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Ian Curtis
Stretford, Lancashire, England
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 â 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter, and occasional guitarist of the band Joy DivisionâĤ
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Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 â 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter, and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980). Curtis had severe epilepsy and depression and died by suicide on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour, shortly before the release of Closer. Shortly after his death, the three surviving members of the band renamed themselves New Order. Despite their short career, Joy Division exerted a wide-reaching influence. John Bush of AllMusic argues that they "became the first band in the post-punk movement emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the '80s". According to critic Simon Reynolds, Joy Division's influence has extended from contemporaries such as U2 and the Cure to later acts including Radiohead, Interpol, Bloc Party, Fontaines D.C., and Editors, as well as rappers including Danny Brown and Vince Staples. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Curtis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2018
New Order: Decades
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
When Albums Ruled the World
Movie Self
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2012
Punk Britannia at the BBC
Movie Self
- 2011
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2009
Joy Division
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Joy Division - Under Review
Movie Himself
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2003
New Order: International
Movie Self
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1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV show Adrian Atherton
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1994
Pie in the Sky
TV show PC Cobbett
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1993
Cracker
TV show John Branaghan
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1993
New Order Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1992
A Touch of Frost
TV show Gareth King
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1988
Joy Division: Substance 1977-1988
Movie Self
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1982
Joy Division: Here Are the Young Men
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1979
Joy Division (A Film by Malcolm Whitehead)
Movie Self
