Calling the UKs best creative talent. Get involved in a music first… As part of a larger event called Unknown Pleasures, celebrating the life of Ian Curtis on the 30th anniversary of his death, Un-Convention has been commissioned to develop a very special version of the event. Un-Convention have teamed up with the creators of iconic indie-rock [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK The undisclosed feud between singer-guitarist Bernard Sumner and bassist Peter Hook may have put an end to New Order , but both parties are happy to revisit their past. While Hook is applying his efforts to running a nightclub once more in the shape of Manchester's latest venue, FAC 251, Sumner, drummer Stephen Morris and guitarist Phil Cunningham have formed...
ERIC’S was the club that launched a generation of Liverpool bands. From Echo and the Bunnymen to The Mighty Wah! and OMD, its name has become synonymous with the Scouse scene.
Former Joy Division and New Order guitarist Bernard Sumner talks to Jude Rogers about his new venture Bad Lieutenant, the demise of the Hacienda and Joy Division merchandise
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If rumours are to be believed, when bassist Peter Hook left New Order in 2007 there was little love lost between him and the remaining members and he was determined to take the band with him; writing on his Myspace blog he declared “This group has split up. You are no more New Order than [...]
Today’s Gas 0095 quote comes from electronic pioneer Richard Pinhas who first started experimenting with electronics in French band Heldon back in the early 70s. Richard Pinhas on Gas 0095… “Music saw genius appearing year by year, decade after decade. In the seventies people like Brian Eno gave a real boost in all areas of music. Then came other genii (in [...] Related posts: Gas...
Today’s Gas 0095 quote comes from Mancunian electronic musician Peter Hook from New Order and Joy Division. New Order were famous for mixing Moog sequences and Oberheim drum machines with Peter Saville artwork. Their single ‘Blue Monday’ famously depicted a 5 1/4″ floppy disc that cost more to produce than they made, so they lost money [...] Related posts: Gas 0095 Quotes: Magnus...
Yes, folks—22 years before she won an Oscar for The Hurt Locker , Kathryn Bigelow directed New Order 's "Touched By The Hand Of God" music video, which poked fun at late '80s hair metal bands. For more on my d'luvvly penchant for all things New Order/ Electronic / Bernard Sumner , read this .
British rocker PETER HOOK is to reveal all about his time with JOY DIVISION and NEW ORDER on a new spoken-word tour.The bass player has unveiled a 16-date U.K. tour,...
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK Ian Brown is to play an outdoor homecoming gig in the centre of Manchester this June, to celebrate the centenary of a local green space. The former Stone Roses frontman headlines Platt Fields Park on Jun. 11 at a 15,000-capacity event in the city's Fallowfield district. Also on the bill are dance group UNKLE, Bernard Sumner's new band Bad Lieutenant, local...
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Larry Cassidy, founding member of post-punk group Section 25 , passed away Feb. 27 at age 56 according to Pitchfork . A cause of death is unknown. Cassidy formed the band with his brother Vincent in late 1977, and were coupled with the budding post-punk dance scene that burst out of England in the early '80s. Joy Division 's Ian Curtis even produced their first 7",...
I spent the past nine days back in Western Pennsylvania, where I grew up. Prior to the trip, my mom had been telling me how all she listens to anymore is the Pittsburgh public radio station WYEP FM. It was a recent discovery for her, but I felt the need to kindly remind her of the days when she had a teenage son who, after growing tired of doing laps around the local shopping mall by age 15, was content...
photo via Uitdragerij NME : Born Lawrence John Cassidy in April 1953, the singer and bassist initially studied art in London in the late 1970s, which gave him first-hand experience into the capital’s burgeoning punk scene. Upon returning to Blackpool he formed Section 25 with the band joining Factory Records’ roster in 1979. Section 25’s first single, ‘Girls Don’t Count’,...
We report with great sadness the death of Larry Cassidy, singer and bassist with cult Factory Records post-punk group Section 25. Larry was found at his home in Blackpool on Saturday 27 February, and though the cause of death has not yet been confirmed there appear to be no suspicious circumstances. Born in Blackpool in April 1953, Lawrence John Cassidy decided against joining his father’s family...
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