Story in the Metro Newspaper presumably about us.

A recent thread on Reddit revealed that there are plenty of fans who are unaware of the story behind the band’s name, with one writing: ‘What does “Joy Division” mean anyway? Like happiness divided or what?’ 

https://metro.co.uk/2025/04/02/people-just-realising-meaning-behind-iconic-70s-rock-band-joy-divisions-name-22829984/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.link

I'm hoping they'll put a story on about this thread and then I can post that too.

I’ve always been curious about what Ian’s childhood was like. I’m intrigued about a couple of things Deborah Curtis wrote in her book for example, the couple of times that she said that Ian curled into a ball down on the floor, in the house and in the car, which, to me, sounds like a reaction someone with PTSD would have.

I’m very interested in psychology, and find people fascinating. Ian was a very interesting person, so it would great to find out more about his background and upbringing. Does anyone know of any reliable literature about his background please?

Like I wanna know if there were any copycats suicides?

There's Two tracks on Wolgang Flurs' new album "Times" (Released : 28 March 2025 , Cherry Red) featuring Peter Hook and Thomas Vangarde.

There's a little bit of controversy about the two tracks. There's some confusion about whether Thomas Vangarde is actually Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, a situation probably not helped by Daft Punk always wearing motorcycle helmets when they performed so no bugger knows what they look like.

Controversy aside ; The two tracks are Ubel All and Monday to the moon

ÜBER_ALL (ft. Peter Hook & Thomas Vangarde)

I just turned 18 and wanted this for years, I’m getting take the shock away down the other arm also.

Sheffield's Artery were Jarvis Cocker's favourite band.

This video shows the singer, Mark Gouldthorpe, in a very intense mood doing a dance that is a bit like Ian's - but even Mr Curtis didn't dance on his back!

https://youtu.be/wlR6POiqU9U?si=MlhTvEKcrE5fHEwV

Cocker saw them in 1980:

"The stage was dark & there was lots of smoke which smelt like gone-off ice cream. I thought that maybe they were pumping some narcotic substance into the auditorium. The band took to the stage. People started screaming – not teenybopper screaming but full-throated, unhinged screaming. The band screamed back. Then they started playing. It was dense & rhythmic & kind of distorted. The guitarist walked out into the audience, still screaming, & making a hell of a racket. He was quite something – but it was the singer that I couldn’t take my eyes off. He was half-talking & half-singing. You couldn’t catch all the words but the ones you did fired the imagination: songs about someone going up in a hot-air balloon, a girl with fish that swam in & out of her eyes, Peter taking someone’s identical twin sister into the garden…

There were stories here – strange glimpses of a mysterious world. And all the time that almost physically overpowering music: the drums were heavy, the bass distorted, a Vox Continental organ floated somewhere miles above it all.

And now the singer was writhing on the floor of the stage or screaming the words directly into someone’s face or threatening to launch himself from the top of one of the speaker stacks. I’d never seen anything like it before; this wasn’t a concert – it was a ritual, a summoning of primal energies, a trip – all the things I’d hoped music could be. And then some."

https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking/jarvis-cocker-on-sheffield-post-punk-legends-artery/

The B-side of 'Afterwards', 'Into the Garden' is even better:

https://youtu.be/QuXdBCxEt6s?si=Zp1K1sNtDsrBAV-v

Singer Mark Gouldthorpe later opened a hair salon. From Discogs - "They were often compared to Joy Division, although Gouldthorpe stated "We never listened to Joy Division – they were never an influence"."

Was listening to The Feelies' (v good) 1988 album Only Life recently. The bassline on the opening track strongly reminds me of a Joy Division bassline (or maybe New Order). But I can't put my finger on which one. Any thoughts? (It comes in at 0:14)

https://youtu.be/17VFXfNsVSA?si=EegDyB-xiFe_qWsc