| 1 | Yes, this band so well-known for its aura of [[NightmareFuel/JoyDivision trauma]] and [[TearJerker/JoyDivision tragedy]] actually had some lighter moments. |
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| 3 | * On tour in Amsterdam in 1979, Ian Curtis met one of his heroes, Creator/WilliamSBurroughs, who was reading from his latest book. Curtis tried to convince Burroughs to give him a free copy. According to Peter Hook, Burroughs replied, "Fuck off, kid!" |
| 4 | * Supposedly, how did Joy Division get on Creator/FactoryRecords? Ian sent a note to Tony Wilson with the words "Joy Division, you [[CountryMatters cunt]]". |
| 5 | * After the band's cover of Music/TheVelvetUnderground's [[Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat "Sister Ray"]] on ''Still'', Ian Curtis jokes that the audience should hear their version of "Louie, Louie". Hell, just the fact that a recording exists of [[TrueArtIsAngsty gloomy, tormented]] Ian Curtis singing "Sister Ray" (a seventeen-minute ditty about drag queens, drug dealers and a police shoot-out, replete with lines like "Don't you know you'll stain the carpet?" and "She's busy sucking on my ding-dong") in his deadpan baritone is ''extremely'' funny. |
| 6 | * Someone once posted on the band's Website/{{Reddit}} a photo of Ian at his old work place of a party he attended. ''Where he was smiling''. '''''[[BrokenBird Ian Curtis]]''''' ''[[ARareSentence smiling.]]'' His bandmates remember him having a wicked sense of humor, despite his dour reputation. |
| 7 | * The band fired [[ThePeteBest early drummer]] Steve Brotherdale by having him get out of their van to investigate a suspected flat tire, then driving off. |
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