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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).
Cemetery and chapel Gates and lodge, also listed Ian Curtis's grave marker. Macclesfield Cemetery, is a Victorian cemetery located on Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It was opened on 17 May 1866 and consists of 68 acres (28 ha) of land including gardens of remembrance, cemetery walks take place three times a year. [1]
Closer [n 1] is the second and final studio album by the English rock band Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980 by Factory Records. [4] Produced by Martin Hannett, it was released two months after the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricist Ian Curtis.
And “tombstone tourists” are always encouraging more to consider a cemetery’s the macabre beauty. “For me, a cemetery is like an art museum,” said Joy Neighbors, an author who writes ...
Deborah Curtis, Ian's wife, stated that Morris "fitted perfectly" with the band, and that with his addition Warsaw became a "complete 'family ' ". [21] To avoid confusion with the London punk band Warsaw Pakt, the band renamed themselves Joy Division in early 1978, borrowing the name from the sexual slavery wing of a Nazi concentration camp ...
Manchester rapper Aitch has apologized for painting over a mural of late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, apparently inadvertently, with an ad for his new album “Close to Home,” and promised to ...
A 2021 study also led by Key confirmed the grave marker to be the oldest known surviving tombstone in the United States. His latest study set out to find the origin of the tombstone.
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" was written about Ian Curtis' troubled relationship with his wife, Deborah Woodruff, whom he married in August 1975. Additionally, it deals with his own struggles with epilepsy, which he was diagnosed with in 1979, and the overwhelming stress of holding down a day job and his growing career as a singer.