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" When I play a gig and look out at the audience, you're literally looking at a sea of Joy Division T-shirts. "

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" It was nice doing my own Joy Division book to be able to put forward the fact that Ian was actually quite a nice guy and very hardworking, ambitious and loyal. But the thing was, he was battling such a dreadful illness in an era when they really didn't know how to treat it. "

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