Here's the thing about Ian. The man had some serious pipes.

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Here's the thing about Ian. The man had some serious pipes. He had a six octave range and excelled in any octave. He wrote brilliant songs. And his stage presence was only matched by Adolf Hitler.

Seriously, Watch Joy Division play She's Lost Control at Something Else Show and then watch a video of the Nuremburg rallies. We better thank our lucky stars Ian didn't go into politics or he would have taken over the world.

But Joy Division as a whole had a brilliant dynamic. It wasn't just the Ian Curtis backup band. They all made huge creative contributions to what made JD what it is. Yes Ian wrote Transmission, Love Will Tear Us Apart and Insight.

But Peter Hook wrote Disorder, Atrocity Exhibition and Colony. Bernard Sumner wrote Dead Souls, Shadow Play, Leaders of men.

Other bands like The Talking Heads for instance were not like that. The Talking heads were basically just the David Byrne backup band. Joy Division was the perfect storm of legendary talent, and Ian was the face of it all, the delicious cherry on top of an already delicious sundae.

He was the ambassador that allowed the amazing talent of the combo that was Joy Division to be brought into our lives. He was the prism that focused the lazer beams from the brains of Bernard, Peter and Stephen and amplified them until they were powerful enough to blow out minds out through our ear holes.

Yes, he was the most incredible front man to ever live.