Torn Apart: The Life of Ian Curtis
by Mick Middles, Lindsay Reade (Author)
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Cloaked in mystique, Joy Division's extraordinary vocalist Ian Curtis tragically took his own life in 1980, leaving just two haunting albums and a depleted band that would famously evolve into New Order. This is an in-depth biography of the late singer.Tags
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Ian Curtis. La vita e i Joy Division
- Original title
- Torn Apart: The Life of Ian Curtis
- Original publication date
- 2006
- People/Characters
- Joy Division; Bernard Sumner; Peter Hook; Steve Morris; Ian Curtis; New Order (show all 7); Factory Records
- Related movies
- 24 Hour Party People (2002 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- For Doreen
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But now, as the surging water extinguished the emergency light and his life, no one would know the price he had paid to find, that unknown quality--that is man.
- Original language
- English UK
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Classifications
- Genres
- Music, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 782.42166092 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal music Secular forms of vocal music Songs General principles and musical forms Traditions of secular songs {genres} Rock songs modified standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Biography
- LCC
- ML420 .C987 .M53 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Biography
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- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
