Walt Disney Entertainment has paid tribute to Joy Division's "Unknow pleasures" to design a new Mickey Mouse T-shirt. Bassist Peter Hook has said he feels it is "quite a compliment" to receive this homage.
The T-shirt features the classic image of a pulsar, that come from the Cambridge Encyclopedia Of Astronomy. Originally the arwork was chosen by the band's guitarist Bernard Sumner, with help from graphic designer Peter Saville.
Joy Division are one of the most famous and celebrate post-punk and dark wave bands in the history of rock'n'roll. The group was led by the iconic singer Ian Curtis, who committed suicide on 18 May 1980. The life of Ian Curtis was documented a copule of years ago by director Anton Corbjin.
Talking about the Disney homage, Peter Hook stated: "I must admit, over the years I've become used to Mickey Mouse T-shirts, especially where Joy Division are concerned, because it was something that we never bothered with early on in our career and we've never attached much importance to that side of things actually. I'm used to bootleggers".
Later, Peter Hook added: "I spend a lot of my time policing Joy Division bootlegs and normally we ask for a contribution to be made to Ian's charity for Epilesy. So, maybe if we wanted to make Disney feel guilty we could suggest that they did that".
