Bassist Peter Hook worked as a DJ in the years immediately after New Order broke up in 2007, ending his three decades as a founding member of that band along with its predecessor, Joy Division. It was ...

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Since the beginning of quarantine, The Charlatans‘ Tim Burgess has been hosting his series, Tim’s Twitter Listening Party, on a regular basis, allowing artists to share anecdotes and chat with fans ...

Joy Division is one of those rare bands that doesn’t really sound like anything that came before it – a true original. Joy Division recorded 53 songs between 1976 and 1980 before breaking up after ...

Forgive New Order fans if they took the lyric “I used to think that the day would never come” from 1987’s “True Faith” and applied it to the chances of the band ever playing Pittsburgh again. It has ...

Magical moments in rock 'n' roll? We always think of the singers, guitarists and drummers who penned the riffs, created the sounds, wrote the songs. Well, let's hear it for the bad amps. Guitar fuzz, ...

There are few bands that have generated as much mythology about their origins and eventual destruction as Joy Division. But most of the discussion around this pioneering Manchester punk outfit has ...

Peter Hook was in not just one, but two bands that deserve serious consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The first was the mighty Joy Division, the seminal English post-punk band that ...

Joy Division bassist Peter Hook recently looked back on the moments that followed the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, explaining how the rest of the band soldiered on in the face of tragedy. It was ...