Who Were Joy Division?
Joy Division was the name of a band from the Manchester area, England, who released two albums and three singles between 1979 and 19801. The band consisted of: • Ian Curtis – vocals/lyric writer • Bernard Sumner – guitar • Peter Hook – bass • Stephen Morris – drums/synthesizer Prior to their first official release as Joy Division, the band had started life in 1977 as ‘Warsaw’ and having gone through some minor changes in line-up, they finally settled on the members that were later to become Joy Division. As Warsaw they recorded and released an EP called An Ideal For Living. This was later released under the name Joy Division. In January 1978 Warsaw changed their name to Joy Division. The Music Describing Joy Division’s music is a near-impossible task. The band emerged out of the UK punk scene and much of their early material was very punk-influenced. However, they later developed a definite style of their own, characterised by Peter Hook’s unique style of bass playing (he played it lik
