Come on R.I.P.ped rockers, it's getting really hard to keep track of this now. P4K reports that Ian Curtis and Sid Vicious will be amongst the artist-likenesses used to pimp Converses to people who…   Read Story »

Anyone we talk to that's seen early screenings of Corbjin's Ian Curtis biopic Control has nothing but raves, for Anton's treatment, for Sam Riley's performance, for the feel of the flick. Quite the…   Read Story »

Just a week away from the proper opening of Anton Corbijn's Ian Curtis biopic Control, which we've been covering via promising trailers and abominable covers. Apparently the live performance scenes…   Read Story »

The Ian Curtis biopic Control's been screening to great reviews and accolades praising Anton Corbijn and the production team's taste and discretion -- and really hate to ruin the party, guys -- but…   Read Story »

So looks like Freebass, the bass-y trio of New Order four-stringer Peter Hook, the Smith's low-end man Andy Rourke, and ex-Stone Roses/current-Primal Scream thunder-sticker Gary "Mani" Mounfield are…   Read Story »

Director Anton Corbijn took a shoestring budget of 3 million quid (infusing lots of his own cash) and an actor "plucked ... from obscurity" (Sam Riley) to create Control, the much buzzed-about biopic…   Read Story »

When Johnny joined forces with Modest Mouse, he upped the band's "dapper" quotient 100%. Next up for the guitarist? Trans-Atlantic sneaker designer. Johnny religiously dons his PF Flyers before…   Read Story »

Via CMJ:Casting has been announced for the upcoming Joy Division film, Control. Newcomer Sam Riley will play the brilliant-but-doomed singer Ian Curtis, who committed suicide in 1980 on the eve of…   Read Story »