The Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis took his own life on this day 1980 at his Macclesfield home at just age of 23. Curtis suffered from depression and epilepsy. After listening to Iggy Pop’s album The Idiot, Curtis hung himself using a washing line. The track Love Will Tear Us Apart is Joy Division’s most well known track.
Previous Albums Of The Day
 No.1352 18/05/2020
The 2010 album Brothers by The Black Keys celebrates a 10th anniversary today! A commercial breakthrough for the band from Ohio. Includes the popular singles Tighten Up and Howlin’ For You. Love Everlasting Light. Great album. |
 No.985 18/05/2019
The Madness album The Liberty of Norton Folgate is 10 years old today! The LP was the band’s first new material release in nearly a decade, and received high praise. The BBC said described it as a “magnificent magnum opus.’ Arguably their greatest album? |
 No.620 18/05/2018
The 5th Janet Jackson album, inspirationally named Janet, is 25 years old today! The album remains one of only 7 LPs in history to yield 6 top-ten hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Includes That’s the Way Love Goes and Again. Views? |
 No.255 18/05/2017
The original release of Polythene by Feeder is 20 years old today. Love My Perfect Day, High and Suffocate. Great festival band! |