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• The band started in 1977, after the Sex Pistols played their first gig in Manchester. Guitarist Bernard Albrecht and bassist Peter Hook met while at the show and later formed Stiff Kittens; they placed an ad through a Manchester record store for a singer, and so added Ian Curtis and drummer Steve Brotherdale. Renamed Warsaw [from David Bowie's "Warszawa"], they made their live debut the May after, supporting both Buzzcocks and Penetration at Manchester's Electric Circus. They recorded several demos, then Brotherdale quit the group in August 1977, so came Stephen Morris. The name change to Joy Division in 1977 [because a punk band called 'Warsaw Pakt' existed already] was inspired by the World War II novel, Karol Cetinsky's "The House of Dolls". [In her book, the term "joy division" is used as slang for concentration camps where female inmates were forced to prostitute themselves for the Nazi soldiers]. Submitted by: +samantha+
• The Joy Division was the corps of young women kept in the camp for the pleasure of Nazi officers on leave. Partly due to the name, Joy Division (and later New Order) often had problems with Nazi accusations spreading around in the press. These both puzzled and angered the band, and they did not wish to dignify them with a reply. Far from containing Nazi propaganda, their lyrics preach quite the contrary message. Many other punk bands used much more direct Nazi symbolism with much less press comment. Submitted by: ank

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