Ian Curtis Latest about Ian Curtis Watch Joy Division’s Historical Television Debut By Rod Brakes published 4 January 22 Video This 1978 performance of “Shadowplay” captures the band on their way to becoming post-punk legends. Video Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1“I went, ‘Jack Nicholson? You know who I am?’ He says, ‘Yeah, Georgie, I always follow the rough boys.’” George Thorogood on his Live Aid performances with Bo Diddley and Albert Collins — and the two actors who made his day 2“That’s the foundation all of us guitar players learned from.” Joe Walsh names the “12 best all-time-forever” guitar solos by Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and nine other six-string icons 3“I feel like we all still have a lot of great ideas and a desire to keep creating.” Tommy Thayer teases future Kiss activity and says the band “has a lot in the works”4“It was a spiritual download that just flowed through me.” John Lennon played it on repeat. Frank Sinatra called it the best song of the 1970s. How a simple C9 chord inspired a timeless top-10 hit5“It’s tragic the way he died. He made the blues accessible to a lot of guys like me.” Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen on the 1960s guitar icon who led an electric blues revolution and died alone and unknown
Watch Joy Division’s Historical Television Debut By Rod Brakes published 4 January 22 Video This 1978 performance of “Shadowplay” captures the band on their way to becoming post-punk legends.