Mayelana naleli qembu, umsakazi waseBrithani uTony Wilson uthe: "I-Joy Division yaba ngabokuqala ukusebenzisa amandla nobulula be-punk ukuze baveze imizwa eyinkimbinkimbi." Naphezu kokuba khona kwabo okufushane kanye nama-albhamu amabili kuphela akhishiwe, i-Joy Division yenza umnikelo obalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwe-post-punk.
Umlando weqembu waqala ngo-1976 edolobheni laseNgilandi iManchester. Abasunguli beJoy Division uBernard Sumner, uTerry Mason noPeter Hook (abangane basesikoleni bakudala).
Maphakathi nawo-1970 ithathwa njengenkathi ye-punk emculweni. Ngo-1976, cishe akekho owayazi mayelana Sex Pistols, kodwa kwaba ikhonsathi yabo ugqozi Sumner, Hook futhi Mason ukwakha iqembu labo. Abangane bathenga izinsimbi futhi baqala ukufuna umculi weqembu elingakaqanjwa igama.
Bahlangana no-Ian Curtis, ngaleso sikhathi insizwa evamile evela emndenini wezisebenzi ezivamile, kamuva eyayizoqashelwa njengomuntu wenkolo emculweni we-rock kanye "no-godfather we-post-punk". KwakunguCurtis owayengumbhali wazo zonke izingoma zeqembu leJoy Division.
Ngesikhathi iqembu lisungulwa, kwase kuyisikhathi sokukhetha igama leqembu. Ishintshe izikhathi eziningi - inguqulo yokuqala kwakuyigama elithi Stiff Kittens, kamuva lashintshwa laba yiWarsaw. Ngaphansi kwaleli gama, leli qembu lalikhona kwaze kwaba ngu-1978.
Ukuqoshwa kokuqala namakhonsathi e-Joy Division
Uhlu lwangempela lwadlala imibukiso emincane embalwa kuphela futhi lwenza isitudiyo saso sokuqala saqala ngoJulayi 18, 1977.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, uTerry Mason waphinde waqeqeshwa kusukela kumdlali wesigubhu waba umphathi, futhi uStephen Morris wahlala phezu kwezigubhu. UCurtis, u-Sumner, uHook no-Morris - lokhu kwaba ukubunjwa kweqembu le-Joy Division kuze kube sekupheleni kokuba khona kweqembu.
Ukurekhoda kokuqala kweqembu akukwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi kuphumelele. Izingoma azihlangene nomsebenzi owengeziwe weqembu, uCurtis wayengakaqondi ukuthi izwi lakhe lalivelele kangakanani futhi wayengazi ukuthi lisetshenziswa kanjani. Ngenxa yalezi zizathu, okuqoshiwe akuzange kukhishwe.
Ngo-Okthoba 2, 1977, ikhonsathi yokuqala enkulu yaseWarsaw yenzeka eManchester, enikezelwe ukubhidliza ihholo le-Electric Circus. Amanye amaqembu endawo nawo abe yingxenye yalo mcimbi. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho iqembu lamemezela ukushintshwa kwegama lalo ku-Definitive Joy Division. Igqugquzelwe inoveli ethi A Doll's House. “Izigaba zokuzijabulisa” kwakungamakamu okuhlushwa-izifebe lapho izikhulu zamaNazi zaziya khona.
Ebusika bawo lowo nyaka, kwakhululwa i-albhamu encane ethi I-Ideal for Living, ehlanganisa izingoma ezine: Warsaw, No Love Lost, Leaders of Men and Failures, enengqikithi yesikhathi esiyi-12 min 47 s. Isembozo, esibonisa Intsha kaHitler ishaya inqama, idinga ukunakwa okukhulu.
Ukukhululwa kwaphuma ekuqaleni kukaJuni 1978. Abagxeki bakhulume kabi ngaleli rekhodi, bephawula ikhwalithi yomsindo yakudala.
I-TV, Factory Records, tour kanye nesifo sikaCurtis
U-1978 bekungunyaka omatasatasa weJoy Division. Ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala engaphumelelanga, leli qembu lathola ukuthandwa kwalo kokuqala.
Konke kwaqala ngo-April, lapho uRob Gretton, umlingani kanye nomunye wabaholi benkampani yokuqopha yaseManchester Factory Records, efika ekilabhini lapho iqembu leJoy Division lalidlala khona. Ngokushesha uGretton waba ngumphathi omusha weqembu, futhi iJoy Division yaqala ukusebenzisana ne-Factory Records, iqopha izingoma ezivela ku-Digital ne-Glass.
