Leading bands of the 2000s post-punk revival were inspired by Joy Division, driven by the intrigue and enigma of singer Ian ...

Joy Division might be the most ironic band name of all time. Don't be fooled, they were masters of darkness and captured the sound of despair here the best.

While much of the Joy Division frontman's life is pieced together from various accounts, there exist some reliable insights ...

Now, Hook says that New Order actually began for him on the Monday after Ian Curtis was cremated (on May 23, 1980). “I really didn’t care about Joy Division until years later, when we started ...

It’s incredible how quickly facts that were once common knowledge become obscure tidbits, and it seems that the meaning ...

At the launch of the British Pop Archive at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Lottie Brazier asks what it means to exhibit Ian Curtis's handwritten lyrics next to Shakespeare and the ...

Each album can be viewed as a defining chapter in a musician’s life. For the post-punk Time Lord, albums such as The Cure’s "Disintegration" and Siouxsie and the Banshees’ "Juju" stand out.

In a clip from a 2007 interview for BBC TWO's Factory: Manchester From Joy Division To Happy Mondays, Benard Sumner talks about recruiting Ian Curtis for the band he was forming which would later ...

A brand new street art mural has been unvelied in the Northern Quarter of Manchester. A portrait of an eye by artist ‘My Dog ...

Thirty-eight years ago, JOY DIVISION arrived in London ... During both, Curtis suffered grand mal seizures. “I hauled Ian offstage and forced my way to the dressing rooms,” continues Mason.

Like happiness divided or what?’ Joy Division was comprised of Bernard Sumner (left), Ian Curtis (right), Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris (Picture: Rob Verhorst/Redferns) Another chimed in ...