Joy Division

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band musical group post-punk band

Joy Division was an influential English post-punk band from the late 1970s, renowned for their dark, atmospheric sound and the haunting vocals of frontman Ian Curtis.

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Joy Division canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
post-punk band ⓘ
associatedAct Martin Hannett ⓘ
New Order ⓘ
The Durutti Column ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
countryFormedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticalReputation highly acclaimed by music critics ⓘ
culturalImpact major influence on alternative and indie rock ⓘ
dateDisbanded 1980 ⓘ
dateFormed 1976 ⓘ
formerName Warsaw ⓘ
frontman Ian Curtis ⓘ
genre gothic rock ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
influenced Editors ⓘ
Interpol ⓘ
New Order ⓘ
Nine Inch Nails ⓘ
The Cure ⓘ
U2 ⓘ
influencedBy David Bowie ⓘ
Iggy Pop ⓘ
Sex Pistols ⓘ
legacy pioneers of the post-punk movement ⓘ
locationFormed Greater Manchester ⓘ
Salford ⓘ
lyricalThemes depression ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
urban alienation ⓘ
member Bernard Sumner ⓘ
Ian Curtis ⓘ
Peter Hook ⓘ
Stephen Morris ⓘ
notableWork Atmosphere ⓘ
Closer ⓘ
Love Will Tear Us Apart ⓘ
Transmission ⓘ
Unknown Pleasures ⓘ
performanceReputation intense live performances ⓘ
producer Martin Hannett ⓘ
reasonForDisbandment death of Ian Curtis ⓘ
recordLabel Factory Records ⓘ
releaseYearOf Closer – 1980 ⓘ
Unknown Pleasures ⓘ
surface form: Unknown Pleasures – 1979
roleOfMember Bernard Sumner – guitar, keyboards ⓘ
Ian Curtis – lead vocals, occasional guitar ⓘ
Peter Hook – bass guitar ⓘ
Stephen Morris ⓘ
surface form: Stephen Morris – drums, percussion
single Atmosphere ⓘ
Love Will Tear Us Apart ⓘ
Transmission ⓘ
studioAlbum Closer ⓘ
Unknown Pleasures ⓘ
vocalStyle haunting baritone vocals by Ian Curtis ⓘ

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Tony Wilson → associatedWith → Joy Division ⓘ
Siouxsie and the Banshees → influenced → Joy Division ⓘ
The Stooges → hasInfluenced → Joy Division ⓘ
The Velvet Underground → influencedArtist → Joy Division ⓘ
Anton Corbijn → directedMusicVideoFor → Joy Division ⓘ
Anton Corbijn → collaboratedWith → Joy Division ⓘ
New Order → influencedBy → Joy Division ⓘ
New Order → precededBy → Joy Division ⓘ
New Order → associatedAct → Joy Division ⓘ
So It Goes (TV programme) → featuredPerformer → Joy Division ⓘ
A Certain Ratio → associatedBand → Joy Division ⓘ
24 Hour Party People → portrays → Joy Division ⓘ
Factory Records → notableArtist → Joy Division ⓘ
The Haxan Cloak → hasCollaboration → Joy Division ⓘ
James Osterberg → influenced → Joy Division ⓘ