Category Archives: joy division

Flawed Timing

Posted on March 23, 2009 by

Joy Division, Peel Session 1979-01-31 Exercise One/Insight/She’s Lost Control/Transmission Joy Division, Peel Session 1979-11-26 Love Will Tear Us Apart/24 Hours/Colony/Sound Of Music It’s time to admit it to the world: I’m terrified of death. The thought of an eternity of … Continue reading →

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That All-Important Number 51 Slot

Posted on April 30, 2008 by

John Peel occasionally extended the chart beyond his normal fifty entries and included anything up to seventy tracks. These were not played in the normal run of the programme, but rather listed separately as what nearly made the chart. The … Continue reading →

Posted in james, joy division, monkey steals the drum, siouxsie and the banshees, stranglers | 5 Comments

For The Fallen

Posted on September 6, 2007 by

My father died three years ago on the 6 September 2004. Lee’s recent poignant post about aging and the relationship with his also deceased father led me to create this. Rock music is full of tragic and avoidable deaths, and … Continue reading →

Posted in doors, jimi hendrix, joy division, led zeppelin, nirvana | 6 Comments

Tony Wilson 1950-2007

Posted on August 12, 2007 by

Anthony Howard Wilson died on Friday due to complications arising from the kidney cancer he had been battling for some time. As the founder of Factory Records and the Hacienda club in Manchester and manager of bands like A Certain … Continue reading →

Posted in electronic, happy mondays, james, joy division | 4 Comments

I Heard A Rumour

Posted on June 21, 2007 by

Well, it seems I have caused a small ripple amongst my friends in Blogland with my last post. This is the kind of thing that goes into pub trivia quizzes, and as Davy astutely points out, it’s just trainspotting. He … Continue reading →

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Don’t walk away in silence

Posted on June 19, 2007 by

Joy Division: Ian Curtis (vocals), Bernard Sumner (gtr), Stephen Morris (drums), Peter Hook (bass). JOHN WALTERS: Here’s somebody I certainly didn’t get onto at the start, but you did…Joy Division, that are still, in a sense, a lasting force, Joy … Continue reading →

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