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Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart T-Shirt

This Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart T-shirt has been drawn by Mark Reynolds.

This T-Shirt is available in a wide range of  sizes. It is exclusive to Mr Art and can only be purchased from this website.

Ladies T-Shirt Features:

• Semi-fitted contoured silhouette with side seams
• Taped neck and shoulders
• 1,2cm collar
• Twin needle sleeve and bottom hem

Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Divison. Joy Division released their debut album, Unknown Pleasures, in 1979 and recorded their follow-up, Closer, in 1980. Curtis, who suffered from epilepsy and depression, committed suicide on 18 May 1980, on the eve of Joy Division’s first North American tour, resulting in the band’s dissolution and the subsequent formation of New Order.

Ian Curtis was known for his baritone voice, dance style, and songwriting filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness and alienation.

In 1995, Curtis’ widow Deborah published  Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division, a biography of the singer. His life and death have been dramatised in the films 24 hour party people (2002) and Control (2007).

Ian Curtis’ last live performance was on 2 May 1980, at High Hall of Birmingham Universit, a show that included Joy Division’s first and only performance of “Cememony“, later recorded by New Order and released as their first single. The last song  Ian Curtis performed on stage was “Digital”. The recording of this performance is on the Still album.

“Transmission” was released on 7″ vinyl in October 1979 by record label Factory. It was re-released as a 12″ single with a different sleeve in December 1980. The single charted twice in New Zealand, debuting at number 2 in September 1981 and re-appearing again at number 24 in July 1984.