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Joy Division's second and final album, Closer, was released two months later; it and the single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" became their highest-charting releases. Between July and October 1980, the remaining members, with the addition of keyboardist and guitarist Gillian Gilbert , regrouped under the name New Order .
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980).
The band regrouped after their previous band, Joy Division, disbanded following the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis. [2] Keyboardist Gillian Gilbert joined them later that year. They became the flagship band for Manchester -based independent record label Factory Records and its nightclub, The Haçienda , and worked in long-term collaboration ...
In 1978, Gretton saw Joy Division perform at the Stiff Test/Chiswick Challenge battle of the bands [3] in Manchester City centre. The next day, he accosted Bernard Sumner in a phone box and insisted he be the band's manager. Tony Wilson of newly formed Factory Records also saw Joy Division, and perhaps Gretton, for the first time that night. He ...
The non-album single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was released in June 1980, a month after the suicide of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis on May 18 of that year. Its music video was also released. The remaining members of Joy Division later went on to form New Order. A month later, their final album Closer was released on July 18, 1980.
Peter Hook (born 13 February 1956) is an English musician. He was the bassist and co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division and its successor New Order.He often used the bass as a lead instrument, playing melodies on the high strings with a signature heavy chorus effect.
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Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.. The label featured several important acts on its roster, including Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, the Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside, and (briefly) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and James.