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From: cv@linus.UUCP (Chris J. Valas)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Sisters of Mercy, & Joy Division
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Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 13:56:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 26 13:56:59 1985
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Keywords: Dirge Dance

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>(J. Eric Roskos) writes:
>
>Joy Division is one of those groups who ought to have a warning label on
>the cover of their albums.  I innocently bought one of their albums because
>it had a nice looking family of curves plotted on it...
>
>I guess the term "joy division" probably means something to those in the
>right subculture that gives them a clue, but I had no idea until I read the
>lyrics.  Ugh.   Kind of hard to relate to.
>

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.

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Chris J. Valas         {decvax,utzoo,philabs,security,allegra,genrad}!linus!cv
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