Daga cikin wannan rukunin, mai watsa shirye-shirye na Burtaniya Tony Wilson ya ce: "Joy Division su ne na farko da suka yi amfani da kuzari da sauƙi na punk don bayyana ƙarin motsin rai." Duk da gajeriyar kasancewarsu da wakoki guda biyu kacal da aka fitar, Joy Division ya ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga haɓakar post-punk.
Tarihin kungiyar ya fara ne a shekarar 1976 a birnin Manchester na kasar Ingila. Wadanda suka kafa Joy Division sune Bernard Sumner, Terry Mason da Peter Hook (tsofaffin abokan makaranta).
Ana ɗaukar tsakiyar 1970s zamanin punk a cikin kiɗa. A cikin 1976, kusan babu wanda ya san game da Pistols Jima'i, amma wasan kwaikwayon nasu ne ya ƙarfafa Sumner, Hook da Mason don ƙirƙirar ƙungiyarsu. Abokai sun sayi kayan kida kuma suka fara neman mawaƙin mawaƙin da har yanzu ba a bayyana sunansa ba.
Sun sadu da Ian Curtis, a lokacin wani matashi na talakawa daga dangin talakawan ma'aikata, wanda daga baya za a gane shi a matsayin mai ban sha'awa a cikin kiɗa na rock da kuma " uban post-punk ". Curtis ne ya rubuta dukkan wakokin kungiyar Joy Division.
Lokacin da aka kafa kungiyar, lokaci ya yi da za a zabi sunan kungiyar. Ya canza sau da yawa - asalin sigar ita ce kalmar Stiff Kittens, daga baya aka canza ta zuwa Warsaw. A karkashin wannan sunan, ƙungiyar ta wanzu har zuwa 1978.
Rikodi na farko da kide-kide na Joy Division
Tsarin layi na asali ya buga ƴan ƙananan nunin nuni ne kawai kuma sun fara halartan studio a ranar 18 ga Yuli, 1977.
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, Terry Mason ya sake horar da shi daga ganga zuwa manaja, kuma Stephen Morris ya zauna a kan ganguna. Curtis, Sumner, Hook da Morris - wannan shi ne abun da ke cikin rukunin Joy Division har zuwa ƙarshen wanzuwar ƙungiyar.
Ba za a iya kiran rikodin rikodi na farko na ƙungiyar mai nasara ba. Waƙoƙin ba su da alaƙa da ƙarin aikin ƙungiyar, Curtis bai riga ya fahimci yadda muryarsa ta yi fice ba kuma bai san yadda ake amfani da shi ba. Don waɗannan dalilai, ba a fitar da faifan rikodin ba.
A ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 1977, an gudanar da babban kide-kide na Warsaw na farko a Manchester, wanda aka sadaukar domin rugujewar dakin da ake kira Electric Circus. Sauran kungiyoyi na gida ma sun halarci wannan taron. A lokacin ne ƙungiyar ta sanar da canza sunansu zuwa maƙasudin Joy Division. Littafin nan A Doll's House ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi. "Ƙungiyoyin Nishaɗi" sune sansanonin taro - gidajen karuwai inda jami'an Nazi suka je.
A cikin lokacin sanyi na wannan shekarar, an fitar da ƙaramin album An Ideal for Living, wanda ya haɗa da waƙoƙi huɗu: Warsaw, Ba a Rasa Soyayya, Shugabannin Maza da Kasawa, tare da jimlar 12 min 47 s. Murfin, wanda ke nuna matashin Hitler yana dukan rago, ya cancanci kulawa sosai.
Sakin ya fito a farkon watan Yuni 1978. Masu suka sun yi magana mara daɗi game da wannan rikodin, suna lura da ingancin sauti na farko.
TV, Factory Records, yawon shakatawa da cutar Curtis
1978 shekara ce mai aiki don Ƙungiyar Joy. Bayan fitowar albam na farko ba a yi nasara ba, ƙungiyar ta sami farin jini na farko.
Hakan ya fara ne a watan Afrilu, lokacin da Rob Gretton, abokin tarayya kuma daya daga cikin shugabannin kamfanin rikodin Factory Records na Manchester, ya zo kulob din da kungiyar Joy Division ta yi. Ba da daɗewa ba Gretton ya zama sabon manajan ƙungiyar, kuma Joy Division ya fara haɗin gwiwa tare da Factory Records, yin rikodin waƙoƙi daga Digital da Glass.