NgoSepthemba wonyaka ofanayo, iJoy Division yavela okokuqala ohlelweni lukamabonakude iGranada Reports kaTony Wilson. Lesi siqephu sohlelo sakhunjulwa isikhathi eside izethameli, ikakhulukazi ngenxa kaCurtis nomdanso wakhe ongavamile, okukhumbuza ukudlikizela, lapho umculi ehambisana khona nokudlalwa kwengoma ethi Shadowplay.
Ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva, leli qembu laqala ukuvakasha eNgilandi, lapho lacula khona eLondon. Ngesikhathi ebuyela eManchester, uCurtis waba nesithuthwane.
Kamuva, udokotela wamnikeza ukuxilongwa okusemthethweni futhi wanikeza izidakamizwa ezifanele, okwakufanele zidambise isimo somculi. Nokho, ukuhlaselwa kwenzeka kaningi ngenxa yokuzikhandla ngokweqile, umsindo omkhulu, utshwala nezibani ezikhanyayo.
I-albhamu ethi Izinjabulo Ezingaziwa, i-BBC nengoma ethi Uthando Luzosihlukanisa
NgoJuni 1979, iJoy Division kanye neFactory Records yakhipha i-Unknown Pleasures. Selokhu kwaphuma i-albhamu ethi I-Ideal for Living, umsebenzi weqembu ube nezinguquko ezinkulu, futhi lokhu kubonakale ngisho nasekuklanyweni kwekhava ye-albhamu, engasaqukethe izinkomba zesiko lamaNazi.
Ibukeke i-minimalistic ngangokunokwenzeka - imigqa eminingi emhlophe egobile, ekhumbuza amagrafu we-radio pulse, kungemuva elimnyama.
I-albhamu iqukethe izingoma eziyi-10, ezinhlanu ohlangothini ngalunye lwerekhodi. Phakathi kwazo bekukhona: Disorder, New Dawn Fades, She's Lost Control nezinye izingoma ezidumile zeqembu.
IJoy Division isinethuba elikhulu lokudlala esidlangalaleni. Phakathi namakhonsathi, uCurtis wadansa ngendlela efanayo naleyo esakazwa kumabonakude wokuqala kaTony Wilson. Abanye ababukeli bebenesiqiniseko sokuthi lo mculi udle izidakamizwa. UHook, uSumner, noMorris ngezinye izikhathi babecabanga ukuthi umnyakazo wakhe uhambisana nesifo sokuwa.
Ekuqaleni kwekwindla ka-1979, iqembu ladlala ku-BBC. I-Transmission yokuqala eyodwa ikhishwe ngo-Okthoba. Ngayo leyo nyanga, leli qembu laya eBelgium. Lapho iqembu lithathe inkundla yelinye lamakilabhu eBrussels.
Kulapho uCurtis ahlangana khona nentatheli u-Annick Honoré. Kwaba nobuhlobo bothando phakathi kwabo. Ngaleso sikhathi, uCurtis wayeseneminyaka engaba mine eshadile, enendodakazi.
Mhla zingama-26 kuLwezi, iJoy Division yethula umhlaba wonke ingoma yayo entsha ethi Love Will Tear Us Apart.
I-albhamu Closer
Ekuqaleni kuka-1980, leli qembu lanikeza amakhonsathi eBelgium, eNetherlands, eJalimane. Ukuqoshwa kwe-albhamu elandelayo ethi Closer kanye nengoma ethi Love Will Tear Us Apart, eyaba ngeyodwa, kwaqala ngoMashi.
I-albhamu ihlanganisa izingoma ezintsha ezingu-9. Ukukhululwa kwenzeka ehlobo, lapho uCurtis engasaphili. I-albhamu ethi Closer neculo elithi Love Will Tear Us Apart zithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kwabagxeki.
Ukufa kukaCurtis nokuhlukana kweJoy Division
Entwasahlobo ka-1980, isimo sikaCurtis sawohloka ngokushesha. Ukuhlaselwa kwenzeka kaningi, ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nangesikhathi sokudlala. Naphezu kwamathemba ahlaba umxhwele ngendlela yokuvakasha eMelika naseYurophu, ngo-April wenza umzamo wokuzibulala ongaphumelelanga.
Ngemva kwalokho, iqembu laqhubeka nokusebenza, liqopha izingoma ezintsha futhi linikeza amakhonsathi. Maphakathi noMeyi, uhambo lwaseMelika lwaluzoqala - abaculi kwakufanele baye eNew York.
UCurtis wayehlale enengcindezi. Wayekhathele wumsebenzi, umkakhe wathola ngobudlelwano bakhe no-Annick Honore futhi wafuna isehlukaniso. NgoMeyi 18, 1980, uCurtis wazilengisa ekhishini lakhe.
Ngaphandle kwakhe, leli qembu alikwazanga ukuqhubeka nokuba khona kwalo. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, uSumner, Hook noMorris bakha iqembu elisha, i-New Order.
