Joy Division: "Ian was a normal, happy guy. We didn't know he was approaching his breaking point…"
Stephen Dalton, Uncut, March 2010
Thirty years ago, Joy Division arrived in London. Their mission: to escape Manchester, have a laugh and make a classic second album. Now, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and those closest to them tell the fall story of those initially thrilling, ultimately traumatic few weeks. A tale of Frank Sinatra, fancy sandwiches, all-night sessions and boyish pranks. And of Ian Curtis who, unnoticed by his bandmates, was falling to pieces...
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