A cikin watan Satumba na wannan shekarar, Joy Division sun yi fitowarsu ta farko a shirin Tony Wilson na Granada Reports show talabijin. Masu sauraro sun dade suna tunawa da wannan kaso na shirin, musamman saboda Curtis da rawar da ya taka ba zato ba tsammani, wanda ke tuno da jujjuyawa, wanda mawakin ya raka wasan kwaikwayon wakar Shadowplay.
Bayan watanni biyu, ƙungiyar ta fara rangadi a Ingila, inda suka yi wasa a London. Yayin da yake komawa Manchester, Curtis ya sami ciwon farfadiya.
Daga baya, likitan ya ba shi wani bincike a hukumance kuma ya rubuta magungunan da suka dace, wanda ya kamata su rage yanayin mawaƙin. Koyaya, ana samun hare-hare sau da yawa saboda wuce gona da iri, ƙarar ƙara, barasa da hasken haske.
Kundin Kundin Jin Dadin Da Ba'a Sani ba, BBC da wakar Soyayya Zata Rage Mu
A cikin Yuni 1979, Joy Division da Factory Records sun fito da jin daɗin da ba a sani ba. Tun lokacin da aka fitar da kundi mai suna An Ideal for Living, aikin ƙungiyar ya sami sauye-sauye masu mahimmanci, kuma hakan ya bayyana har ma a cikin ƙirar murfin kundin, wanda ba ya ƙunshi nassoshi game da al'adun Nazi.
Ya yi kama da ɗan ƙaramin abu kamar yadda zai yiwu - layin farar fata da yawa masu lanƙwasa, suna tunawa da jadawali na rediyo, akan bangon baki.
Kundin ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi 10, biyar a kowane gefen rikodin. Daga cikin su akwai: Rashin lafiya, Sabon Alfijir Fades, She's Lost Control da sauran shahararrun abubuwan da kungiyar ta yi.
Joy Division ya zama mai yuwuwar yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin jama'a. A lokacin wasannin kide-kide, Curtis ya yi rawa kamar yadda aka fara watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin na Tony Wilson. Wasu masu kallo sun tabbata cewa mawakin ya sha kwayoyi. Hook, Sumner, da Morris wani lokacin suna kuskuren motsinsa don ainihin ciwon farfadiya.
A farkon kaka na 1979, kungiyar ta yi wasa a BBC. An fito da Watsawa ɗaya ta farko a cikin Oktoba. A cikin watan ne kungiyar ta tafi Belgium. A can kungiyar ta dauki mataki na daya daga cikin kulake a Brussels.
A can ne Curtis ya hadu da dan jarida Annick Honore. Dangantakar soyayya ta shiga tsakaninsu. A lokacin, Curtis ya riga ya yi aure kusan shekaru hudu, yana da diya mace.
A ranar 26 ga Nuwamba, Joy Division sun gabatar da sabuwar wakar su Soyayya Zata Tsage Mu ga Duniya.
Album Kusa
A farkon 1980, ƙungiyar ta ba da kide-kide a Belgium, Netherlands, Jamus. Rikodin kundi na gaba Kusa da abun da ke ciki Love will Yage Mu Apart, wanda ya zama guda, ya fara a watan Maris.
Kundin ya ƙunshi sabbin waƙoƙi guda 9. Sakin ya faru a lokacin rani, lokacin da Curtis ba ya da rai. Kundin Kusa da waƙar Ƙauna Za Ta Yage Mu sun sami kyakkyawan sharhi daga masu suka.
Mutuwar Curtis da rabuwar Joy Division
A cikin bazara na 1980, yanayin Curtis ya tabarbare cikin sauri. Hare-hare na faruwa akai-akai, wani lokaci ma a lokacin wasan kwaikwayo. Duk da kyakyawan tsammanin da ake samu a irin ziyarar da ya kai Amurka da Turai, a watan Afrilu ya yi yunkurin kashe kansa da bai yi nasara ba.
Bayan haka, ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da aiki tare da yin rikodin sababbin waƙoƙi da ba da kide-kide. A tsakiyar watan Mayu, za a fara rangadin Amurka - yakamata mawakan su tafi New York.
Curtis yana cikin matsin lamba akai-akai. Ya gaji da aiki, matarsa ta sami labarin dangantakarsa da Annick Honore kuma ta nemi saki. A ranar 18 ga Mayu, 1980, Curtis ya rataye kansa a cikin abincinsa.
Idan ba shi ba, kungiyar ba za ta iya ci gaba da wanzuwa ba. Bayan 'yan watanni, Sumner, Hook da Morris sun ƙirƙiri sabuwar ƙungiya, Sabuwar oda.
