Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Revenge, murder. Tip: To search for a venue or town on this page hold down the Ctrl key and press F, Sound quality is out of 9 as tape quality can We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. I miss him like crazy. And so, if you had an album, if it didn’t make sense to you, it was your mission to spend time with it until it made sense to you. “Digital” and “Glass” went on the Factory sample. The thing about Joy Division was it was actually quite pure, and it was a very rock-and-roll ending, which people like, sadly. My top 3 influences would probably be Brian Eno, David Bowie and Joy Division — possibly Joy Division/New Order. But he’d said there were a couple of special tracks at the end that I hadn’t a clue who performed them. It’s a Northern English thing, and Ian joined in it. How you make this music is beyond me.”, In a way, that was part of the lightness of Joy Division, was that we weren’t precious about the music—we were giving tracks away. Him, Ian McCulloch, and John Lydon, especially the first two Public Image Ltd. albums. He would never, ever, ever stop. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Closer almost transcended the realm of music and records for me. Factory I (Russell Club), Manchester, Free Countless musicians — including innovative rockers, such as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails and even hip-hop icons like Lupe Fiasco and Tyler, the Creator — have cited the brooding, introspective, evocative songs of Joy Division as a salient influence on their own tunes. You know, we were idiots, making fantastic music and Martin Hannett was more than happy to tell us. We didn’t have the luxury of Spotify or the radio. It’s the best time I’ve had in a group. The rest of the album, as you know, has such depth to it and it just gets better and better with each song. Angeles, CA, The Starwood, West Hollywood, Los I listened to it, and the shit is fucking great. I was obsessed with Ian Curtis growing up. He was probably the biggest fan of Joy Division of all of us. The reason for this was that Joy Division had their three UK gigs immediately following this concert canceled before they were set to embark on their first US tour on May 21st—which as history would sadly show, was never to be. He was great to have in your corner as a group. I’ve never been in any easier group to write. The other memory is slam dancing during the faster numbers. Not very cool! It was easy. You’ve got to stop.” “No, no, we’ll be alright, don’t stop.”. You find something that great … and what was interesting, from a writing point of view, was each member wrote completely individually of all the other members, and yet, when you put it all together, it was incredible—a strong, perfect fit. We didn’t release “Digital” as a single, as we should have. Detroit, MI, Madame Literally, I would have to sit on him for an hour, holding his tongue, until he stopped fitting. Trent turned me onto two bands that completely changed my life. I’d sussed out Crass, Tubeway Army, Magazine and the Shadows! One of my most wonderful musical experiences came when I was on tour [in 2001] with New Order, and for the last show, I talked them into playing a Joy Division song with me. The thing is, we never achieved any sort of success while we wrote all our music. Music like that is bigger than all of us. Moonlight” Set 1/21/20. At first, when I heard “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” I was like, “I don’t know if I’m digging that.” I had to get used to Ian’s voice for a second. The members of Joy Division were never around to sully Joy Division’s memory — say, for instance, in the way we have New Order’s. Founding bassist, Joy Division and New Order. Joy Division used this concert to debut one of their new songs "Ceremony". It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Every time I hear a Joy Division track, I fucking miss him. And then, they hear “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and they were like, “Fuck that … we gotta change it up.” They adjusted their sound and that’s when they did Boy, and they were more “new wave” than they were punk. He was very easy to be with and he didn’t mind taking the piss out of himself, which was one of the good things. “It was a dining room at a student hall of residence. Joy Division wouldn’t survive Curtis’ death, the culmination of his depression with his chronic epilepsy worsening and his marriage falling apart. The music is fantastic, even if I say so myself. It wasn’t him who’d cancel the gigs when we had to cancel them. For more info and pictures from this concert, see Joy Division Central. During Decades Ian stumbled, and had to be helped off stage while the rest of the band … Covered by. never be a perfect 10. Still is a compilation album by English rock band Joy Division, consisting of previously released and unreleased studio material and a live recording of Joy Division's last concert, performed at Birmingham University. And then, of course, my friends and I obsessively tried to find out anything we could, and I saved up to buy Still, the double-vinyl, and at some point, picked up “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” which is actually my least favorite of their songs. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. It was like, “Yeah? When “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was a hit, the group didn’t exist. I imagine them in the ‘70s going to punk rock shows, wearing leather jackets, and drinking beer. Ian was very, very serious as a musician. It was “New Dawn Fades” and we were rehearsing, and Peter Hook goes, “Well, we haven’t played this since Ian was alive.” The other thing was, they couldn’t remember how to play it. Angeles, CA, North Park Lions Club Hall, San Diego, So, I taped Closer and realized the rest of the album is so much better than that one song. Back in 1980 or ‘81, I had a few friends, and we were all sort of admitting to each other we liked new wave and punk rock because that was still sort of a dirty, embarrassing secret at the time. Joy Division’s Final Concert On May 2nd, 1980, Joy Division played what later be would be known as their last gig ever when they appeared at Birmingham University, England. We gave “Dead Souls” away. Torres Describes Harrowing 48 Hours Trying to Return Home, The Viral Countdown: The Race to React to COVID-19, The Cost of Coronavirus: How Young Guv Ended Up Stranded, Ariana Grande Delivers Sultry Yet Forgettable R&B on. It was that subconscious strength that was incredible and enabled us to be very flippant in what we did with the songs. We hung around for a long time listening to ACR sound check. Merely four years after forming, Joy Division’s surviving members closed the books on the band and subsequently metamorphosed into synth-pop pioneers New Order. He wasn’t like that before we met him, but when we met him, and took him on board, he became just like us. I remember he had the first Devo and the first Gang of Four record, too, and I was way more excited by Devo and Gang of Four, based solely on hearing “Atrocity Exhibition.” Between me and my friends, all totaled, we maybe had 15 albums. But luckily, we didn’t have those arguments in Joy Division, so it’s kept it a very underground, very cult-like group. The only time I’d ever seen him get angry was when he was drunk. Ignored it as much as he could. One of my most wonderful musical experiences came when I was on tour [in 2001] with New Order, and for the last show, I talked them into playing a Joy Division song with me. And really, I am so happy we didn’t manage to do that to Joy Division. Everything’s fine. same sound quality as a low generation live tape Despite releasing only two studio albums and a mere barrage of posthumous demos, Joy Division influenced an entire generation of musicians — a legacy that endures even today, 40 years after losing their singer. Regarding the flyer, Neil Woodvine explains: “Due to an error all the posters had the wrong date – 22nd May and, invariably, the first ‘2’ was inked out to show the correct date”. To celebrate Curtis’ lasting memory and his stunning contributions to the music world, SPIN reached out to a number of musicians — including one of his former bandmates — for thoughts, insights, and impressions on Joy Division’s overall impact, as well as Curtis’ immense talent. Now, every hipster movie you see, someone’s wearing an Unknown Pleasures shirt. Ian was actually quite normal. But it was the lyrics … and now that I know more about him, it doesn’t make sense to me that he would come up with these lyrics. And Joy Division never achieved anything, particularly, while they were functioning as a group. Someone had recorded me a few avant guard numbers the summer before but had not put down the play list. You know, “You’re fucking idiots. We also thank Lou Baeza who purchased the photos that were part of Peter Hook’s Signature During the performance of “Decades!” Ian stumbled and had to be helped off stage while the rest of the band played on.