Ian Curtis - Wikipedia
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980).
Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis had ‘two personas ... - CNN
May 21, 2022 · It has been 42 years since Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the legendary post-punk rock band Joy Division, took his own life. After battling epilepsy and depression, Curtis died on May 18,...
Joy Division - Wikipedia
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.
Ian Curtis of Joy Division dies by suicide - HISTORY
Nov 16, 2009 · On 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.
“I slid to the floor in shock. I didn’t speak, didn’t want to ...
Jun 7, 2024 · On May 18, 1980, the day before their band Joy Division were due to fly out to the United States for their first American tour, Ian Curtis and Bernard Summer had planned to go water-skiing in Blackpool with friends from another band, Section 25.
Remembering Joy Division’s Ian Curtis 30 Years After His Death
May 18, 2010 · Thirty years ago today, the music world lost one of its most unique and powerful young voices when Ian Curtis, lead singer and songwriter of Joy Division, committed suicide just hours before the...
Ian Curtis (1956 to 1980) - Joy Div
As well as being Joy Division's vocalist, Ian Curtis also wrote the song lyrics. Lyrically he was inspired by, among others, W S Burroughs, J G Ballard and David Bowie. Many of Joy Division's songs were written in the house in Barton Street, and Ian had a stock of notebooks into which he jotted ideas as they came to him.