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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: 25 overrated thingies |
| Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:50:32 -0500 |
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From: "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com>
>> 25. Joy Division - Would such a fuss have been made of this band
>> had the singer not tragically killed himself right at the start of
>> their career?
>
> No. Indeed not.
Then please explain the sustained mainstream success of the remaining
3/4s of the band, the only veterans of the late '70s UK post-punk
scene still making commercially and critically successful albums as
recently as two years ago.
S
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