By Andrew Gorder

This story was posted on Pitchforkmedia Wednesday:

Sad news of a slightly different sort coming out of the Joy Division fold: The BBC reports that the gravestone marking the grave of Ian Curtis, the late frontman for the legendary mope-rockers, has been stolen.

According to the BBC, at some point between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, thieves removed the stone from its perch at the Macclesfield Cemetery in Curtis’ hometown of Macclesfield, England. Authorities currently have no leads as to the whereabouts of the stone, which bears the inscriptions “Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80″ and “Love Will Tear Us Apart”.

People are idiots. I find it incredible that someone would be disrespectful and/or greedy enough to steal a gravestone. It’s not like there’s a huge market for Ian Curtis memorabilia, and anyone who would buy something like that is also an idiot.

I like Joy Division too, but for some reason, I think people are drawn to Ian Curtis because of how short and sad his life was. It’s the same misguided attraction that people had towards Curt Kobain after he killed himself.

Anyways, I just thought this story was interesting.

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