Autumn 1988. References in other media The book inspired the Joy Division song of the same name from their 1980 album Closer, though Ian Curtis only read the novel after writing the majority of the lyrics. Merzbow's album Great American Nude took its name from one of the book's chapters, referencing a series of nudes painted by American pop artist Tom Wesselmann. Two tracks on Gary Numan's 1994 album Sacrifice refer to the book: "Love and Napalm", taken from one of the chapter titles; and "A Question of Faith", which includes the line "I'll be your exhibition of atrocity." The book inspired Mão Morta's album Pesadelo em Peluche. The book influenced Botch's album We Are the Romans. The book inspired Northampton-based grindcore band The Atrocity Exhibit. In 2007, the band Exodus released an album with the title The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A. The Sheffield band The Comsat Angels is named after a short story. The book inspired Danny Brown's album of the same name. The installation "Love and napalm / Memories of the Space Age" by Belgian artist Hans Defer is inspired by the novel. The multi-media arts collective Left Orbit Temple (1995–present) took inspiration for their name from one of the sub-chapter titles in the book ("Left Orbit and Temple", part four of "The University of Death") References External links The Terminal Collection: JG Ballard First Editions The Atrocity Exhibition discussions – An online forum held at the JGB mailing list 1970 British novels 1970 science fiction novels Jonathan Cape books Novels by J. G. Ballard British science fiction novels Postmodern novels