Love will tear us apart
Ian Kevin Curtis (born on July 15, 1956 – died 41 years ago, on 18 May 18, 1980) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the band Joy Division and recorded two albums with the group: Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980). Curtis was known for his bass-baritone voice, dance style and songwriting typically filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness and alienation.
Curtis suffered from epilepsy and depression and died by suicide on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour and shortly before the release of Closer.
Despite their short career, Joy Division have exerted a wide-reaching influence. (they) "became the first band in the post-punk movement by ... emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the '80s".
In 2002, NME named "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as the greatest single of all time, while Rolling Stone, in 2004 and 2011, named it one of the 500 best songs ever.
Tim Booth, from James says that it is "One of the best love songs I’ve ever heard"
Love will tear us apart
Ian Kevin Curtis (born on July 15, 1956 – died 41 years ago, on 18 May 18, 1980) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the band Joy Division and recorded two albums with the group: Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980). Curtis was known for his bass-baritone voice, dance style and songwriting typically filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness and alienation.
Curtis suffered from epilepsy and depression and died by suicide on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour and shortly before the release of Closer.
Despite their short career, Joy Division have exerted a wide-reaching influence. (they) "became the first band in the post-punk movement by ... emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the '80s".
In 2002, NME named "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as the greatest single of all time, while Rolling Stone, in 2004 and 2011, named it one of the 500 best songs ever.
Tim Booth, from James says that it is "One of the best love songs I’ve ever heard"