Speaking in 2011 about the New Order/Joy Division joint singles compilation Total, bassist Peter Hook declared, “We did actually do something wonderful. And not just with one group, but with two.” ...

No one’s questioning the fact that Joy Division’s catalog isn’t exactly the most positive, uplifting group of songs out there. Although the band’s time together was eye-blink fast, they left behind a ...

Four decades have now passed since Joy Division released Closer. It was their second album, released a year and three days after their groundbreaking debut, Unknown Pleasures, and it arrived in the ...