Transmission: The Sound of Joy Division

A tribute act devoted to the music of Joy Division, the Manchester post-punk band, presented at Fox & Firkin in Lewisham, south-east London.

Joy Division formed in Manchester in 1976 and were active until 1980, with Ian Curtis on vocals alongside Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris. Their albums Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980) shaped the dark, echoing sound of British post-punk, and their songs have remained central to the genre's history.

Transmission present themselves as a tribute to that group. Their stated aim is to recreate the atmosphere of a live Joy Division performance, playing the band's best-known and most influential songs with the cavernous, dark sound associated with post-punk. The show is built around that repertoire rather than new material.

Fox & Firkin is a concert and performance venue on Lewisham High Street. The evening suits listeners who want to hear Joy Division's post-punk songs performed live by a band paying homage to them.