Song and Artist reseach

For our music video production we have decided to choose a post punk band from the 1970’s. “Joy division” is a British band which evolved after changing their name from “Warsaw” to “Joy Division”. “Warsaw” was formed from the British rock musician David Bowie; this is the reason why some people argued that “Joy Division” were more of a rock genre rather than punk. ‘An ideal living’ was an extended play realised in 1978 and in the following year realised their first album ‘unknown pleasure’. To get a broader idea of the band we have chosen to promote, I had to carry out a secondary research on their background and personas. The name “Joy Division” originates from the Nazis concentration camps in World War 2. This was a camp where Jewish women were kept for the sexual joy of the Nazi soldiers. The band “joy division” felt that taking on a controversial name that created such conflict and left others scared for life would point out the unfairness and destruction of power. Their songs also related to the racial issues during the war. “No Love Lost” which is the sound track we have decided on creating a music video to somewhat reflects the emotions of the “Joy Division” women and how the band thought they would express it. The lyrics of “No Love Lost” is performed by Ian Curtis the lead singer to which he makes reference to a novel by Ka-tzentnik who was one of the saviours of World War 2. Unlike most artist of today “Joy Division” was more than a punk band, they reflected on racial issues and educated their audiences about the immorality of the Nazi soldiers through their lyrics and were a huge movement in the 1980’s.