Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (598 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0089LOJ90 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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J. Reeves said Pleasures and Pain. Very engaging. enjoyable, often very funny and also quite sad as there is a pall hanging over the story. Peter Hook writes in an intimate yet not so personal way. He's a natural story teller. I found the book revelatory in that it captures the excitement and some of the glamour and youthful exuberance of being in a band discovering and developing themselves while at the same time de-glamourizes the whole thing with the wonderful often foul mouthes english humor along with describing the conditions of touring and recording that only the young could put up with.. First Person Real! David B Not a pro writer. Not a ghost writer. Just a bloke talking about his mates. Brilliant read. Hook takes the reader inside and makes them a part of the real history rather than the mythology. Kudos Hooky!. Thoroughly enjoyable Amber I have read many books about my favorite band, Joy Division, so I did not expect to learn anything new from this book, but I was wrong! Hookie captures the essence of Ian's personality in a way that makes me think differently of him. Ian was a buddy, one of the guys, a jokester, NOT the depressive melancholy man he has been made out to be in the press. His demons were deeply internalized and surfaced through his music, not his behavior. I was also surprised to learn of the difficulties the guys had after starting New Order. New Order are such an incredibly uni
It’s the best document yet to be produced on Joy Division. Club, The Onion)“A surprisingly funny-and gleefully profane-portrait.” (Entertainment Weekly)“Rich in detail.” (LA Weekly)“A comprehensive, illuminating portrait of the band that often takes the piss out of its doom-ridden legacy.” (Cincinnati City Beat)“Intimate.” (San Francisco Chronicle)“Like talking to a bawdy uncle after his fourth beer. (Keith Cameron, MOJO)“A bittersweet, profanity-filled recollection of their brief existence recalled with Hook’
The author of the New York Times bestseller Unknown Pleasures, he lives in Cheshire, England, with his family.. As cofounder of Joy Division and New Order, Peter Hook has been shaping the course of popular music for more than thirty years. He tours New Order and Joy Division albums with his band Peter Hook and The Light and DJs internationally, including at the numerous regular Haçienda nights at clubs around the world. He
In Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division, Peter Hook, bassist for the legendary, groundbreaking band Joy Division, takes readers backstage 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 Curtis—who took his own life just before the band's first U.S. Tour—Unknown Pleasures tells Joy Division's story from the unique perspective of one of the three surviving band members.Told with surprising humor and vivid detail, Unknown Pleasures is the book Joy Division fans have been waiting for.