How tall was Ian Curtis?
Ian Kevin Curtis (July 15, 1956-May 18, 1980) was an English musician and songwriter. He was the post-punk band Joy Division's lead singer and lyricist, and released two albums with the band: Uncertain Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980). Curtis was known for his bass-baritone voice, style of music, and traditional songwriting packed with images of desolation, loneliness, and isolation.Musically, a number of musicians such as David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Sex Pistols, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop, Roxy Music, Lou Reed and Neu had inspired Curtis! By authors such as William Burroughs, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, T. S. Eliot, J. G. Ballard, and Yehiel De-Nur, among others.
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