Biography (Joy Division)

Joy Division were a post-punk band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. The band dissolved in May 1980 after the suicide of its lead singer, Ian Curtis. Much of their popularity/reputation arguably resulted from frequent playings on air by iconic DJ John Peel, but it is easy now to overlook the impact that the first album, Unknown Pleasures, had on post-punk music at the time, as reference the number of prominent bands that cited this album as an influence. The remaining members reformed as New Order and they have gone on to achieve much critical and commercial success.

With their dark, cavernous sound and their use of synthesizers and electronics, Joy Division are considered the pioneering band of the post-punk movement of the late 1970s and the early 1980s.

Though they found only modest success during their career, and released only two studio albums, Joy Division have since been acclaimed as one of the...

Album Records (Joy Division)

Love Will Tear Us Apart Disorder She's Lost Control Shadowplay Transmission New Dawn Fades Atmosphere Isolation Insight Dead Souls Day Of The Lords Digital Candidate Interzone Wilderness Heart And Soul Twenty Four Hours Colony Passover I Remember Nothing

Unknown Plea Substance Closer