The director is best known for the tiny film Control about the lead singer of Joy Division.

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Despite its dark themes, the singer said the album also deals with teenage joy.

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Chuck Negron was the long-haired, mustached lead singer on the Three Dog Night superhits "Joy to the World, " "Old Fashioned Love Song, " "Easy to Be Hard, " "Pieces of April, " and many others.

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