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Ian Curtis - musicians pay tribute
This week's NME magazine celebrates the life of Ian Curtis, who died thirty years ago this month. We asked musicians to explain what the Joy Division frontman meant to them.
- Ian Curtis, Joy Division. The tragic vocalist's influence can be gauged on a shallow level by the prevalence of stylistic copyists (Editors' Tom Smith, Interpol's Paul Banks). On a deeper level, the authentic agony he summoned in his lyrics prefigured the likes of Kurt Cobain and Richey Edwards.
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