Joy Division was a post-punk band formed in 1976 in Salford, England consisting of Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner. Ian Curtis served as the band's lyricist and frontman, writing gloomy lyrics while performing with strange jerky movements on stage that resembled epileptic convulsions, as he was actually an epileptic. In 1980 at the young age of 23, while depressed, Ian Curtis committed suicide. Though only recording two albums, Joy Division had a large influence on post-punk and developed an aura of mystery around their music and Ian Curtis's esoteric poetry.

1. JOY DIVISION

2. Joy Division is the most iconic band in the genre of post
punk.
The band was formed in 1976 in Salford and consisted
of Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard
Sumner.

3. Ian Curtis was the author of all
songs and he was a front man of
the band.
Group was called in hopeless
depressive manner because of
gloomy Curtis’s lyrics and his
underworld voice. But
low, disinterested Curtis’s voice
contrasted with his
performances on stage, which
he accompanied with strange
jerky movements resembling
epileptic convulsions.

4. As it turned out, Ian really was an epileptic. With the
development of the band his state of health
deteriorated. And in 1980 at age 23, being depressed
Ian Curtis committed suicide.

5. Joy Division influenced the development of post punk
although the band recorded only two albums.
An aura of mystery has developed around Joy Division
and their music, because of esoteric Curtis’s poetry and
seclusion from unfamiliar eyes.

6. And now you can see a performance of
the song Transmission

7. Thanks you for your attention.