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Joy Division is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Doors, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Kraftwerk and The Velvet Underground. Those roots explain a lot about how Joy Division arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bauhaus, The Cure, The Smiths, Public Image Ltd. and Talking Heads, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Radio Dept., Ministry, Legião Urbana, Bauhaus and U2, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 153 connections around Joy Division, reaching back through The Doors and forward to The Radio Dept.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.
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Joy Division connections
Joy Division grew out of The Doors, Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Kraftwerk, shares an orbit with Bauhaus, The Cure, The Smiths and Public Image Ltd., went on to shape The Radio Dept., Ministry, Legião Urbana and Bauhaus. 153 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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Sounds and acts that shaped Joy Division.
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