thom Jurek writes, "They left just a small bit of music and an echo that still rings."Jurek, Thom. "Heart and Soul". "All Music". Retrieved on 05 July, 2007. (read more)

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Procession by Steiner62 (An Animal seeking his Anima)

Ceremony by Carlows

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Ian Curtis 25th Death Anniversary, 2005. by Love Of Carnage!

The Eternal by Adriano Branco Neves

Twenty Four Hours by Adriano Branco Neves

Isolation - JoyDivision by Wen Talks to Shoes

Love Will Tear Us Apart by merlinmann

1956-1980 by Bluevelvet

Ian Curtis of Joy Division by dullhunk

Control by Rich_Lem

Joy Division by Barney's Angels

Joy Division by Barney's Angels

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When routine bites hard
and ambitions are low.
And resentment rides high
but emotions won't grow.
And we're changing our ways
taking different roads.

Love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.

Why is the bedroom so cold
turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed
our respect run so dry?
Yet there's still this appeal
that we've kept through our lives.

Love Will Tear Us Apart Lyrics

Joy Division Love will tear us apart New Video BBC version

A new video by Jonathan Beamish for the earliest recorded version of the song produced as a John Peel Session for the BBC in 1979. The original band footage is a mixture of a performance video shot by the band for the single release (minus the damaged shots) and live concert excerpts from Plank, Brussels and the Apollo, Manchester. . We needed to do some tricky retiming and editing to sync it up with the footage which is from completely different versions of the song. Odd to discover that much of the original performance video done for the single release wasn't edited properly with much of the shots of the band playing not cut accurately to the audio.

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Here are a few of the best places where Joy Division fans can find more information about their favorite band.
Joy Division at Wikipedia
Encyclopedia article including the history of the band, brief biographies of members and a discography.
Joy Division Central Fan site
A comprehensive Joy Division site with a biography, discography, history, bootlegs, gigography, lyrics and much more information about the band.
Remember Ian Curtis - Joy Divisio
A site about the rockband Joy Division. After the death of Ian Curtis the band goes on as New Order.

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From the album Substance Joy Division: MySpace DJ comments: "This song is dedicated to Ian Curtis!!!!" (inside joke for me and my friend Sam.) ? cwc Here's the song as performed by the Control cast: ...
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A couple of days ago I ran into someone I have worked a lot with. I really like him, he is older than me, more seasoned, and his opinion of me is important. ?What have you been up to?? he asks. ?Walking on Water? I answer because I am ...
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Desmond Canon

I just Stumbled this cool site on www.stumbleupon.com

The least I could do seeing as one of pics is there...the sepia statues one...(Procession).

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Posted March 06, 2008