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Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division

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Joy Division Was A Post-Punk Band Formed In 1976 In Salford Greater Manchester United Kingdom. Originally Named Warsaw The Band Consisted Of Ian Curtis vocals And Occasional Guitar Bernard Sumner guitar And Keyboards Peter Hook bass Guitar And Backing Vocals And Stephen Morris drums And Percussion . The Band Dissolved In May 1980 After The Suicide Of Its Lead Singer Ian Curtis. Much Of Their Popularity/reputation Arguably Resulted From Frequent Playings On Air By Iconic DJ John Peel But It Is Easy Now To Overlook The Impact That The First Album Unknown Pleasures Had On Post-Punk Music At The Time As Reference The Number Of Prominent Bands That Cited This Album As An Influence. The Remaining Members Reformed As New Order And They Have Gone On To Achieve Much Critical And Commercial Success. With Their Dark Cavernous Sound And Their Use Of Synthesizers And Electronics Joy Division Are Considered The Pioneering Band Of The Post-Punk Movement Of The Late 1970s And The Early 1980s. Though They Found Only Modest Success During Their Career And Released Only Two Studio Albums Joy Division Have Since Been Acclaimed As One Of The Most Inventive Evocative And Influential Groups Of Their Era Thom Jurek Writes "They Left Just A Small Bit Of Music And An Echo That Still Rings". 1976 Inspired By A Sex Pistols Gig At The Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall On July 20 1976 Bernard Sumner also Credited As "Bernard Dicken" And "Bernard Albrecht" And Peter Hook Formed A Band With Friend Terry Mason. Sumner Bought A Guitar Hook Purchased A Bass And Mason A Drum Kit. The Band Placed An Advertisement In A Manchester Record Store And Recruited Curtis As Their Singer. Curtis Knew Sumner Hook And Mason From Previous Gigs And Was Also In Attendance At The Sex Pistols Concert With His Wife Deborah. Richard Boon And Pete Shelley Of Buzzcocks Suggested The Name "Stiff Kittens" For The Band. Although "Stiff Kittens" Appeared On Some Gig Flyers The Band Didn't Like The Name And Never Officially Accepted It. 1977 Lacking Confidence In His Abilities As A Drummer Mason Quit The Group The Day Before Their First Gig To Become Their Manager. He Was Replaced By Tony Tabac. Just Before Their First Gig On May 29 1977 Supporting Buzzcocks And Penetration At The Electric Circus The Band Renamed Themselves Warsaw Though They Had Already Appeared On The Bill As The Stiff Kittens. Five Weeks And Half A Dozen Gigs Later Tabac Was Replaced By Punk Drummer Steve Brotherdale From Another Band Called Panik. They Recorded The Warsaw Demo On July 18 1977 Consisting Of Five Crude Punk Songs. After The Demo Brotherdale Was Fired. One Member Asked Him To Check On What He "thought" Was A Flat Tyre. When He Got Out Of The Car The Other Three Drove Off. Brotherdale Tried To Get Curtis To Join Panik But Was Rebuffed. Stephen Morris Who Responded To An Ad In A Music Store Window Was Hired As Brotherdale's Replacement. He Was Hired Primarily Because Curtis Remembered Him From His Academic Days As Morris Attended The Same School Two Years Below Curtis. Unlike The Previous Drummers Morris Clicked Well With The Three. His Metronome-Like Drumming Owed More To Krautrock Than The Aggressive Bombast Typical Of Many Punk Drummers. In Late 1977 In Order To Avoid Confusion With The London Punk Band Warsaw Pakt Warsaw Renamed Themselves Joy Division. The Name Was In Reference To Groups Of Women Used As Sex Slaves In Nazi German Concentration Camps Depicted In Ka-Tzetnik 135633's 1955 Novel The House Of Dolls. Although The Choice Of Name Was More Reflective Of A Desire To Challenge Taboos This Choice Along With Sumner's Adoption Of The Surname Albrecht Garnered The Band A Lot Of Criticism For Perceived Insensitivity. They Were Even Dogged By Accusations Of Neo-Nazism A Charge They Strenuously Denied. The Accusations Resurfaced To A Certain Degree After Joy Division Broke Up And Reformed As New Order A Name That Could Be Interpreted As A Reference To Hitler's Speeches Promising "the New Order Of The Third Reich." . The Band's Music And Style Stabilized Around This