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Joy Division

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Formed in the wake of the punk explosion in England, Joy Division became the first band in the post-punk movement by later emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the '80s. Though the group's raw initial ...

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members

  • Bernard Albrecht
  • Ian Curtis
  • Peter Hook
  • Stephen Morris

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