Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division

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In Unknown Pleasures Inside Joy Division Peter Hook bassist for the legendary groundbreaking band Joy Division takes readers behind the curtain with the group that helped define the sound of a generation and influenced artists such as U2 Radiohead and the Red Hot Chili Peppers Unlike other books about Joy Division Factory Records or lead singer Ian Curtiswho took his own life just before the band s first U S TourUnknown Pleasures tells Joy Division s story from the unique viewpoint of one of the vital three surviving band members Told with surprising humor and vivid detail Unknown Pleasures is the book Joy Division fans have been looking ahead to Joy Division changed the face of music Godfathers of alternative rock they reinvented music within the post punk era creating a new sound dark hypnotic and intense that would influence U2 Morrissey R E M Radiohead and a lot of others The story is now legendary in 1980 at the heels of their groundbreaking debut album and at the eve of their first U S tour the band was once rent asunder by the tragic death of their enigmatic lead singer Ian Curtis Yet within 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 in every of their very 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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