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Music History Music News 

Ian Curtis’ “Love Will Tear Us Apart” guitar is going up for auction

October 1, 2020September 30, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Auction, Ian Curtis, Joy Division

When Joy Division committed “Love Will Tear Us Apart” to tape, singer Ian Curtis played this Vox Phantom VI Special

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Music News 

52 Albums That Changed My Life (and Other Exaggerations), Chapter 39: Substance

September 24, 2017September 23, 2017 Brent Chittenden 1 Comment Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order, Substance

When a band breaks up or changes, there is a good chance that there are going to be differences between

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Music History Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 791: The Last Hours of…

September 7, 2017September 10, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amy Winehouse, Chris Cornell, Ian Curtis, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Ongoing History, Scott Weiland, Shannon Hoon, Sid Vicious

At some point, all of us will shuffle off this mortal coil and join the choir invisible. It doesn’t matter

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Music News 

Ian Curtis Crosses the Street (Part of a New Internet Meme?)

October 4, 2016October 3, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Meme

There’s a burgeoning meme movement to apply Ian Curtis’ singing with Joy Division to real-life situations. In case you missed

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WTF? 

Dumbest Post of the Day: Ian Curtis on a Roller Coaster

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 Alan Cross 2 Comments Ian Curtis, Joy Division

Poor miserable Ian Curtis. If only he had taken more time away from Joy Division to enjoy himself at the

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Music History Music News 

The Man Who Bought Ian Curtis’ House Will Open Up the Kitchen to the Public

October 5, 2015October 4, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hadar Goldman, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Macclesfield

Sometime in the early morning hours of Monday, May 18, 1980, Ian Curtis, singer of Joy Division, decided he’d had

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Music History 

The Economist Writes About Joy Division. Yes, Really.

July 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Economist, Ian Curtis, Intelligent Life, Joy Division, Obsession

Although I am an unabashed Joy Division fan, I’m forever trying to make up for lost time. Even though I

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Music News 

The Former Home of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis May Become a Museum

May 24, 2015May 23, 2015 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Home, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Museum

So you’re a huge fan of Joy Division. You see the house where he committed suicide is up for sale.

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Music History 

The Video for Joy Division’s “Love Will Tears Us Apart” Filmed 35 Year Ago This Week

April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart

Yesterday (April 28), actually.  Less than three weeks later, Ian Curtis would be dead. (Via Alan)

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, March 3, 2015

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Depeche Mode, Dimebag Darrell, Eagles, Elvis, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Madonna, Martin Gore, Nickelback, Paul McCartney, Snapchat, SXSW, U2, Wu-Tang Clan

It was on this day in 1991 that cameras caught cops beating up Rodney King. Just to prove that not

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Music News 

The Home of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis is Up for Sale

February 14, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 77 Barton Street, House, Ian Curtis, Joy Division

Yes, THAT house. The home where Ian hanged himself in the kitchen sometime in the evening of May 18, 1980.

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