"Joy Division’s music doesn’t 'rock' in the classic sense as much as shudder, roar and convulse. The songs are readings of temperature, light and lack of light. They walk silently for hours on city streets and return alone to small rooms with full ashtrays and no messages on the machine."
—Henry Rollins, from his review
of Jon Savage's band history This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else
of Jon Savage's band history This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else