Fifty years after forming in Manchester, Joy Division has maintained a distinct sound, their pulsating bass lines, propulsive drums, high-fret guitar melodies, and baritone vocals continuing to ...

On May 18, 1980, 23-year-old Ian Curtis tragically took his own life. The singer of the English post-punk band Joy Division was found dead by his estranged wife, Deborah, with Iggy Pop's album The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ian Curtis performing with Joy Division at Bowdon Vale Youth Club (photo: Martin O'Neill / Redferns). A new exhibition honoring ...

The career of Joy Division — the greatest band of the post-punk era of the late 1970s and early ‘80s — was tragically short, ended by the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis at the age of just 23: Not ...