Ongoing History Daily: Joy Division’s “suicide note”
The most famous Joy Division song is one of the last they recorded. Love Will Tear Us Apart was recorded in March 1980, about two months before singer Ian Curtis took
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Ongoing History Daily: The wandering gravestone of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis
Ian Curtis was the mythical, doomed singer for Joy Division, one of the most influential British indie bands of all time. He hung himself in his kitchen in May 1980
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 994: The Last Moments of…Part 1
It’s always a shock when a rock star dies. Our first reaction is “What happened? How did this person die?” That’s completely natural. Whenever we’re met with something incomprehensible, we
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Random music news for Friday, August 19, 2022
Apple’s September event is rumoured for September 7. More iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Watches. There’s a new study on music consumption and streaming from the UK that has the music
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Wait. A new DeLorean? And an electric DeLorean? Coooooool. There will be a big Global Citizen-organized event (featuring Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, and many others) that will raise money for
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Ian Curtis’ “Love Will Tear Us Apart” guitar is going up for auction
When Joy Division committed “Love Will Tear Us Apart” to tape, singer Ian Curtis played this Vox Phantom VI Special Guitar manufactured in 1967 or 1968, purchased for him by
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52 Albums That Changed My Life (and Other Exaggerations), Chapter 39: Substance
When a band breaks up or changes, there is a good chance that there are going to be differences between the new entity and the old. It’s like making food
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 791: The Last Hours of…
At some point, all of us will shuffle off this mortal coil and join the choir invisible. It doesn’t matter who you are, how much money you have or how
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Ian Curtis Crosses the Street (Part of a New Internet Meme?)
There’s a burgeoning meme movement to apply Ian Curtis’ singing with Joy Division to real-life situations. In case you missed it earlier, here’s Ian Curtis rides a roller coaster. https://youtu.be/mvPIvoJkmGs
Read MoreDumbest Post of the Day: Ian Curtis on a Roller Coaster
Poor miserable Ian Curtis. If only he had taken more time away from Joy Division to enjoy himself at the amusement park. (I’ll admit it: I giggled hysterically at this.)
Read MoreThe Man Who Bought Ian Curtis’ House Will Open Up the Kitchen to the Public
Sometime in the early morning hours of Monday, May 18, 1980, Ian Curtis, singer of Joy Division, decided he’d had enough. Putting Iggy Pop’s The Idiot on the stereo, he
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