![]() The news was devastating and meant that Ian had to change his lifestyle and take medication to control the fits. On 23 January 1979, at an appointment at Macclesfield Hospital, it was confirmed: Ian Curtis had epilepsy. ![]() He was told to go and see his doctor when he returned home. The other members of Joy Division - guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassis t Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris - took their bandmate to a nearby hospital, where Curtis recovered. As it transpired, he was having what appeared to be an epileptic fit. Feeling negative about the situation, Curtis lashed out at the other members of the band on the drive back to Manchester - literally. ![]() ![]() Joy Division made the long trip to London on 27 December 1978 for their first gig in the capital, but the show was poorly attended. This was distressing enough, but what made things worse was that Curtis himself had developed the symptoms of epilepsy himself. ![]()
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