While performing for Joy Division, Curtis became known for his quiet and awkward demeanor, as well as a unique dancing style reminiscent of the epileptic seizures he experienced, sometimes even on stage.
This myth first emerged in 2002 from Wilson himself in the run up to the release of 24 Hour Party People, where the scene is also portrayed.)
The name "Joy Division" stemmed from the sexual slavery wing of a Nazi concentration camp in the 1955 novel The House of Dolls.Īfter starting up Factory Records with Alan Erasmus, Tony Wilson "signed" the band to his label (although no contracts were ever signed, despite the apocryphal tale of Wilson signing a contract in his own blood. Initially, the band was called Warsaw before changing its name to Joy Division in 1978, due to conflicts with the name of another band, Warsaw Pakt. The three of them recruited and sacked a succession of drummers before settling on Stephen Morris as their final member. Sumner and Hook mentioned to him they were trying to form a band and he immediately put himself forward as a vocalist and lyricist. He eventually met two young musicians, Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook. In 1976, Curtis convinced himself his destiny was as a performer. Curtis had a lover, Belgian journalist Annik Honoré, whom he met after a concert in an interview. They had one child, Natalie (born 16 April 1979). Ballard, and Joseph Conrad (the song titles "Interzone", "Atrocity Exhibition", and "Colony" coming from the three authors, respectively), and by the musicians David Bowie and Iggy Pop.Ĭurtis married his girlfriend Deborah Woodruff, in 1975, while they both were still teenagers. He was influenced by the writers William Burroughs, J. Curtis served as a civil servant in Manchester and later in Macclesfield. As he grew older, his ambitions and hopes became focused on a pursuit of art and literature, eventually culminating in music. Although awarded a scholarship to attend the The King's School, Macclesfield at the age of 11, Curtis never pursued academic success. He grew up in the Hurdsfield area of Macclesfield and from a young age he exhibited talent as a poet. Curtis was born in the Memorial Hospital, Old Trafford, Manchester, in 1956.
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