Joy Division

Formed: Salford, UK, 1976

Members: Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris

First Single: An Ideal For Living EP (June 1978)

Album Discography: Unknown Pleasures (June 1979); Closer (July 1980)

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Joy Division's Ian Curtis and Peter Hook in 1979

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