At the point in their career when they recorded Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division were one of the most vital new bands in ...

Joy Division made only two albums before Ian Curtis died in 1980, but the band's sound quietly lived on through New Order — ...

The career of Joy Division - the greatest band of the post-punk era of the late 1970s and early ‘80s - was tragically short, ended by the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis at the age of just 23: Not ...

Fifty years after forming in Manchester, Joy Division has maintained a distinct sound, their pulsating bass lines, propulsive drums, high-fret guitar melodies, and baritone vocals continuing to ...

Ian Curtis was born. The haunting lyricist and unmistakable voice of Joy Division left an indelible mark on post-punk despite a tragically short career. Struggling with epilepsy and depression, Curtis ...

A genius gone too soon.

More than four decades after the end of Joy Division, the seminal Manchester, U.K., post-punk group is opening its vaults for the first time with Eternal (Live), a sprawling 14CD/2DVD collection ...

There are not many between the age of 20 and 50 that don’t know the iconic motif of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. However, it is, perhaps, unlikely that they will know any other of the ...

No one’s questioning the fact that Joy Division’s catalog isn’t exactly the most positive, uplifting group of songs out there. Although the band’s time together was eye-blink fast, they left behind a ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Exactly 36 years since Ian Curtis, the frontman of post-punk band Joy ...