It's a powerful yes from me, it's been said elsewhere here recently that Joy Division were exactly what was needed in Britain after the punk scene and i agree. Here were a band that took the elements of punk that made it exciting and blended it with their own unique imagery and style.
Musically they were brilliant, Stephen Morris' solid percussion, Bernard Sumner's in my opinion underrated and individual guitar playing and those basslines from Hooky. On top of that you had Ian Curtis, a frontman who should be celebrated simply because he did it his way and did it damn well.
I think the thing i love most about Joy Divison was that they created these huge sweeping epic soundscapes, making the music sound absolutely huge despite there only being a couple of people playing it.
Just as uplifting as they were brutally moody, they deserve to be in there.
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