Connect with us
Joy Division perform at University of Limerick this week Joy Division perform at University of Limerick this week

Business

Joy Division perform at University of Limerick this week

Published

9 years ago

on

Pictured: Widely influential Manchester band Joy Division perform at University of Limerick this week as part of a two day event. Picture: Sean Curtin, Fusionshooters.

Legendary Manchester band Joy Division perform at University of Limerick this week, as part of a two-day international  symposium. Following on from previous events at UL on The Smiths, Morrissey and David Bowie, the Popular Music and Popular Culture Research Cluster are examining the legacy of the iconic Manchester band, whose career was cut short with the untimely death of their lead singer Ian Curtis in 1980. Best known for their song Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division are one of the world’s truly iconic and influential bands.

The symposium was launched by Noel Hogan of The Cranberries who recalled how Joy Division influenced his band’s early recording efforts. Delegates have travelled from the UK, China, The US (including from Yale), Canada, Japan, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Spain and Portugal to dissect and debate the band’s contribution to Indie Music over the years.  The symposium heard papers on Joy Division’s influences, their songwriting practices, the band’s legacy as well as their transition to New Order following Curtis’s death.

One of the co-organisers Dr. Martin Power stated: “Unknown Pleasures is considered one of the most stunning debut albums ever released, while on Closer Martin Hannett’s incandescent production permeates the record alongside a band that had grown much in confidence approaching their second album. Both albums have come to yield many landmark tracks, including She’s Lost Control and Transmission.”

The two day event on Joy Division underscores University of Limerick’s growing international research and publishing reputation in the area of popular music studies.

Check out the Joy Division Facebook page here and Twitter here

Visit the UL website here


advertisement
advertisement


advertisement
advertisement


advertisement
advertisement

Check out the UL Facebook page here and Twitter here

Related Topics:

Richard is a presenter, producer, songwriter and actor. He was named the Limerick Person of the Year (2011) and won an online award at the Metro Éireann Media and Multicultural Awards (2011) for promoting multi-culturalism online. Richard says that the ilovelimerick.com concept is very much a community driven project that aims to document life in Limerick. So, that in 20 years time people can look back and remember the events that were making the headlines.