If you're a music fan, you've likely heard of the rock band Joy Division, which was created in Salford in 1976. The ensemble included vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Ian Curtis, guitarist and ...

Joy Division-turned-New Order deserves to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the reasons are crystal clear.

Joy Division’s influence far outweighs its commercial success as the band’s only two studio albums, Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980), have influenced everyone from U2 to The Cure. Much of ...