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The emotionaI impact of this bands music was shattering, their records an icy collision of romance and alienation. Between 1977 and 1980, they recorded the two most affecting and influential albums of their generation - and on May 18, 1980 the lifetime of both the band and their lead singer Ian Curtis was tragically cut short by suicide, an appalling end to one of Britain's greatest groups.
In the aftermath of punk, Joy Division invented a new sound which dramatically connected with a country lurching towards an unforgiving era of Thatcherism. A band capable of touching the outer reaches of human emotion, they were driven by the wired and spinning music created by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris and the starkly personal, often depressive, lyrics of their troubled vocalist, Ian Curtis.
Even today, their music and darkly powerful sentiments echo through the work of contemporary groups such as The Verve, Radiohead, Spiritualized and Primal Scream...they will always remain one of my favourites purely because there straight forward honesty in the music that they created..what i also should mention the music would not have had this impact if it wasn't for the engineering genius of Martin Hannett..sadly no longer with use..who created the sound for this outstandingly wonderful band.....the track that always sends a shiver down my spine is 'Atmosphere'..if you haven't heard joy division before,then i highly recommend them,they have influenced so many bands.The above albums are all classics in my opinion..they show just what a wonderful band Joy division where..at the time of Ian's death it would of been easy to understand for the rest of the band just to throw the towel in and say that's it!..but they went on and formed a band called New Order..it speaks for itself doesn't it....
In the aftermath of punk, Joy Division invented a new sound which dramatically connected with a country lurching towards an unforgiving era of Thatcherism. A band capable of touching the outer reaches of human emotion, they were driven by the wired and spinning music created by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris and the starkly personal, often depressive, lyrics of their troubled vocalist, Ian Curtis.
Even today, their music and darkly powerful sentiments echo through the work of contemporary groups such as The Verve, Radiohead, Spiritualized and Primal Scream...they will always remain one of my favourites purely because there straight forward honesty in the music that they created..what i also should mention the music would not have had this impact if it wasn't for the engineering genius of Martin Hannett..sadly no longer with use..who created the sound for this outstandingly wonderful band.....the track that always sends a shiver down my spine is 'Atmosphere'..if you haven't heard joy division before,then i highly recommend them,they have influenced so many bands.The above albums are all classics in my opinion..they show just what a wonderful band Joy division where..at the time of Ian's death it would of been easy to understand for the rest of the band just to throw the towel in and say that's it!..but they went on and formed a band called New Order..it speaks for itself doesn't it....
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