Love Will Tear Us Apart

"The great tragedy of Ian's death was that all he really wanted to be was successful. And he missed it... by a week." Joy Division and now-New Order bassist Peter Hook sums up the death of Ian Curtis succinctly with a sadly accurate observation.
The death of Ian Curtis -- 25 years today -- came on the eve of what would have been the band's inaugural tour. Their posthumous single, "Love Will Tear Us Apart," stormed into the UK Top 20 (an unheard of feat for an indie band in those days) and the bands style and sound influenced successive generations of rock bands.
The three remaining band members reformed as New Order and carried on the musical progression (if not the lyrical themes) evident in Joy Division's second and final album, "Closer." New Order went from success to success, with their single "Blue Monday" becoming the best-selling 12-inch single of all time.
What might have happened had Curtis lived remains one of the great "what-ifs" in music history.
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