Joy Division is best known as one of the most revered post-punk bands of all time, as well as for hits like “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. Unfortunately, the band is also known for the sudden and untimely ...

Peter Hook is known for some of the most haunting upper-register basslines ever recorded – Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart and New Order’s Regret being just two obvious examples.

Even without the chilling postscript, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” would stand proud as one of the most moving songs ever written, as well as being the group’s most accessible moment.