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JOY DIVISION live performance recorded at eindhoven, netherlands-january 1980 via sound+
sound+ notes: in 1976, childhood friends bernard sumner + peter hook decided to form a band after attending a sex pistols show in manchester, uk. using adverts, they eventually completed the line-up with ian curtis + stephen morris. initially called warsaw, after david bowie's song "warszawa," they later changed their name to avoid confusion with the band warsaw pakt. their april 1978 performance at the stiff/chiswick challenge caught the attention of dj rob gretton, who became their manager, + television personality tony wilson, who co-founded factory records. joy division's exposure, augmented by their ep "an ideal for living" as well as their inclusion on the various artists compilations "a factory sample" + "short circuit," garnered support from paul morley of nme + john peel of bbc radio 1. in january 1979, ian curtis made the front cover of nme + the band recorded the first of two peel sessions. released in june 1979, their debut full-length album "unknown pleasures" was successful but the band thought that it did not reflect their louder, more aggressive live shows. martin hannett, the album's producer, made them sound more spacious + atmospheric, which the band did not fully appreciate until much later. by october 1979, they were able to quit their day jobs when they went on tour supporting the buzzcocks. a few months later, they headlined their own european tour + began working on their next album.