What is Joy Division?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Joy Division | Img = | Img_alt = | Img_capt = Joy Division circa 1979 | Img_size = 170 | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = Stiff Kittens, Warsaw | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Salford]], [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] | death_date = | death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Post-punk]] [[gothic rock]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 1976–1980 | Label = [[Factory Records|Factory]] | Associated_acts = [[New Order]], [[Peter Hook & The Light]] | URL = | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = | Past_members = [[Ian Curtis]]<br />[[Peter Hook]]<br />[[Stephen Morris]]<br />[[Bernard Sumner]]<br />[[Tony Tabac]] }} '''Joy Division''' was an [[England|English]] [[post-punk]] [[band]]. They formed in 1976 in [[Salford]]. [[Ian Curtis]] was the lead singer. [[Peter Hook]] played bass guitar. Stephen Morris played the [[Drum kit|drums]]. [[Bernard Sumner|Bernard sumner]] played [[guitar]] and sometimes the [[synthesizer]]. Ian Curtis died by suicide in 1980. So, the other members formed a new band called [[New Order]]. == History == During the Anarchy in the UK tour, the [[Sex Pistols]] played in [[Manchester]] on June 4. In the audience that night were three young men living around Manchester: school mates Peter Hook and Bernard Albrecht, and Ian Curtis. A few days later, Hook and Albrecht decided to start up a band, with Hook on [[Bass guitar|bass]] and Albrecht on [[guitar]]. They got Terry Mason as a [[drum]]mer, but still needed a [[singer]]. They placed an [[Advertisement|ad]] in the Virgin [[album|record]] [[shop]] in Manchester. Curtis answered it and became the singer of the band, called at the time the Stiff Kittens. He would also write the lyrics. They practiced a lot during a few months, and wrote their first [[song]]s. In M