Don’t worry about me."Ī couple of months later, a radically-reworked version of She’s Lost Control was issued as a 12” single, backed with the emotional and beautiful ballad Atmosphere. I think he just looked at you and wanted to say, I’m alright. I think because of the work and the enthusiasm he put in before he got ill, while the illness was degenerating, he didn’t want to let you down. The memorial stone for Ian Curtis at Macclesfield Cemetery.īernard Sumner later claimed that he thought the medication Curtis was taking contributed to his depression, while Peter Hook told WNYC in 2013: “The guy was in a complete maelstrom compounded by the illness. Read more: What was Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart about? On, one day before Joy Division were due to fly to the US, Ian Curtis committed suicide at his home in Macclesfield.
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By now, Curtis was very ill - Joy Division gigs would routinely climax with his frantic dancing turning into a full epileptic episode. Joy Division played She’s Lost Control at their penultimate show at Derby’s Ajanta Theatre on 19 April 1980, but it was missing from their final set in Birmingham on 2 May. The pressure of keeping this from his wife Deborah all added to the stress. Curtis was too young to have gotten married, but he was overly sensitive and craved love and closeness. As 1979 turned into 1980, he found himself in a relationship with a Belgian woman, Annik Honoré. Ian Curtis, as played by the very talented Sam Riley, was too smart for the situation he was born into, but he managed to turn his talent into writing thought-provoking and outr lyrics for the songs Joy Division put together. There were more gigs, more recording sessions and even the birth of Ian’s daughter Natalie that Spring. His new life as a rock star was put in doubt as late nights and alcohol didn’t mix with the meds.Īs Joy Division became more successful, the pressures on the band increased. The news was devastating and meant that Ian had to change his lifestyle and take medication to control the fits. On 23 January 1979, at an appointment at Macclesfield Hospital, it was confirmed: Ian Curtis had epilepsy. He was told to go and see his doctor when he returned home. The other members of Joy Division - guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassis t Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris - took their bandmate to a nearby hospital, where Curtis recovered. As it transpired, he was having what appeared to be an epileptic fit. Feeling negative about the situation, Curtis lashed out at the other members of the band on the drive back to Manchester - literally. Joy Division made the long trip to London on 27 December 1978 for their first gig in the capital, but the show was poorly attended. This was distressing enough, but what made things worse was that Curtis himself had developed the symptoms of epilepsy himself.
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