Time. Sessions Recorded In December 1977 Sound Considerably Different From The Warsaw Demo. 1978 The Group Played Their First Gig As Joy Division On January 25 1978. They Played Regularly In The North Of England Throughout Early 1978 And Then Recorded Enough Material For A Debut Album. However After The Studio Engineer Added Synthesizers To Several Tracks The Band Scrapped It. The Album Would Be Released As A Bootleg In 1982 And Then Officially 10 Years Later. Rob Gretton Became The Band's Manager In May 1978. Over The Next 20 Years His Addition Would Play An Integral Part In Forming The Joy Division/New Order Legacy. Joy Division's Debut On Vinyl Was On A Compilation In The Summer Of 1978 Called Short Circuit. Though Listed As Joy Division It Was Actually A Track From The Warsaw Days Recorded Live On October 2 1977 The Song Recorded Live Was Preceded By Sumner Screaming "You All Forgot Rudolf Hess". In June 1978 Their December 1977 Sessions Were Released As A 7" EP Under The Title An Ideal For Living. In Late 1978 An Ideal For Living Was Remastered And Re-Released As A 12". On September 20 1978 They Performed On The TV Show Granada Reports Then In December 1978 They Appeared On The Compilation EP A Factory Sample Contributing Two Tracks Recorded A Few Months Earlier. This EP Sold Out Within A Couple Of Months And Was The First Release To Document The Haunting And Atmospheric Sound That Joy Division Had Been Developing Since That Past Summer. Early 1979 Saw Joy Division Gain More Publicity. Ian Curtis Appeared On The Front Cover Of The New Musical Express. Joy Division Recorded A Radio Session In January aired On BBC Radio 1 On February 14 By The Respected DJ John Peel . On March 4 They Supported The Cure At The Marquee Club A Major Venue In London. In April 1979 The Band Began Recording Their Landmark Debut Album Unknown Pleasures At Strawberry Studios In Stockport Greater Manchester. The Record Was Far Bleaker And Darker Than Most Of Its Contemporaries Featuring Hook's Bass As The Lead Melodic Instrument Drums Soaked In Icy Reverb Sumner's Jagged Guitar And Curtis's Baritone Vocal Style. A Large Debt Was Owed To The Genius Of Meticulous Producer Martin Hannett. Whereas Most Punk Rock Bands Had Been Extroverted And Aggressive Joy Division Were More Introverted And Personal. Despite Their Insularity However Their Music Could Be Very Aggressive Chaotic And At Times Even Violent. The Album Cover Designed By Peter Saville Based On A Graph Of 100 Consecutive Pulses From The Pulsar CP 1919 Is Regarded As A Classic Of Minimalist Sleeve Design. The Image Was Found By Sumner In A Book Of Astronomy And Represents "the Final Flashes Of A Dying Star." Unknown Pleasures Was Released In June While Joy Division Were Recording Five Songs For Piccadilly Radio. They Performed On Granada TV Again In July Made Their First And Last Nationwide TV Appearance In September On BBC2 Supported The Buzzcocks In A 24-Venue UK Tour During October And November And Performed Again On Peel's BBC Radio Show In December. Despite The Fact That Unknown Pleasures Was Selling Well And Receiving Good Reviews From The Music Press All Was Not Well. Curtis Who Suffered From Epilepsy Would Often Have Onstage Tonic-Clonic Seizures That Resulted In Unconsciousness And Convulsions Or Absence Seizures That Would Cause Brief Trance-Like Pauses. Even After Disposing Of Their Light Show Curtis Would Still Have These Problems And The Band Decided To Rest Over The Christmas Holiday. 1980 In January 1980 Joy Division Set Out On A European Tour. Several Dates Were Cancelled Due To Curtis's Deteriorating Health. On February 28th The Band Played A Gig At The Warehouse In Preston. The Gig Was Plagued With Sound Problems But Was Later Released On Dynamic Records. With Martin Hannett Again Producing The Band Began Recording Their Second Album Closer At The End Of The European Tour In March. On April 8 The Band Played A Gig At The Derby Hall In Bury. After Jamming With Support Band Section 25 Joy Division's Set Began With Alan Hempstall Of Crispy Ambulance And Simon Topping Of A Certain Ratio Filling In For Curtis Who Was Initially Too Ill To Perform. Curtis Did Manage To Return But Only For A Few Songs. When The Band Resumed Jamming Without Their