Joy Division
Joy Division was a rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, England, and viewed as one of the forerunners of gothic. It consisted of Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris. Originally called Warsaw, the band's sound originated from the proto-punk scene in North East England to become a major influence in the development of punk music and new wave.
After the death of lead singer Ian Curtis in 1980, the band reformed as New Order.
In January and February 1979, Joy Division recorded their first session for BBC Radio 1 and DJ John Peel. The prestige of recording a Peel session is thought to contribute to the group's burgeoning confidence as they quickly went on to support The Cure in March, and the recording of their debut album Unknown Pleasures in April. [1] Recorded in less than a week in Stockport's Strawberry Studios, Unknown Pleasures was released by Factory Records in June of the same year and instantly made an impact on the rock scene.
Discography
Unknown Pleasures
- Disorder
- Day of The Lords
- Candidate
- Insight
- New Dawn Fades
- She's Lost Control
- Shadowplay
- Wilderness
- Interzone
- I Remember Nothing
Closer
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Isolation
- Passover
- Colony
- A Means To An End
- Heart And Soul
- Twenty Four Hours
- The Eternal
- Decades
Still
- Exercise One
- Ice Age
- The Sound Of Music
- Glass
- The Only Mistake
- Walked In Line
- The Kill
- Something Must Break
- Dead Souls
- Sister Ray
- Ceremony
- Shadowplay
- A Means To An End
- Passover
- New Dawn Fades
- Transmission
- Disorder
- Isolation
- Decades
- Digital
Substance
- Warsaw
- Leaders Of Men
- Digital
- Autosuggestion
- Transmission
- She's Lost Control
- Incubation
- Dead Souls
- Atmosphere
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- No Love Lost
- Failures
- Glass
- From Safety To Where?
- Novelty
- Komakino
- These Days
Warsaw
- The Drawback
- Leaders Of Men
- They Walked In Line
- Failures
- Novelty
- No Love Lost
- Transmission
- Living In the Ice Age
- Interzone
- Warsaw
- Shadowplay
- As You Said
The Peel Sessions
- Exercise One
- Insight
- She' s Lost Control
- Transmission
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- 24 Hours
- Colony
- Sound Of Music
Equipment
Sumner and Hook used the Shergold brand of guitars. Hook still uses his Shergold Marathon six-string bass.[2]