Hello everyone, and welcome to yet another Tuesday on Looks Like Coffee, Tastes Like Juice. Today is 60's,70's,80's day, but in light of a recent project I was just assigned at school, I'm going to showcase a band today, who formed in 1976. I suppose this is still keeping with the 60's,70's,80's post though, so I will go ahead with it. I'll give you a moment to mentally prepare yourself for, yet another, story about Joy Division.
Joy Division formed, as we know them today, in late 1977. After a year of name changes, and lineup changes, Joy Division consisted of Stephen Morris, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner. They put out only one album, while all of the members were alive, which was Unknown Pleasures. Unknown Pleasures is an absolutely phenomenal album, featuring tracks such as; Isolation; Colony; A Means To An End; and 24 Hours. Just before their second album, Closer, was released, a horrible tragedy befell the band; the suicide of Ian Curtis.
Ian Curtis, who suffered from epilepsy, hung himself in his kitchen on May 18th, 1980. After the suicide of their lead singer, Joy Division became extremely successful. Garnering attention like they had never seen before, the remaining members of the band made good on a pact they made long before Ian's suicide. The remaining members changed the name of the band to New Order.
Now, I'm not going to get into the history of New Order (although the Joy Division story is part of it), I'll save that for another post. For now, enjoying some tracks from Closer and Unknown Pleasures.
24 Hours - Joy Divison (Off Closer)
Shadowplay - Joy Division (Off Unknown Pleasures)
See you tomorrow.
