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Posted By: Joe Tocco

It's all semantics really, but I consider Joy Division punk. The early stuff, particularly the Warsaw demos, are classic stripped down lo-fi punk. By the end their music was hinting towards what New Order would become, but you'd still never confuse the two.

I was born far too late to live through Joy Division, and even too late for New Order's heyday, but I did fly to Manchester for their reunion show in 1998 . I've gone to almost every North American show since.

Joe