Joy Division recorded two studio albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer, during their four years together before the death of their singer, Ian Curtis. The band influenced the musical careers of Trent Reznor, Robert Smith, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins and many others.

The cover art shown here from the album 'Closer' is a photograph taken of the statues at a tomb in the Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno, of Genoa, Italy by Bernard Pierre Wolff.