May 18, 2012

Joy Division singer Ian Curtis died on this day in 1980. Here he is performing the band’s signature song “Love Will Tear Us Apart” not long before his death. You can read Rolling Stone’s 1983 story about how his Joy Division bandmates became New Order in the wake of this tragedy here. 

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    RIP Ian Curtis
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    rollingstone | Joy Division singer Ian Curtis performing the band’s signature song “Love Will Tear Us Apart”.
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    Although I liked it when they became New Order… here is to you Ian Curtis, RIP you druggy you. He looks totally gone is...
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