In July of 1980 Joy Division released their final studio album.
Once again produced by Martin Hannett but released two month after the tragic passing of lead singer, Ian Curtis, the album represents a high watermark of the post-punk genre.
Lets talk Joy Division, Closer!
Two of these dorks met at a Sex Pistols concert and one of them thought the Sex Pistols “destroyed the myth of being a pop star, of a musician being some kind of god that you had to worship” and borrowed £35 from his mother to buy a bass guitar the next day. That is exactly the type of origin story I would expect for this droning, tuneless, boring, sad teenage dracula music.
Going to see a fake manufactured sham of an alt boy band and thinking they were changing music forever and borrowing money from your mom to copy them. It couldn’t have been that hard, the Sex Pistols couldn’t play their instruments either, because manufactured boy bands never can.
Also, I’ve got a question for this Ian Curtis fellow: https://youtu.be/v9wKiA4sigc?si=jqH-U83I8NOb_7MQ&t=33
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