Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 3: Ian Curtis
Podcast: Lost Notes: GroupiesRating: Explicit Published On: Thu Sep 24 2020
Description: In May of 1980, Joy Division lost its lead singer, Ian Curtis. The band decided that they would carry on with a different name. From the cutting room floor, a song with Ian Curtis haphazardly slurring the words he’d written became the first single for a decade-defining band. New Order was made up of people who were weighed down by grief and regrets. Straining themselves to make sure they did justice to the words Ian Curtis couldn’t bring himself to sing.
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