Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. The name Joy Division was taken from the sexual slavery wing of a Nazi concentration camp in the 1955 novel The House of Dolls of House of D Dolls.
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Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending a Sex Pistols concert. Their self-released 1978 debut EP An Ideal for Living drew the attention of the Manchester television personality Tony Wilson, who signed them to his independent label Factory Records. Their debut album Unknown Pleasures, recorded with producer Martin Hannett, was released in 1979. The remaining members regrouped under the name New Order. They were successful throughout the next decade, blending post-punk with electronic and dance music influences. Curtis died by suicide on the eve of the band’s first USCanada tour in May 1980, aged 23. The band spent late March and April 1978 writing material for their second album, Closer, which was released two months later. Joy Division were approached by RCA Records to record a cover of Nolan’s Keep on Keepin’ On at a Manchester recording studio on April 14, 1978, but rejected the offer. They went on to record an album called An Ideal For Living, released in May 1979, which became one of the most successful albums in the history of the British post- punk movement. The name Joy Division was taken from the sexual slavery wing of a Nazi concentration camp in the 1955 novel The House of Dolls of House of D Dolls. It was also a reference to David Bowie’s song ‘Warszawa’ The band’s final gig as Warsaw was New Year’s Eve at the Swinging Apple in Liverpool, the final gig to ensure an audience of an audience to ensure their first gig as Joy Division.
To avoid confusion with the London punk band Warsaw Pakt, the band renamed themselves Joy Division in early 1978, borrowing the name from the Sexual Slavery Wing of the Nazi Concentration Camp in House of House and Dolls, which had been built in the 1930s and 1940s. They also recorded their final EP as Warsaw on December 31, 1978. Their second album Closer was released on March 31, 1979, and the single ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ became their highest charting release. The final album was released a month later, on March 30, 1980, and it was followed by their second and final album, ‘Closer’, which was also released by Factory Records, the same label that had signed the Buzzcocks and The Kinks to Factory Records in the previous year. The last Joy Division gig was on January 25, 1981, at Manchester’s Pip’s Disco, where they played as Warsaw to ensure they would not be confused with the punk band. Their final EP was recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, at the end of December 1977, and they played their final gig on January 1, 1980. They recorded their first album as Warsaw at the Electric Circus in Liverpool on January 31, 1981. The next day, they performed as Warsaw for the first time.
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