Torn Apart - The Life of Ian Curtis

Mick Middles and Lindsay Reade

Omnibus Press

2009

400 páginas

13h 20m

ISBN-13: 9781847725080

Cloaked in mystique, Joy Division's extraordinary vocalist Ian Curtis tragically took his own life in 1980, leaving just two haunting albums and a depleted band that would famously evolve into New Order. 25 years later, the enigma of Ian Curtis has deepened to an unprecedented level. Devotees make regular pilgramages to both his hometown of Macclesfield and to Manchester, where the story of Joy Division and Factory Records has left a profound mark on the city. Examines his life, his work, his relationships and the cultural environment in which he lived and died. The legacy of Joy Division and Factory Records has passed into legend.