Editing Ian Curtis (section)

==Legacy==
===New Order===
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Shortly after Curtis's cremation, Sumner, Hook and Morris – strongly aided by Rob Gretton – formed a new band. Initially calling themselves "The No Names" and playing largely instrumental tracks, they soon became "New Order".<ref>''The Life of Ian Curtis: Torn Apart'' {{ISBN|978-0-857-12010-6}} ch. 21</ref> Shortly after Curtis's death, Bernard Sumner inherited the Vox Phantom VI Special guitar Ian Curtis had acquired in September 1979; he used this instrument in several early New Order songs, including the single "[[Everything's Gone Green]]".<ref name=voxphantom>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/ian-curtiss-joy-division-vox-phantom-vi-special-guitar-is-up-for-auction|title=Ian Curtis's Joy Division Vox Phantom VI Special guitar is up for auction|magazine=Music Radar|date=September 2020|access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref>

===Tributes===
Numerous New Order songs reference or pay tribute to Curtis. The tracks "ICB" (an abbreviation of 'Ian Curtis, Buried') and "The Him" from their debut album ''[[Movement (New Order album)|Movement]]'' both refer to his passing. The instrumental track "[[Elegia (New Order song)|Elegia]]", released in 1985, was also written in his memory,<ref>{{cite web | last = Singh | first = Amrit | title = New Order "Elegia" | publisher = [[Stereogum]] | date = 13 April 2012 | url = https://www.stereogum.com/1000921/new-order-elegia-full-18-min-version/mp3s/}}</ref> while the 2002 song "[[Here to Stay (New Order song)|Here to Stay]]" was dedicated to Curtis as well as Rob Gretton and [[Martin Hannett]].

Joy Division labelmates [[the Durutti Column]] paid tribute to Curtis in the form of "The Missing Boy", which appeared on their 1981 album ''[[LC (album)|LC]]''. In 1990, [[Psychic TV]] released "I.C. Water", which was dedicated to Curtis. In 1999, the post-hardcore band [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]] released a song titled "Ian Curtis" on their debut album, ''[[Waiting (Thursday album)|Waiting]]'', while in 2003, [[Xiu Xiu]] released the track "Ian Curtis Wishlist" on their second album, ''[[A Promise (Xiu Xiu album)|A Promise]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/xiu-xiu/a-promise.htm|title=Xiu Xiu: A Promise|work=[[Stylus Magazine]]|date=1 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228211557/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/xiu-xiu/a-promise.htm|archive-date=28 December 2007|first=Ed |last=Howard}}</ref>

Deborah Curtis has written a biographical account of their marriage, ''Touching from a Distance'', which was first published in 1995. This biography details in part his relationship with Annik Honoré. Authors Mick Middles and Lindsay Reade released the book ''Torn Apart: The Life of Ian Curtis'' in 2006. This biography takes a more intimate look at Curtis and includes photographs from personal family albums and excerpts from his letters to Honoré during their relationship. Music journalist [[Paul Morley]] wrote ''Joy Division, Piece by Piece, writing about Joy Division 1977–2007''; it was published in late 2007. The book documents all of his writings and reviews about Joy Division, from their formation until Tony Wilson's death.

The words "Ian Curtis Lives" are written on a wall in Wallace Street, [[Wellington]], New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-41.3036351,174.7749007,3a,28.4y,233.79h,85.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSZb7TxP_YKit8nAMKlcIGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656|title = Google Maps}}</ref> The message, which appeared shortly after the singer's death in 1980, is repainted whenever it is painted over. A nearby wall on the same street on 4 January 2005 was originally emblazoned "Ian Curtis RIP", later modified to read "Ian Curtis RIP Walk in Silence" along with the incorrect dates "1960–1980".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Wallace+Street+in+Wellington,+New+Zealand,&ll=-41.303651,174.775392&spn=0.000997,0.002336&oe=utf-8&hnear=Wallace+St,+Mt+Cook,+Wellington,+New+Zealand&gl=uk&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=-41.303651,174.774881&panoid=5i7hhiJQRKOvGAPBSV519w&cbp=12,241.88,,0,14.02|title=Wallace Street, Wellington on Google Maps|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=17 June 2013}}</ref> Both are referred to as "The Ian Curtis Wall".<ref>{{cite web |author=Steve McKinlay |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/28643192@N00/1998098614/ |title=Mother, I tried, please believe me |website=[[Flickr]] |date=5 January 2005 |access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref> On 10 September 2009, the wall was painted over by Wellington City Council's anti-graffiti team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2857052/Killjoy-division-cleans-up-Ian-Curtis-wall |title=Killjoy division cleans up 'Ian Curtis wall' |first=Kelly|last=Burns |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|website=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=12 September 2009 |access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> The wall was chalked back up on 16 September 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2872027/Wellington-punk-art-wall-rises-again |title=Wellington punk art wall rises again |publisher=Fairfax Media|website=Stuff.co.nz |date=17 September 2009 |access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> The wall was repainted on 17 September 2009, and has been removed and repainted on and off. A new and improved design, with correct dates and the original "Walk in Silence", was painted on the wall on 27 February 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8345756/Artist-plans-to-resurrect-singers-street-memorial|title=Artist plans to resurrect singer's street memorial |first=Kerry |last= McBride|newspaper=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|Dominion Post]]|date=25 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Etuata |first=Tom |date=2019-07-30 |title=Walking in Silence on Wallace Street. The Ian Curtis Wall. |url=https://www.museumswellington.org.nz/walking-in-silence-on-wallace-street-the-ian-curtis-wall/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Museums Wellington |language=en-GB}}</ref> In October 2020, in line with Manchester music and mental wellbeing festival Headstock, a large mural depicting a black and white portrait of Ian Curtis was painted on the side of a building on Port Street in Manchester's [[Northern Quarter (Manchester)|Northern Quarter]] by street artist Akse P19.<ref>{{cite web| last= Heward| first= Emily| title= Ian Curtis mural takes shape in Northern Quarter ahead of mental health music festival | url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/ian-curtis-mural-takes-shape-19062985 | date= 7 October 2020| website= [[Manchester Evening News]]| access-date= 10 October 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title= World Mental Health Day: Mural painted of Manchester icon Ian Curtis| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-54479621 | date= 10 October 2020| website= [[BBC News Online]]| access-date= 10 October 2020 }}</ref>

