Pietra commemorativa di Ian Curtis al crematorio di Macclesfield, Prestbury Road, Cheshire, Inghilterra, Regno Unito, SK10, etichetta di fabbrica, Joy Division cantante, scrittore di canzoni
5007 x 4314 px | 42,4 x 36,5 cm | 16,7 x 14,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
11 dicembre 2020
Ubicazione:
Prestbury Road, Macclesfield SK10 3BU
Altre informazioni:
File under: Depression, epilepsy, suicide, previous suicide attempt, hanging, kitchen, washing line, hang himself, Touching from a Distance, Tony Wilson, Werner Herzog, 1977, film, Stroszek, listening to Iggy Pop's 1977 album The Idiot, Deborah, Honoré, altruistic, altruism, grave marker, drugs, distress Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division and recorded two albums with the group: Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980). Curtis was known for his bass-baritone voice, dance style and songwriting typically filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness and alienation. Curtis suffered from epilepsy and depression and took his own life on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour and shortly before the release of Closer. His death led to the band's dissolution and the subsequent formation of New Order. Despite their short career, Joy Division have exerted a wide-reaching influence. John Bush of AllMusic argues that they "became the first band in the post-punk movement by ... emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the '80s".
