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Line diagram

Joy Division

1976 to 1980

Joy Division's stationSee Post-punk on the network

One line diagram with New Order: the same lanes run on from one band into the next.

The line diagram

Each member is a lane on the year axis, in the colour of the line the band was on. A filled station marks a joining, an open one a departure, a square a death. The dotted rail is a reunion. A dotted branch leads to a band that grew out of this one, or in from a band its members came from. The table below lists the same spells.

Members

MemberRoleYears
Ian Curtisvocals1976 to 1980
Bernard Sumnerguitar, keyboards1976 to 1980
Peter Hookbass1976 to 1980
Stephen Morrisdrums1977 to 1980

The line

  1. Post-punk1978 to 1980

    Unknown Pleasures and Closer

    Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook formed the band after seeing the Sex Pistols in Manchester in 1976, as Warsaw; Ian Curtis sang, Stephen Morris joined on drums in 1977, and Factory Records released Unknown Pleasures in 1979. Curtis took his own life on 18 May 1980, on the eve of an American tour. The other three went on as New Order.

    Key album: Unknown Pleasures, 1979

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Joy Division (opens in a new tab)

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Joy Division (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Joy Division / New Order (opens in a new tab)
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Joy Division (opens in a new tab)

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