тАШThis book will delight both New Order-ites and general rock readersтАЩ Mojo
A ROLLICKING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED ACCOUNT OF NEW ORDER'S ENTIRE HISTORY.
Two acclaimed albums and an upcoming US tour тАУ Joy Division had the world at their feet. Then, on the eve of that tour, the bandтАЩs troubled lead singer, Ian Curtis, killed himself. The next time they got together, they were a new band.
That band was New Order тАУ their label was Factory Records, their club The Ha├зienda. Their distinctive sound paved the way for the dance music explosion that followed, earning them the reputation as one of the most influential bands of their generation, and changing the course of popular music.
Following on from his bestselling titles The Ha├зienda and Unknown Pleasures, Peter Hook has written a rollicking, no-holds-barred account of the band's entire history. Substance is packed with never-before-seen detail, discographies and technical information. This is possibly the most┬аentertaining memoir ever written by a British musician.
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тАШThere are stories here that make Ozzy Osbourne looks like Mother TeresaтАЩ Sunday Express
тАШA rollicking readтАЩ Record Collector
тАШRock writing rarely tells us properly what a band treading water or in slow decline feels like from the inside. Hook does so memorablyтАЩ Guardian
тАШAs mammoth and downright idiotic as the band deserves тАж something hilariously daft happens on nearly all of SubstanceтАЩs 750 pagesтАЩ Classic Pop