Substance: Inside New Order

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Author: Peter Hook

Pages: 768

Size: 980,77 Kb

Publication Date: January 31,2017

Category: Rock



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In this last installment of his internationally bestselling three-part memoir—like the Hacienda and Unfamiliar Pleasures—British rocker Peter Hook targets the 1980s New Wave and Dance Punk picture and the rise of 1 of the very most influential bands of the next British Invasion: New Purchase.

1980. the band’s experiences in the brand new York City club picture and quick rise to worldwide fame, its effect on home music, techno, and rave; Widely thought to be the godfathers of digital dance music, their sound would impact Moby, The Chemical substance Brothers, The Postal Provider, The Killers, and various other acts that followed within their wake. With their hits “Bizarre Love Triangle”, “Ideal Kiss”, and “Blue Mon”—the biggest-selling 12-in . single of all period—Peter Hook and business quickly rose to the very best of the choice music picture.

Hook tells the entire, unvarnished tale of New Purchase’s founding and development; Resurrected from the ashes of Pleasure Division following the suicide of its business lead singer, Ian Curtis, New Purchase would become one most critically acclaimed and essential bands of the 10 years and beyond. and its own eventual rancorous dissolution. Filled with Hook’s “gleefully profane” (Entertainment Weekly) humor and vivid, witty storytelling, Chemical is the most significant and certainly the most controversial component of his tale, emanating with medicines, booze, and sex.

Filled with timelines, discographies, gigographies and track-by-track analysis, and special photographs and archival pictures from Hook’s personal collection, it’s the definitive, comprehensive background of New Purchase and a compelling snapshot of the ‘80s cultural scene in every its neon-hued glory.


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