LWTUA
I happened to be in Macclesfield at the weekend and went over to the Crematorium to see Ian Curtis plaque.
I was never fortunate enough to ever see Joy Division live but I vividly remember returning from a United game and watching them perform 'Transmission' and 'She's Lost Control' on a local TV program 'Something Else'.
Ian Curtis was a very ill man and hanged himself on the eve of a US tour.
His wife, Deborah, wrote a very interesting book about their life that describes him very differently from the tragic, angst ridden hero portrayed in the media.
One myth claimed that Ian Curtis committed suicide, standing on a block of ice but this is completely untrue.
References & mentions
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…ay live but some of my schoolmates did ('He did this weird dance'). However, I have visited Curtis' memorial in Macclesfield cemetery. I've read all the books, avidly watched all the documentaries, seen all t…
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…laying over footage of smoke coming from the chimneys at Macclesfield Crematorium (where Curtis was cremated). 'Control' is filmed in black and white - not pretentious art but in keeping with Anton Corbijn's …
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… the Google image archive, my photo blog has now been restored to its full glory. Yesterday, I visited a customer in sunny Glasgow, near Scotland. This was very poor planning on my…
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Maybe I am obsessed with dead pop stars but I agree with the sentiment of this blog (skip the comments).