The Birth of Joy Division: What Really Happened

Not enough people talk about Joy Division's origin story. Sure, they released one of the most important albums of the 20th Century. But before that was a famed Sex Pistols show, a messy beginning, punk rock ethos, and a cascade of chance events that brought it all together. This is the truth behind the origin that brought Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris together and changed rock music as we know it. 👉 Subscribe for More Videos: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 WATCH NEXT: ✓ The Story of Love Will Tear Us Apart: https://youtu.be/lG7DLcX9zfQ ✓ The Story of Psychocandy: https://youtu.be/8WooLCn5AoU ✓ The Story of Bigmouth Strikes Again: https://youtu.be/_RTDWQ0jM7o 🎥 Poetic Wax Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLylroYWVYWWXL84MH1T4Qr0wrRzjwlGMR Get Warsaw on Vinyl 🎧 https://amzn.to/3Mz4rmn Get Joy Division on Vinyl 🎧 https://amzn.to/3MFxQv8 ✉️ Read the transcript & hear the music on the Poetic Wax Substack: https://poeticwax.substack.com Poetic Wax is hosted by Andy Fenstermaker. CHAPTERS: 0:00 The Most Legendary Gig In Rock History 2:45 Bernard Sumner & Peter Hook Start A Band 5:59 Before Joy Division There Was Warsaw (and Stiff Kittens) 8:58 The Controvercial Name That Still Cuts 12:01 A Post Punk Sound That Refuses to Die 14:49 What Came After CLIP REFERENCES Tony Wilson “So It Goes” Granada TV (1976): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIxgpjb8JHU Word In Your Ear Podcast feat. Peter Hook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5STa3yfs7g Joy Division: Song & Dance Interviews (Weinstein Extras) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jANCuDlaPqQ 24 Hour Party People (Tony Doesn’t Sell Out Scene): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkzz6A_Qv4 Great Dulcie Street, Manchester, 1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6cN1J4-Ic Joy Division On Recording Unknown Pleasures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBklD89yOxo #joydivision #warsaw #neworder #postpunk #peterhook #iancurtis #bernardsumner #stephenmorris #manchester #punkrock #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #andyfenstermaker #fensepost #vinylchannel #poeticwax #musicessay #musicstory #albumstory #musichistory #albumhistory #musicdocumentary