quarta-feira, maio 18, 2005

love will ter him apart


Ian Curtis
Fans of rock band Joy Division will be remembering the band's late singer Ian Curtis on Wednesday - the 25th anniversary of his death.
Curtis was just 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen at his Macclesfield home, shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US.
His band recorded around 50 songs and released just two studio albums, but they remain highly acclaimed for their powerful post punk sound.

Curtis's baritone voice and lyrics about existential dread and pessimism, combined with his intense, wide-eyed stage presence, endeared him to fans.
He has been cited as an influence by the likes of U2 frontman Bono, the late Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and The Cure's Robert Smith.

Still acclaimed [biópico sobre o cantor perto...]
Joy Division - Curtis, guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris - formed on the Manchester music scene in the late 1970s.
They released first album Unknown Pleasures in 1979, with follow-up Closer being released after Curtis's death.

Their most famous single, Love Will Tear Us Apart, only reached number 13 a month after Curtis died yet it was among five finalists in the Brit Awards poll this year to find the best British song of the past 25 years.
Continued interest in Curtis and his life has led to a biopic being made, based on his widow Deborah's book, Touching From A Distance.
in BBC

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