Joy Division

Genres:	Music Videos & Concerts • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	post-punk • new wave • 80s • alternative • indie
Decades Active:	1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Discography • Fan Page • Wikipedia

Biography

Originally known as Warsaw, this Manchester post-punk outfit is widely regarded as one of the most important bands of their era. Joy Division comprised Ian Curtis (15 July 1956, Manchester, England, d. 18 May 1980, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England; vocals), Bernard Sumner (b. Bernard Dicken, 4 January 1956, Salford, Lancashire, England; guitar/vocals), Peter Hook (b. 13 February 1956, Salford, Lancashire, England; bass) and Stephen Morris (b. 28 October 1957, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England; drums). Curtis, Sumner and Hook had formed Warsaw in April 1977, with Steve Brotherdale on drums. By the following March, with Morris already on board, they had emerged under their new title, borrowing their name from the prostitution wing of a Nazi concentration camp. After recording a regionally available EP, October 1977’s An Ideal For Living, they were signed to Manchester’s recently formed Factory Records and placed in the hands of producer Martin Hannett. Their...

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