Joy Division
By Marcus Kagler
When the Sex Pistols performed at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall on June 4, 1976 little did they know they would be directly responsible for reshaping the industrial despair of Manchester into an alternative music hotbed. Although bands like The Smiths, Buzzcocks, and The Happy Mondays all sprang from the northern English city, post punk pioneers Joy Division remain the most notable due to the untimely demise of singer Ian Curtis, whose suicide at age 23 created Joy Division’s enduring mythology. Despite Curtis’ tragic death, the sparse dark beauty Joy Division’s musical canon remains some of most influential music in history spawning 80’s gothic rock, industrial, and the current post punk resurgence.... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Post Punk
- City Of Origin:
- Manchester, England
- Formed Date:
- 1976
