Joy Division was a pioneering post-punk band, who formed in Salford in 1976 - but many people don't know the real meaning ...

Joy Division were one of the most popular and pioneering post-punk bands of the 1970s and 1980s - but many fans don't know ...

"They're from Leeds, I'm from Sheffield and we’ve played a Manchester classic. Some people might say sacrilege, but I think it’s respectful and honourable" ...

The conversation recently came up on Reddit, when a user posted: "TIL (today I learned) that the band Joy Division's name is a reference to the name of the Auschwitz camp brothels ...

Legendary bassist Peter Hook was one quarter of Joy Division, and he played in New Order from the band’s 1980 beginning until 2007, when he split bitterly with his longtime bandmate Bernard Sumner.

The late Joy Division vocalist, who hanged himself in 1980, is also the subject of the feature film ‘Control’, which is currently under development in the UK, helmed by ex-NME photographer ...

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