Home / Music / New Order's 'ICB' stands for 'Ian Curtis Buried.'Music linernotes album music new-orderNew Order's 'ICB' stands for 'Ian Curtis Buried.'The title ‘ICB’ stands for ‘Ian Curtis Buried,’ confirmed by Peter Hook in a 2013 interview, referencing the Joy Division frontman whose suicide led to the band’s formation as New Order. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesPower, Corruption & Lies reached No. 4 in the UK — a dramatic leap from Movement's No. 30'Blue Monday' was cut during the Power, Corruption & Lies sessions — and changed everythingPeter Saville put a Fantin-Latour painting on Power, Corruption & LiesGillian Gilbert joined New Order in October 1980New Order's Movement was recorded in ten days and released later in 1981ExploreGlenn Gould's 1981 Goldberg Variations became a best-selling classical album on ColumbiaSusana Baca's Gracias a la Vida was produced by Nick Gold on World CircuitImportant Records released the Grouper and Jarboe collaborationBrain Records released Harmonia's Musik von Harmonia in 1974Domino released Julia Holter's Have You in My Wilderness in 2015Previous New Order's Movement was recorded in ten days and released later in 1981Next New Order recorded Power, Corruption & Lies at Britannia Row in 1982–83