Fin des années 1970, inspirés par l'énergie du punk, Peter Hook et Bernard Sumner, à qui se sont joints Ian Curtis, chanteur-compositeur et Stephen Morris à la batterie, démarrent un groupe qui influence encore aujourd'hui la musique pop. Avec quelques instruments rassemblés à la va-vite et un vieux van, voilà les quatre jeunes gars de Manchester et de Salford partis écumer les pubs et les clubs d'Angleterre. Le premier concert sous le nom de Joy Division - est catastrophique. Ce n'est pas grave, ils continuent. En 1980, ils sortent deux albums et sont sur le point de tourner en Amérique. Tout s'enchaîne. Joy Division a métamorphosé le visage de la musique. Parrains de la scène alternative actuelle, les membres du groupe ont revitalisé le rock à l'ère du post-punk, élaborant un son nouveau, sombre, hypnotique et intense, qui influencera The Cure, Morrissey, Radiohead et de nombreux autres.
The story is now legendary: in 1980, on the heels of their groundbreaking debut, Unknown Pleasures, and on the eve of their first U.S. tour, the band was rent asunder by the tragic death of their enigmatic lead singer, Ian Curtis.
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This is the story of Joy Division told by the band's legendary bassist, Peter Hook. 'Hook has restored a flesh-and-blood rawness to what was becoming a standard tale.
I first met Ricky Bell in the dust of Camp 4. I forget the year. Ricky is one of those people you meet in life: one minute unknown, the next never to be forgotten. I've met a lot of 'legends': some who weren't and knew it groaned ...
Everest Media,. Ian liked to read Burroughs and Kafka and discuss art with Annik. #1 Insights from Chapter 32 The band recorded Unknown Pleasures.
Unknown pleasures. Joy Division
This volume sets the scene in the context of the band's early history and the Manchester music world when it was recorded. It includes interviews with musicians, producers, fans and technicians involved.
At the heart of the book lies a series of close readings of each of the three films; through which Berry teases out their central narrative themes, highlighting Jia's use of editing, cinematic language, and mise en scene.
Devastated, Debo— rah Curtis was forced to ask herself agonizing questions about her husband's intentions, even at this early stage. Her memoir Touching FromA Distance is uncomfortably, brutally honest in places, but owing to love, ...
C. P. Lee: Up until 1966 there were over two hundred beat clubs in the Manchester area, and it was a very ... From the nineteenth century onwards, you'd have hurdygurdy bands, street bands, every pub had music of one form or another.