Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
Publisher: It Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780062222565
Description: Godfathers of alternative rock, Joy Division reinvented music in the post-punk era, creating a new sound--dark, hypnotic, and intense--that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M., Radiohead, and numerous others. 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. Yet in the mere three years they were together, Joy Division produced two landmark albums and a handful of singles--including the iconic anthem "Love Will Tear Us Apart"--that continue to have a powerful resonance. Now, for the first time, their story is told by one of their own. Founding member and bass player Peter Hook recounts how four young men from Manchester and Salisbury, with makeshift instruments and a broken-down van, rose from the punk scene to create a haunting, atmospheric music that would define a generation.--From publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Prologue. January 1978 -- "Insight" -- Timeline one : May 1948-April 1976 -- "Disorder" -- Timeline two : June 1976-December 1977 -- "Transmission" -- Timeline three : January 1978-December 1978 -- "Love will tear us apart" -- Unknown pleasures track by track -- Timeline four : January 1979-December 1979 -- "Ceremony" -- Epilogue -- Closer track by track -- Timeline five : January 1980-October 1981.