KPCC Revisits UK Rock Band Joy Division's Saddest Day
The book tour for Joy Division bassist Peter Hook’s memoir Unknown Pleasures stopped by KPCC’s Take Two this morning. A definite treat for show co-host Alex Cohen, who rates the 1976-80 band as one of her personal favorites.
Halfway through the interview, Hook eloquently addressed the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis. He noted that unlike the rest of the band members at the time, Curtis had a mortgage and marriage to contend with. As well as a medical diagnosis of epilepsy and quiet-life recommendation from the doctor that he willfully ignored:
“I’d sort of convinced myself in the book that Ian had got ill towards the end of Joy Division,” Hook told Cohen.
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
Subscribe today!
To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber
Already a member? Sign in