damn Ian was really fucked up wasn't he? jesus chirst how could anyone in the band not thinking he was for sure kill himself soon?
>>65243059
apparently the rest of the band just thought that it was part of the artistic processes
i really wish we could've gotten more albums from them before he killed himself
imagine a studio recording of 'ceremony'
>tfw play in a band, have epilepsy, and deal with depression
Reading Touching From A Distance
oh everybody knew
He told his wife he didn't want to live past his 20s. And she refused to accompany him when he asked her to like a day or two before he killed himself.
>>65243175
*read
>>65243184
She thought Ian was cheating on her, and apparently they weren't getting along too well towards the end. They would have divorced eventually if Ian didn't off himself.
>>65243230
Did his kid go on to do anything musical?
>>65243300
No, I believe she is a photographer.
>>65243351
I always feel awful for the kids of famous performers who killed themselves.
To the world they're the tragic loss of a great artist, but to the kids they're just a dad who wasn't there for them growing up.
>The hangman looks round as he waits
>Cord stretches tight then it breaks
>Some day we will die in our dreams
>How I wish you were here with me now
>>65243059
based on what i've read i'd say the band kept a fair amount of personal distance with each other, especially with ian
after he killed himself none of them talked with each other about how it personally affected them
>>65244067
lest we forget
>>65244260
Every time I listen to that song I wonder what had to have been running through Bernard's mind while he sang it.
>>65244330
Damn, I didn't even know Ian wrote that one. It's no wonder Bernard sounded so awful at that time.
>>65243114
there is one you pleb
>>65243059
>jesus chirst how could anyone in the band not thinking he was for sure kill himself soon?
I know the band have gone on record as to saying they didn't know he was actually that depressed, but I don't buy it. I think they just didn't care.
>>65245741
Or probably didn't want to be held responsible.
As someone who's battling with depression, nobody wants to help with all that, at least from what it seems to me. It's a lot to take on. Especially if one person can't deal with it.
>>65243059
In fact the other three dudes in the band were giant morons.
>>65246029
>the other three dudes
You realize they also went on to make great music without Ian, right?
>>65246117
no they didn't
>>65246155
>Yeah, they were real bad. I call them Poo Order lel
>>65246117
Yeah, because they grew up and became mature after his death.
>>65244317
This is disturbing on so many levels.
To be fair, most of the punk/post-punk around that time was dark and moody as fuck.
>>65243230
His gravestone gives me the feels. His wife chose his gravestone insignia. "Love will tear us apart".
>>65247058
>choose the title of pleb favorite
Fucking normies.
>>65244390
yeah look up the JD demos of In A Lonely Place, spooky as fuck
>>65247140
Yeah she thought "A Means to an End" and "Atrocity Exhibition" were too edgy even for Ian.
>>65246117
New Order is too poppy imo.
The band were young, hungry and basically living the rock and roll dream, considering they came from shithole backgrounds where the school careers advisors would literally tell kids "you'll end up in a factory or warehouse for the rest of your life". Ian didn't help things by insisting that he was fine all the time despite having constant major seizures on stage.
>>65243059
no one watched Control?
Ian had already tried killing himself
Has anyone watched the movie Control? Is it worth a watch?
>>65243105
How the hell can they miss that? He sounded unstable on Unknown Pleasures too.
>>65247695
It's good even if you don't care for the band.
>>65243114
selfish prick, "oh i wish these people i never knew wouldve kept making music for me to consume"
>>65243230
She had already asked for a divorce and weren't living as a couple not long before his death
>>65243059
yeah him were suicidal. weird band not know this!
>>65244317
>kevin parker and britney spears
interesting
>>65246002
I lost pretty much all my friends due to depression, you're absolutely right
>>65244317
based HHH
decades' lyrics break my heart
>>65248708
Depression destroyed my almost 4 year long relationship.
I fucking hate it when I get depressed.
>>65247828
Funny you say that as if you were trying to shame him, as if the attitude you described is wrong or something
>>65245741
>>65246002
They knew and it's nothing to do with what you said. They realised that Curtis' image, lyrics and depression were like 50% of their selling points so they just milked it to its logical conclusion. Not that that's a bad thing.
>>65247695
A bit biased since it's pretty much the wife's words put to film, but it's enjoyable.
>>65247695
I thought it was surprisingly good, I expected decent, but it was better than decent. The pacing was amazing.
Isn't it great how we're all coincidentially battling crippling depression? It's like, we ALL get to be special!
>>65247695
At one point, one of the bandmates (can't remember who, probably Sumner) says to Curtis: "Could be worse. You could be the singer for The Fall" and they all laugh.
That's all you need to know.
>>65244317
>put on glasses that look like the kind her father wore
>base-level eccentricity
>dress 'weird XD'
Didn't he kill himself because Bono bullied him?
