― mike a, Friday, 28 January 2005 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 28 January 2005 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Friday, 28 January 2005 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)
"Chaos was known to be openly rude to Ian Curtis (and everyone else) and was not one of Joy Division's favourite support groups - from a personal, if not professional, standpoint."
About a gig at the Russel Club, Manchester, April 11, 1980:
"Joy Division brought along their own support group, Minny Pops but had a rude awakening when they arrived. As a joke, Tony Wilson had phoned up the club earlier, saying that he had a third band for the bill whom Rob [Gretton] would really love, but that it had to be a surprise. Wilson was unaware of the extent of the ill-will between the bands, and considering past experiences Joy Division had with Crawling Chaos, it was a bit less than a tearful reunion. To top it off, many who attended that night thought that Crawling Chaos were terrible, and wondered why Joy Division chose them as support."
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 4 February 2005 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)
Check out www.crawlingchaos.co.uk for clarification of details and a full(ish) breakdown and history of the band (especially the joyce and certain pair of tights stuff). It's something that will broaden in scope as time passes that I'm putting together.
― Strangely Perfect, Sunday, 20 May 2007 11:00 (nineteen years ago)
So were you guys really mean to them, or what?
― Bimble, Sunday, 20 May 2007 21:33 (nineteen years ago)
crawling chaos >>> joy division
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 20 May 2007 22:37 (nineteen years ago)
their lyrics are terribly clever.
― Display Name, Sunday, 20 May 2007 23:24 (nineteen years ago)
so who exactly got sonned in this factory records beef, then?!?
― Eisbaer, Sunday, 20 May 2007 23:32 (nineteen years ago)
When Crawling Chaos found that Joy Division weren't going to drink their post gig pile of "Pils", we stepped in and drank the lot. This was when Curtis came up to me and said: "Well, I've tried to speak to you lot, but I just can't get on with you..." in a very gay way.. Curly Jhon gave him the ritual tirade of "Joyce! Joyce De Vision!" whence he walked off. Two weeks later he hung himself.
That showed him eh?
― onimo, Monday, 21 May 2007 08:21 (nineteen years ago)
it sure did!
― electricsound, Monday, 21 May 2007 08:31 (nineteen years ago)
does this guy realize that he's making himself sound like one of the 80s biggest assholes by saying that?!?
― Eisbaer, Monday, 21 May 2007 08:47 (nineteen years ago)
There might be someone around here who actually saw CC live back in the day.
― Dr.C, Monday, 21 May 2007 08:55 (nineteen years ago)
I thought it was more explained by the "She's lost control" chord sequence sounding a lot like... etc.
Plus, as always, one band in the shadow of a bigger band on a label, big band getting all the attention/beer, the other getting snarled up in record co politics and "let's farm the album to Les Disques du Crepescule" artiness.
― Mark G, Monday, 21 May 2007 09:12 (nineteen years ago)