Joy Division - An Interview With Ian Curtis mp3

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The loss of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic Joy Division lead singer, is one we're still feeling today. Listen to his last ever interview here. Largely considered as the last interview Curtis ever conducted before succumbing to his illness, the interviewer covers a wide and varied amount of topics. On the current state of new wave, Curtis promptly replied: Dont know. I think its, a lot of it tends to have lost its edge really. Ian Kevin Curtis 15 July 1956 18 May 1980 was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division and recorded two albums with the group: Unknown Pleasures 1979 and Closer 1980. Curtis was known for his bass-baritone voice, dance style, and songwriting typically filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness, and alienation. Listen to Ian Curtis Interview from Joy Division's Let the Movie Begin for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. From The Album. Play album. Let the Movie Begin. Joy Division. To mark the 35th anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis, heres a classic interview with Joy Division, first published in Sounds in November 1978, and taken from Rocks Backpages, the online home of music 1979 interview with Ian Curtis of Joy Division. Members of Joy Division talk about Ian Curtis's Dancing lost in music. 1:18: Curtis Radio Blackburn interview Recorded 28th February 1980 at Preston Warehouse Also known as the Radio Lancashire interview. Joy Division Central's Mark Gale spoke exclusively to Steve Barker from BBC Radio Blackburn in Novembers 2015 and he had this to say: You are correct in the assumption of when the interview was broadcast - I think it was March. It was before Ian's death. As far as all the other versions you mentioned these are all bootlegs and unofficial as far as I, and the BBC, are concerned. Month Day. May 18. Ian Curtis of Joy Division dies by suicide. On the evening of May 18, 1980, Ian Curtis, lead singer and lyricist of the British group Joy Division, hangs himself in his Cheshire kitchen. He was only 23 years old. Joy Division was one of four hugely important British post-punk bands that could trace its origins to a now-legendary performance by the Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester in June 1976. Along with founding members of the Buzzcocks, the Smiths and the Fall, Mancunians Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook decided in the immediate aftermath of. An interview with Ian Curtis Fully transcribed for the first time-Says he's a fan of Bauhaus - . To celebrate Ian Curtis, we at transcribed the above BBC Blackburn interview, which is one of the few recordings of Ian being interviewed. To the surprise of many, when IanView Post. To the surprise of many, when Ian discusses shopping for records, one band that comes to mind for him happens to be Bauhaus, which he seemingly thought were from London. Soon after this interview, Ian would go see Bauhaus live while in London during the Closer studio sessions and would become an even bigger fan of the Northampton band. Id hate to be on the usual record company where you get an album out and you do a tour, and you do all the Odeon,s and all the this that and the others. JOY DIVISION have celebrated their frontman, Ian Curtis, on the 40th anniversary of his death. It is 40 years to the day since Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis died by suicide at the age of just 23. Now four decades on from May 18, 1980, and Joy Divisions Peter Hook and Stephen Morris have been celebrating the short life of their friend in a new interview. Related articles. Joy Division's Peter Hook: My favourite photograph. Joy Division slam sale of Ian Curtis kitchen table