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Ian Curtis and the Emotion of Joy Division

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Closer, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Iggy Pop, Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart, New Order, Stephen Morris, Unknown Pleasures

Reminiscing about the enigmatic frontman on what would have been his 65th birthday

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One Will Burn: Closer by Joy Division Turns 40

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1980, Bernard Sumner, Closer, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris

On the 40th anniversary of Ian Curtis’s sudden, self-inflicted departure, we look back at his band’s greatest album

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