Singer Some Members Of The Audience Protested Turning The Gig Into A Riot In Which Hook Gretton And Other Crew Members Fought With Angry Onlookers. Death Of Curtis Following A One-Off Gig In Early May 1980 The Band Took A Two Weeks' Rest Before Their First American Tour Was Scheduled To Start. At The Time Curtis's Relationship With His Wife Deborah Curtis Was Collapsing Due To His Infidelity With A Belgian Woman Annick Honoré Whom He Had Met On Tour no Photograph Of Honoré Had Ever Been Published Until The 2006 Book Torn Apart The Life Of Ian Curtis By Middles & Reade In Which Annick Gives Her First Public Account Of Their Relationship . Alone In His Macclesfield Home On May 18 1980 Curtis Reportedly Watched Werner Herzog's Stroszek — About An Artist Who Commits Suicide — Listened To Iggy Pop's Debut Solo Album The Idiot And Hanged Himself. The Following Day Curtis' Body Was Discovered By His Wife In Their Kitchen. Aftermath The Band Had Long Decided That If Any One Of Them Left Or Was Unable To Perform For Any Reason They Would End The Band. In The Summer Of 1980 Love Will Tear Us Apart Hit Number 13 On The British Singles Chart Their Biggest Commercial Success To Date. In July 1980 Closer Was Finally Released To Overwhelmingly Positive Reviews It Also Charted Peaking At Number 6 On The British Album Chart. Sales Of Unknown Pleasures Were Also Robust. At First Glance Curtis' Suicide Appears To Be Exclusively The Product Of His Own Depression And Ill Health. Deborah Curtis' Book Touching From A Distance Gives The Impression That Curtis Always Wanted To Die Young. Despite Curtis' Suicide Joy Division Essentially Did Not End In 1980 As The Surviving Members Immediately Toured And Soon Recorded New Music. Eventually Renaming Themselves New Order And Adding Morris' Girlfriend Gillian Gilbert To Cover Keyboards And Second Guitar The Band Was Accordingly Reborn. Alternating Between Guitar-Drum-Bass And Electronic Styles The Band's Music Reached And Inspired A Variety Of Listeners. New Order Is Often Cited As One Of The Leading Synth Pop And Dance Music Groups Of Their Era Yet Their Use Of Traditional Rock Instruments Such As Guitars And Live Drums Has Reached A Level Of Influence Comparable With Their Landmark Electronic Works And They Have Become One Of Alternative Rock's Most Beloved Acts. The Band And Especially Ian Curtis Has Been An Inspiration For A Number Of Musicians That Include U2 The Smashing Pumpkins Trent Reznor who As Nine Inch Nails Covered "Dead Souls" For The Soundtrack Of The Movie The Crow Robert Smith Of The Cure And Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitarist John Frusciante. The Continuing Importance Of Joy Division Was Shown At The Turn Of The Millennium When Peel Asked His Listeners To Vote For The All-Time Festive 50. At Number One Was The Haunting Atmosphere While Love Will Tear Us Apart Sat At Number Three. Three More Songs From The Band Sat On The List. Much Of The History Of Joy Division Was Portrayed In The 2002 MGM/United Artists Released Film 24 Hour Party People Which Presented A Somewhat Fictionalised Account Of The Rise And Fall Of The Factory Records With Whom Both Joy Division And New Order Were Signed. In 2007 The Movie Control Directed By Anton Corbijn - Depicting Curtis' Life - Was Released. Curtis' Bandmates Bernard Sumner Peter Hook And Stephen Morris Provided Incidental Music For The Soundtrack Via New Order. The Movie Title Comes From The Joy Division Song "She's Lost Control". Also In 2007 The Documentary Film Simply Titled Joy Division Was Released. Directed By Grant Gee This Movie Is Told By People Who Were There To Experience Joy Division First-Hand. The Movie Outlines The History Of The Legendary Group And Their First Steps Toward Gigs And Pre-Recordings But This Is Also The Tale Of A City - Manchester - Which Revitalises Itself Though The Growing Music Scene Of The Time. The Memories To The Past Are Coloured By The Suicide Of Singer Ian Curtis. In 2005 Joy Division Were Accepted Along With New Order Into The UK Music Hall Of Fame. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Love Will Tear Us Apart

