Joy Division to Release 14-CD/2-DVD Live Boxed Set Ahead of Rock Hall Induction
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Jem Aswad
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A comprehensive look at Joy Division's enduring legacy and the announcement of a massive 14-CD/2-DVD live boxed set coming in September, coinciding with the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The article explores the band's tragically short career, the suicide of frontman Ian Curtis, and their outsized influence on genres from goth to post-punk revival bands like Interpol.
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· 3 pulledThe career of Joy Division — the greatest band of the post-punk era of the late 1970s and early '80s — was tragically short, ended by the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis at the age of just 23
Not even a year passed between the June 1979 release of their iconic debut album, 'Unknown Pleasures,' and his death.
The band left behind just two studio albums and a dozen-odd singles and other stray tracks but their influence was vast, from the entire goth movement to Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead and Interpol
In advance of Joy Divion's induction into the Rock Hall of Fame, the group will release a massive 14-CD/2-DVD boxed set of live material in September.
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