![]() ![]() The band released two studio albums, “Unknown Pleasures” (1979) and “Closer” (1980). Joy Division assembled in 1976, initially as Warsaw. “This project will help nudge it slightly more into mainstream public awareness, and they will sell more than they have ever sold before.” FACTORY-MADE “In England, Joy Division has always been in the pantheon of independent, influential music, but in America it has always been more underground,” says Rhino senior vice president Robin Hurley, who has been closely involved in the campaign. WMG’s reissue specialist, Rhino, is driving the rerelease project in North America and internationally, and hopes are to give the band a sales spike like it has never enjoyed. But strangely his words have proved to be true 10, 20, 30 years on. “Up to Ian’s death, I think we’d sold about 10,000 records. ![]() “The strangest thing is that when Ian died, our manager (the late Rob Gretton) said to us not to worry because Joy Division would be much bigger in 10 years, which of course wasn’t much solace at the time,” founding bassist Peter Hook says. To mark the occasion, Warner Music Group (WMG) is reviving the act’s catalog with a flourish of projects, including an expanded reissue program, a special vinyl boxed set, download and ringtone releases and the soundtrack to “Control,” Anton Corbijn’s critically lauded Curtis biopic. Now, on the 30th anniversary of Joy Division’s creation, the spotlight is back on the Manchester-reared band. The enigmatic frontman took his life in 1980, at the age of 23, just as the British post-punk band was on the verge of a career crescendo. ![]() LONDON (Billboard) - Joy Division’s Ian Curtis never lived to see the influence his band’s legacy had on a legion of artists, critics and music fans. ![]()
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