Inside joy division is refreshingly nononsense account of the bands brief career uncut hook has restored a fleshandblood rawness to what was becoming a standard tale. Inside joy division in three words, what would they be. Godfathers of the current alternative scene, they reinvented rock in the postpunk era, creating a new sound dark, hypnotic, intense that would influence u2, morrissey, r. 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.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about unknown pleasures. Inside joy division audiobook by peter hook read online unknown pleasures. If you like joy division, you really have to read it q magazine. As described in former joy division and new order bassist peter hooks honest, punchy and roughhewn document of that period, unknown pleasures. Peter hook writes in an intimate yet not so personal way. Inside joy division joy division changed the face of music. Peter hook on his new joy division book and feuding with. How not to run a club hailed as one of the best music books of 2009, peter hooky hook gives us the inside story of life with joy division. This is where we list all the joy division books and publications ever printed. This doesnt feel like an author narrating his book.
So its surprising that the outspoken, nobullshit bassist wrote a book about his time in joy division 1976 to 1980that largely feels tame. Inside joy division, peter hook, bassist for the legendary, groundbreaking band joy division, takes readers. On 29 january 20, hook published unknown pleasures. Unknown pleasures inside joy division by peter hook. He provided the propulsive bass guitar melodies of love will tear us apart, and was at the heart of the sound that came to define an era and inspire a generation.
Inside joy division mobi azn format iphone unknown pleasures. Unknown pleasures peter hook ebook harpercollins publishers. Now adding to their legacy is the new book unknown pleasures. Its another wartsandall reminiscence of life, growing up in salford, and being in joy division. Since their demise, he has been a leading curator in the joy division heritage industry, and gives over a substantial part of this book to a list of. Unlike other books about joy division, factory records, or lead singer ian curtiswho took his own life just before the bands first u. So its surprising that the outspoken, nobullshit bassist wrote a book about his time in joy division1976 to 1980that largely feels tame.
Unlike other books about joy division, factory records, or lead singer ian curtiswho took his own. I found it at a booth selling cds during wave gotik treffen, and im so glad i bought it. Having read hooks book, youll feel like you were he fifth member of the band. Unknown pleasures is the book joy division fans have awaited for decades. Tourunknown pleasures tells joy divisions story from the unique perspective of one of the three surviving band members.
Hook ponders calling the book he said he was all right so we carried on. Few pop music books manage that guardian an honest, enthusiastic account. Joy division unknown pleasures album cover closeup. Inside joy division due for publication in the united states later this month, bassist peter hook has announced a 10date book tour in late january and early february that will include, at half the stops, an onstage conversation with noted journalists and authors. There are compelling things about unknown pleasures.
As cofounder of joy division, peter hook was the inspiration behind a band that would shape the course of popular music. Inside joy division, written by the bands founding bassist, peter hook and. Hearing hook talk about his time with the band, getting into their sudden rise and tragic end, is a great. While i like joy division and was interested to hear the story, it was hookys delivery that is the joy of this book. Unknown pleasures as a book meets the challenge of the album, and the music joy division crafted.
Ksiazka nosi tytul unknown pleasures inside joy division nieznane przyjemnosci wewnatrz joy division i. While the book ends on a sad note, hooks fond recollection of various moments in joy division s short. Inside joy division does much to paint a far more realistic and believable portrait of the man as one of us, and offers probably the most vital account of joy division s short career yet. 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. Inside joy division by peter hook in the library and got it out on a whim. Joy division and the making of unknown pleasures joy division at strawberry studios. Having read hooks book, youll feel like you were the fifth member of the band gq a bittersweet, profanity filled recollection. Unknown pleasures npr coverage of unknown pleasures. Uk in 1977 as part of a big book called the cambridge encyclopaedia of astronomy. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in the postpunk era, creating a new sounddark, hypnotic, and intensethat would influence u2, morrissey, r. Inside joy division, peter hook, bassist for the legendary, groundbreaking band joy division, takes readers backstage with the group th.
Though peter hook wasnt the lead singer in joy division or new order, the bands hes best known for, he was undoubtedly the most vocal personality in both. Well, a whim informed by a teenage love of joy division, and having enjoyed another book by peter hook, the rip roaring i saw unknown pleasures. Inside joy division by peter hook i remember feeling as though id been sitting in a darkened room all my life comfortable and warm and safe and quiet then all of a sudden someone had kicked the door in, and it had burst open to let in an intense bright light and this even more intense noise, showing me another world, another life, a way out. Hook is a natural storyteller, and his voice has just the right character, i dont think a professional narrator could have done it justice.
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 curtiswho took his own. Book description joy division changed the face of music. Inside joy division uk audio book 8 cd set audiogo, isbn 978 1471 318535, 2012 with an advertised running time of 8 hours and 25 minutes, this whopping 8 cd set brings you the voice of peter hook himself reading his in parts amusing and unpretentious take on his days as one quarter of joy division. Inside joy division by peter hook 20, hardcover at the best online prices at. In the frank, noholdsbarred style that has seen his previous book the hacienda. Inside joy division, peter hook, bassist for the legendary, groundbreaking. Read unknown pleasures pdf by peter hook harperaudio listen to unknown pleasures. Inside joy division by peter hook itharper collins, 416 pp. Inside joy division ebook by peter hook find out unknown pleasures peter hook pdf download get unknown pleasures peter hook zip download bestseller unknown pleasures. What does the cover of joy divisions unknown pleasures. In unknown pleasures, peter hook riffs on joy divisions. They played their first concert in january 1978 and their last in may 1980. The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at stockports strawberry studios in april 1979, and was produced by martin hannett, who incorporated a number of unconventional production techniques into the groups sound.
Told with surprising humor and vivid detail, unknown pleasures is the book joy division fans have been waiting for. Of all the great doomed rock bands, with their mayfly lives and drawnout, highly profitable afterlives, few have a legend as potent and precisely defined as joy division. Peter hook godfathers of alternative rock, joy division reinvented music in the postpunk era, creating a new sounddark, hypnotic, and intensethat would influence u2, morrissey, r. 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.
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