Editing Bernard Sumner (section)

===Joy Division===
Sumner was a founding member of [[Joy Division]], formed at [[Salford]] in 1976. He and childhood friend [[Peter Hook]] both attended the fabled [[Sex Pistols]] concert at Manchester's [[Free Trade Hall]] on 4 June 1976 and whose music inspired them to perform together.<ref name="Mojo 1994">{{cite magazine |last=Savage |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Savage |date=July 1994 |title=Joy Division: Someone Take These Dreams Away |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]}}</ref> Widely considered one of the most influential [[Band (rock and pop)|band]]s of the era, Sumner was lead guitarist (his main guitars were a [[Gibson SG]] and a custom [[Shergold#History|Shergold Masquerader]]),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Gibson-Recommends-Joy-Division.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131120825/http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Gibson-Recommends-Joy-Division.aspx | archive-date=31 January 2013 | title=A Closer Look: Joy Division }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shergoldguitars.com/history.html|title=History|website=Shergoldguitars.com|access-date=4 September 2024}}</ref> as well as playing [[electronic keyboards]]<ref>Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. Penguin. {{ISBN|0-14-303672-6}}, p. 115</ref> and made his first vocal appearance on record singing the chorus of "Walked in Line" on the ''[[Warsaw (album)|Warsaw]]'' album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/warsaw/they-walked-in-line-7bd5166c.html|title=Warsaw - They Walked in Line Songtext|website=Songtexte.com|access-date=4 September 2024}}</ref> In May 1980, after the suicide of its lead singer, [[Ian Curtis]], Joy Division disbanded.{{sfn|Curtis|1995|p=132}}