So many people, from so many walks of life, all have tales to tell about their connection to Joy Division’s music. Their work is legend, and their influence incalculable. Sense prevailed, the court of ...

Peter Hook had planned to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Joy Division’s Closer — an LP that ... Gorillaz and how Joy Division’s prescient music is the perfect soundtrack for this pandemic.

Joy Division will release a remastered edition of their second album ‘Closer’ to mark its 40th anniversary later this year. The record, which will be pressed on crystal clear vinyl ...

for all the eerie spaciness in the music, Joy Division’s roots in punk were clearly discernible. Tragically, it was a journey that, because of the suicide of Ian Curtis on 18 May 1980, had already ...

Saturday, July 18 was the 40th anniversary of Joy Division‘s iconic second (and final) album, Closer, which was also ... like Joy Division’s “The Sound of Music” and New Order’s ...

Joy Division’s influence far outweighs its commercial success as the band’s only two studio albums, Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980 ... s rising fame. The music Joy Division ...

‘Closer’ is an album that ... We didn’t talk about the music or the lyrics very much. We never analysed it. You can tell. Joy Division’s brief for every song they ever wrote was to make ...

Much has been written about this band; some of the sharpest music writers have given ... In July 1980, the band’s second album, “Closer,” came out. Joy Division would reach its peak ...

While cultural historian Jon Savage recalls post-punk Manchester and its effect on Joy Division’s music, Pat Gilbert revisits the making of Unknown Pleasures and Closer, and, with Peter Hook and ...

Mark Lanegan teamed up with Cold Cave for an icy rendition of “Isolation,” a track off of Joy Division’s final album, 1980’s Closer. Lanegan joined Cold Cave in a room for a live ...

Joy Division's second and final album Closer is to be reissued on clear vinyl for its 40th anniversary on July 17. The same day will also see the reissue of three non-album singles, "Transmission ...