In 2012, Curtis was among the [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British cultural icons]] selected by artist [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]] to appear in a new version of the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album cover.<ref>{{cite news|title=New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday|url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|agency=The Guardian|date= 2016}}</ref>

===Film portrayals===
Curtis was portrayed by [[Sean Harris]] in the 2002 film ''[[24 Hour Party People]]'', which dramatised the rise and fall of Factory Records from the 1970s to the 1990s.

In 2007, a biographical film titled ''[[Control (2007 film)|Control]]'' about Curtis was released. This film was largely based upon Deborah Curtis's book ''Touching from a Distance''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/mubi/Control/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/mubi/Control/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Taking Control: Telling the Ian Curtis Story|access-date=26 July 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=12 June 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was directed by the Dutch rock photographer and music video director [[Anton Corbijn]], who had previously photographed the band and directed the video for their single "[[Atmosphere (Joy Division song)|Atmosphere]]". Deborah Curtis and Tony Wilson were executive producers. [[Sam Riley]], the lead singer of the band [[10,000 Things]], portrays Curtis, while [[Samantha Morton]] plays his wife, Deborah.

''Control'' was debuted at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] on 17 May 2007 and received three awards at the [[Directors' Fortnight]]. ''Control'' portrays Curtis's secondary school romance with Deborah, their marriage, his problems balancing his domestic life with his rise to fame, his struggles with both his major depressive issues and his poorly medicated epilepsy and his later relationship with Annik Honoré.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://joydivision-neworder.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/ian-curtis-and-annik-honore-dazzling.html|title=Joy Division Bootlegs: "Ian Curtis and Annik Honoré - the Dazzling History of Joy Division"|first=Joy|last=Division|date=1 February 2011|website=joydivision-neworder.blogspot.com.au|access-date=15 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=3698 |title=Biopic avoids venerating troubled artist antihero |author=Tim Kroenert |work=Eureka Street|date=31 October 2007 |access-date=31 October 2011}}</ref>

===77 Barton Street===
[[File:Barton street 77 (2631371178).jpg|right|thumb|77 Barton Street, [[Macclesfield]], seen here in 2008. The living room is to the right of the white front door and the kitchen, where Ian Curtis died, is behind the window to the left.]]

In 2014, the house in which Curtis ended his life went on sale. Upon hearing this news, a fan initiated a campaign via [[Indiegogo]] to raise funds to purchase the house with intentions to preserve the property as a  museum to Curtis and Joy Division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ian-curtis-museum#/|title=Ian Curtis Museum|publisher=[[Indiegogo]]|access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref> The campaign only raised £2,000 out of the intended final goal £150,000. The money raised was later donated to [[Epilepsy Society|the Epilepsy Society]] and [[Mind (charity)|MIND]] charities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ian-curtis-museum#/updates|title=Ian Curtis Museum (Updates)|publisher=Indiegogo|access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>

Upon hearing of the failure of this project, an entrepreneur and musician named Hadar Goldman purchased the property, offering to pay a £75,000 compensation fee on top of the requested house price of £125,000 in order to secure the purchase of 77 Barton Street and thus reverse the transacted sale from a private purchaser, which at the time was already in progress.<ref name="Jonze">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2015/oct/04/ian-curtis-house-joy-division-museum |title=The man who bought Ian Curtis's house: 'Joy Division is the modern Rembrandt' |last=Jonze |first=Tim |date=4 October 2015 |newspaper=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref> Justifying his decision, Goldman stated he intended the property to act as a Joy Division museum and as a digital hub to support musicians and other artists worldwide.<ref name="Jonze"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/joy-division-fan-to-turn-ian-curtis-home-into-museum-20150521 |title=Joy Division Fan to Turn Ian Curtis's Home into Museum |last=Blistein |first=Jon |newspaper=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=21 May 2015 |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/21/joy-division-fan-plans-museum-after-buying-former-home-of-ian-curtis|title=Joy Division Fan Plans Museum after Buying Former Home of Ian Curtis |access-date=12 November 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 May 2015}}</ref> As of 2024, this planned museum has not come to fruition.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/ian-curtis-what-came-planned-21945749 | title=In search of the elusive Ian Curtis museum at house he died in | date=23 October 2021 }}</ref>