Joy Division

Committing suicide to achieve notoriety is not uncommon. Take "question mark" or Kurt Cobain, for example (and arguably Jeff Buckley, etc., etc.). However, there is one scenario that sticks out - the suicide of Joy Division frontman, Ian Curtis. Again, if you're like me, you will recognise Joy Division as one of the most inspirational, empathetic, recognisable, and ground-breaking bands of the seventies. Their Closer album in particular demonstrates their musical insight, but also the outlook of Curtis' lyrics. In Atrocity Exhibition Curtis proclaims: "this is the way...step inside"; in Twenty Four Hours Curits whails: "just for one moment I heard somebody call, I looked beyond the day in hand...there's nothing there at all". Current front-runners, Editors have a lot to explain for in Joy Divisions' wake; the comparison has been made numerous times. The main difference is, these guys were doing it thirty years ago. To mark the credibility of their achievements, debut director, Anton Corbijn, has made this film, entitled Control, to broadcast their cultural importance. Alongside the coinciding documentary (notably created by Grant Gee - the director of Radiohead's infamous Meeting People is Easy), they are well worth some research.