Ian Curtis, leader singer of Joy Division, killed himself the day before the band was supposed to tour in support of its upcoming release, Closer.Curtis would go down as a sort of hipster genius that died too soon and Closer would become a seminal record influencing bands 20-30 years later.
The rest of Joy Division split off and became New Order, a group that was phenomenally more popular and longer lasting than the previous group, but lacking the real credit and panache among critics, at least compared to what they were with the previous lead singer.
You wouldn't know these records unless you like New Order or were in college between 1985-1990 and liked dancing and doing drugs. Technique is the album in which the band perfected their electronic sound. Neither album has a hit as any of their true radio hits were scattered between the albums.
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