He appeared to be waiting for the introduction. He was wearing eye makeup, tight jeans and a fun fur jacket some would have laughed but there was a reverence about that first encounter. This singular teenager, who didn’t go to the youth club with the other kids, stood posing on the balcony of his parents’ flat. I was introduced to Ian in Macclesfield in 1972 by a boy he called his brother. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.Įarly versions, alternatives, new songs, proseĪcknowledgements 273 FOREWORD BY DEBORAH CURTIS Pages 273–274 constitute a continuation of the copyright page. Of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the The right of Deborah Curtis and Jon Savage to be identified as editors

Has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, The right of Ian Curtis to be identified as author of this work Lyrics © Fractured Music / Universal Music Publishing Without written permission from the publisher. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form Leer másįirst published in the United States of America in 2014īloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street,Īll rights reserved. This volume features Curtis’s never-before-seen handwritten lyrics, accompanied by earlier drafts and previously unpublished pages from his notebooks that shed fascinating light on his writing and creative process.Īlso included are an insightful and moving foreword by Curtis’s widow Deborah, a substantial introduction by writer Jon Savage, and an appendix featuring books from Curtis’s library and a selection of fanzine interviews, letters, and other ephemera from his estate. The fact of the band’s relatively few releases belies the power and enduring fascination its music holds, especially in light of Curtis’s tragic suicide in 1980 on the eve of the band’s first American tour. So This Is Permanence presents the lyrics and personal notebooks of one of the most enigmatic and influential music artists of the late twentieth century, Joy Division’s Ian Curtis. A treasure trove of personal writings by the great post-punk singer-songwriter-with a foreword by his wife Deborah and an introduction by Jon Savage.

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