Unknown Pleasures - Hook, Peter
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Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they 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 album 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, they produced two landmark albums and a handful of singles?including the iconic anthem "Love…mehr

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Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they 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 album 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, they 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. In Unknown Pleasures, founding member and bass player Peter Hook recounts how four young men from Manchester and Salford rose from the punk scene to create a haunting, atmospheric music that would define a generation. Peter talks with eye-opening candor about the suicide of Ian Curtis; the band's friendships and fallouts; and the larger-than-life characters who formed the Joy Division legend. Told with surprising humor and vivid detail, Unknown Pleasures is the book Joy Division fans have awaited for decades.
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Peter Hook was born in Salford, England, in 1956. He was a founding member of Joy Division and New Order, and now tours both bands' music with his new group, Peter Hook and the Light. He also DJs, promoting Fac 51 and The Haçienda Classical concerts around the world. He lives in Cheshire, England, with his wife, Rebecca, and children, Heather, Jack, and Jessica, and their dogs, Wilma and Bo.
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Rezension
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Besprechung von 13.12.2013

He lost control

Joy Division waren eine der einflussreichsten englischen Bands der Post-Punk-Ära. Bloß zwei Platten hat das Quartett aus Manchester aufgenommen. Der Sänger Ian Curtis, dreiundzwanzig Jahre alt, erhängte sich im Mai 1980, einen Tag vor der Abreise zur ersten Amerika-Tournee. Diese Geschichte erzählte vor einigen Jahren der Spielfilm "Control" des Fotografen Anton Corbijn. Diesen ergänzt nun Peter Hook, der 1956 geborene Bassist der Band, mit einem Buch zwischen Autobiographie und Bandchronik. Detailreich beschreibt er, wie im Studio mit dem eigenwilligen Produzenten Martin Hannett die Alben "Unknown Pleasures" und "Closer" entstanden, deren unterkühltes Unbehagen wegweisend wurde. Hook hat manch deftige Episode aus dem Tour-Leben parat. Skeptisch bekennt er allerdings Versäumnisse im Umgang mit den Gesundheitsproblemen von Curtis. Der litt an Epilepsie, habe aber selbst nach seinen immer häufigeren Anfällen auf der Bühne weitermachen wollen. "Wenn ich jetzt zurückblicke", so Hook, "weiß ich, wo wir hätten stoppen sollen." (Peter Hook: "Unknown Pleasures". Die Joy-Division-Story. Aus dem Englischen von Stephan Pörtner. Metrolit Verlag, Berlin 2013. 351 S., Abb., geb., 24,99 [Euro].) grae

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