![]() ![]() ![]() It’s the intensity of this short period of time that defines a lot of the band’s fascination. Nobody knows what could have become of JOY DIVISION but it actually doesn’t matter. We surely can’t imagine him as part of NEW ORDER, right. Bandmate Bernard Sumner wrote in his biography that Ian Curtis might have become a professional writer. Mix that with epilepsy, depression and punk rock and you’ll get a deadly cocktailģ5 years after his sad passing it’s almost impossible to say what might have become of this talented Mancunian if he wouldn’t have lost the fight against his own demons. Just like Curtis who was a lovely a funny lad as pretty much everybody recalls him but who was just too sensible for those times, the pressure of the late 70s working class society and his struggle on becoming something bigger than this. Filled with well-picked words, metaphors and cryptic clearness these songs were a mirror of his soul and the songs became anthems for all those who didn’t fit in. The JOY DIVISION became an idol for many reasons but mostly for his lyrics. ![]() In the post death success of his band his death became a glorified modern myth with Curtis becoming a glorified figure whose lyrics lived out the dark aspects of everybody’s soul. Although JOY DIVISION were on the verge of a big breakthrough his death wasn’t noticed by that many people. He took himself out of the equation he couldn’t figure out, that equation called life. ![]()
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