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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Sisters of Mercy, & Joy Division
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 20:16:08 EDT
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> The band chose the name to suit the music:  "Joy Division" was the term
> applied by German troops to the prostitute's wing of concentration camps
> during WWII.  Their name was "Warsaw" previous to that, and there is a
> good import album of early raw material available by that title.
> -=-
> Chris J. Valas         {decvax,utzoo,philabs,security,allegra,genrad}!linus!cv

A real trivia question for JD buffs is "What was their proposed name BEFORE
Warsaw and who proposed it?"

NAF:  Fgvss Xvggraf, Crgr Furyyrl bs gur Ohmmpbpxf

(Another bit of macabre and morose trivia:  One of the names suggested for the
renaming of the band after the lead singer's demise was The Swinging Curtises.
I'm not kidding.)

(I think I posted this just to prove to myself that I can write about things
other than Yes in this newsgroup.)
-- 
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			Rich Rosen   ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr