Peter Hook: Inside Joy Division

Godfathers of alternative rock, Joy Division, reinvented music in the post-punk era, creating a dark, hypnotic and intense sound that influenced such bands as U2, Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead. Founding member Peter Hook’s propulsive bass guitar melodies came to define an era and inspire a generation. After iconic lead singer Ian Curtis’s suicide, the remaining members went on to form New Order, creators of synth-pop and one of the most critically acclaimed and influential bands of the 1980s. Peter… Show more Hook’s new book, Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division, tells the band’s definitive, long-awaited story.

“Hook evokes the spirit of the age with a bluff authenticity that no outsider could hope to emulate... explaining the creation of his band’s remarkable music with all the passion and insight it deserves.”
– Keith Cameron, MOJO

“With Joy Division, you felt from this singer, beauty was truth and truth was beauty, and theirs was a search for both.”
– Bono

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