The group who “changed what a band could be”, according to Bono
Altering the DNA of a rock outfit.
Joy Division
Bono names the two albums that inspired the sound of ‘Another Day’
One of U2’s early punk-derived classics.
‘From The Lion’s Mouth’: The Sound’s haunting portension of tragedy
An essential from the morose depths of the post-punk wave.
“He really missed out”: when Ian Curtis criticised Tony Wilson for walking out of a Bauhaus gig
A fraught relationship.
Watch a 15-minute compilation of Joy Division’s only TV appearances
Remember the greatness, not the tragedy.
New Order’s Bernard Sumner makes impassioned political statement
The New Order singer says enough is enough.
The Holy Grail of Joy Division vinyl: how two masterpieces were gifted to a tiny label
“It was a limited edition that we never got any money for.”
Camus on Cassette: the 10 best existentially philosophical songs ever written
“Maybe Christ died for somebody but not for me.”
