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Formed: Manchester, England, 1976

Members: Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris

First single: An Ideal For Living EP (June 1978)

Album discography: Unknown Pleasures (June 1979); Closer (July 1980); Still (October 1981); Substance 1977-1980 (July 1988); Heart & Soul (box set, December 1997).

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