Joy Division - An Interview With Ian Curtis album flac

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, who suffered from epilepsy and depression, took his own life on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour and shortly before the release of Closer.

Joy Division – Shadowplay. The next morning arrives too soon. I crawl out of bed with a dull throbbing at the back of my head and intent on self-mutilation, I reach for the record deck. Incidentally, does Ian Curtis shout Have you all forgotten Rudolph Hess? at the start of the Joy Division track on the Electric Circus album?) Rob: They may look dark and mysterious on stage, but why do people connect that with the Nazis? Ian: Everyone calls us Nazis. No, I didn’t say that you were Nazis. I said that you seemed to be interested in Nazi history. They Walked In Line (Ian Curtis, 1978): All dressed up in uniforms so fine,, they drank and killed to pass the time Ian Curtis and Peter Hook on stage with Joy Division. Photograph: Chris Mills/Redferns. Bernard: Everyone says that, but compared to Jimmy Pursey, who was an out-and-out racist. Why? Bernard: Well, you don’t think so, that proves my point.

Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, t Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending a Sex Pistols concert. While Joy Division's first recordings were heavily influenced by early punk, they soon developed a sound and style that made them one of the pioneers of the post-punk movement

To celebrate Ian Curtis, we at Post-Punk. com transcribed the above BBC Blackburn interview, which is one of the few recordings of Ian being interviewed. 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. When we were doing the album we had quite a few tracks left over; we recorded 16 in all and just cut 10 and our manager, Rob Gretton, had talked to him about certain things and we’d always sort of kept in touch. He mentioned his idea for Earcom and we just offered him the 2 tracks to put out on that. Joy Division bassist Peter Hook was there, helping us load out our gear as he often would. After we had packed up, we went out with Peter and his manager, Rob Gretton.

Ian 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. improved as musicians, obviously, from when we first started, we couldn't play at all really.

Ian Curtis Interview.

Ian Curtis would barely recognise the place. Isolation" and "Heart And Soul" set the benchmark for the following decade's shift to synth-pop. Manchester increasingly found itself ahead of the game. Oh God, we've got a journalist here! We're supposed to be doing an interview! It's not like this all the time! This is a one-off!'"