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Joy Division formed in Salford in 1976 during the initial wave of punk rock. Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook attended a Sex Pistols show at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall on June 4, 1976, where they were inspired by the band's simplicity, speed, and aggression. They teamed up with their friend Terry Mason on drums, with Sumner on guitar and Hook on bass, and advertised for a singer. Ian Curtis, already known to Sumner and Hook, applied and was accepted without auditioning. After several drummer changes, Stephen Morris joined the band—then called Warsaw—in August 1977. To avoid confusion with the London punk band Warsaw Pakt, they renamed themselves Joy Division later that year.
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