Joy Division Live (Out Of Print)
Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Jared M. Thiele. Filed in '70s, Concerts, England, Out of Print.7 comments filed
For someone my age to get a really good idea of what Joy Division was really like, I think it’s best to check out some of the groups live recordings. Because of their song “Love Will Tear Us Apart”, Joy Division has got grouped in with the pasty faced goth kids hanging out in graveyards, and all that darkness bullshit. Imagine if Nirvana was remembered as a pithy goth act just because Kurt got depressed a lot and ended up killing himself. It just isn’t right. And like Nirvana, it’s in Joy Division’s live shows that we see how raw and raging they were.
There is a really awesome live Joy Division recording called Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979, which has been out of print for a little while and sells for a lot. Well, I guess we’ll see how much it sells for, since I just added one to eBay yesterday. Check the auction here.
Here are a couple songs off that recording.








