| − | '''Joy Division''' were a British post-punk band formed in [[Salford]], Greater Manchester, England in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. The band's most successful release was the June 1980 single "Love Will Tear Us Apart", which was No. 1 in [[New Zealand]]. The band's seemingly innocuous name was actually the translation of a synonym for rape-rooms in [[WWII]] [[Nazi]] [[concentration camps]]. | + | '''Joy Division''' were a British post-punk band formed in [[Salford]], [[Lancashire]], England in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. The band's most successful release was the June 1980 single "Love Will Tear Us Apart", which was No. 1 in [[New Zealand]]. The band's seemingly innocuous name was actually the translation of a synonym for rape-rooms in [[WWII]] [[Nazi]] [[concentration camps]]. |