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" Is A Song By The British Post-Punk Band Joy Division. The Lyrics Were Written By The Band's Vocalist Ian Curtis Who Committed Suicide In May 1980 A Month After The Song Was Released As A Single. The Song Was Then Re-Promoted In 12" Format In June 1980. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Was Written In August And September Of 1979 And Was Debuted When The Band Supported Buzzcocks On Their UK Tour In September And October 1979 And It Is One Of The Few Songs In Which Ian Curtis Played Guitar Albeit Somewhat Minimally . The Title Of The Song Is A Play On The Title Of A Neil Sedaka Song "Love Will Keep Us Together" Made Popular By The Captain & Tennille In 1975. 1 The Lyrics Are Perceived To Reflect The Problems In Ian Curtis' Marriage To Deborah Curtis As Well As His General Frame Of Mind In The Time Leading Up To His Suicide. Deborah Curtis Had The Phrase "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Inscribed On Ian Curtis' Memorial Stone. The Song Was First Released In April 1980 And After Curtis' Suicide That May Became The Band's First Chart Hit Reaching Number 13 In The UK. It Also Debuted At #1 In New Zealand In June 1981. The Band Broke Up After His Death And Reformed As New Order. "Love" Was Re-Released In 1983 And Reached Number 19 On The UK Charts And Re-Appeared At #3 In New Zealand During March 1984. In November 1988 It Made One More Top 40 Appearance In New Zealand Peaking At #39. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Appears On The Substance Compilation Album. It Was First Recorded For A John Peel Session In November 1979 Then Re-Recorded In January 1980 And March 1980. It Is The Latter Version That Appears On Substance. The January 1980 Version Originally Appeared As The Single's B-Side. In 1995 To Publicise The Release Of Permanent The Track Was Reissued Complete With A New Remix Done By Arthur Baker And A New Radio Edit Also Known As The Permanent Mix. On September 24 2007 2007-09-24 The Single Was Again Reissued In Its Original Configuration. This Time It Was To Publicise The Collector's Edition Re-Issues Of The Band's Three Albums. Although The Single Was Now Issued On The Warner Label It Retained All The Classic Factory Packaging Down To The FAC 23 Catalogue Number. Original Artist
Joy Division Live Statistics
This Was Played 111 Times By Joy Division / New Order Live Debut The Electric Ballroom London England UK 26/10/1979 1 01 31 AM Last Live Club Ciudad Buenos Aires AR 18/11/2006 12 00 00 AM New Order Official Versions
1995 Radio Version 3 40 Alternate Version 3 10 HyperLink
Arthur Baker Remix 4 21 BBC Sessions 1979-11-26 3 25 HyperLink
Live 1979-12-18 3 17 Permanent Mix 3 36 HyperLink
Single Version 3 27 HyperLink
Trouser Enthusiasts Remix 7 03 Video 3 27 Available On Get Ready 2001 Closer 1980 Substance 1988 Permanent 1995 Blue Monday 1983 Love Will Tear Us Apart 1980 Love Will Tear Us Apart 95 1995 The Complete BBC Recordings 2000 Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 2001 Peel Sessions 1987 Before & After 2002 Atmosphere 1988 Fractured Box 2001 Soundtrack Donnie Darko 2001 24 Hour Party People 2002 Boston Kickout 1996 Compilations The Best Of Peel Sessions Par Bernard Lenoir 1990 Palatine - The Factory Story Vol. 1 1991 The John Peel Sessions 1988 Collected 1999 A Strange Kind Of Love 1996 Generation Eighties 1995 New Wave Dance Hits Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 2 1994 The Eighties Mix 1998 Relax The Ultimate 80's Mix 1998 Lost Property 1996 Never Mind The Main Stream The Best Of MTV's 120 Minutes Vol. 2 1991 Shine Too 1995 Once In A Lifetime 1997 Untitled Vol. 2 1996 Living In The Eighties 2000 One Only 1996 Pulse 95 FM Essential Retro 1999 Sound Of The City 1992 Sounds Of The Eighties 1980-1981 1995 Wave 180 Minutes Book Two 1999 College Rock 1999 Crush 1997 Das Boot - The Final Voyage 2001 Going Underground 1998 Guitar Club Classics 2000 Indie Top 20 Vol. 3 1988 New Wave - The Best Of Club Class-X 1995 New Wave Greats 1976-1983 1999 Nocturnal 1998 Rock & Wave Vol. 1 1992 The Best Punk Album In The World...Ever! 2 1996 Totally Wired 1995 Ten From Ten 2004 Teenage Kicks 2005 Promo Available On 20 Years Of New Order 2001 Joy Division New Order Collection 1993 Bands That Covered This Song
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