In this final installment of his internationally bestselling three-part memoir— including
The Hacienda and Unknown Pleasures — British rocker Peter Hook focuses on the 1980s New
Wave and Dance Punk scene and the rise of one of the most influential bands of the Second
British Invasion: New Order. 1980. Resurrected from the ashes of Joy Division after the suicide
of its lead singer Ian Curtis New Order would become one most critically acclaimed and
important bands of the decade and beyond. With their hits "Bizarre Love Triangle" "Perfect
Kiss" and "Blue Monday"— the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time— Peter Hook
and company quickly rose to the top of the alternative music scene. Widely regarded as the
godfathers of electronic dance music their sound would influence Moby The Chemical Brothers
The Postal Service The Killers and other acts that followed in their wake. Hook tells the
complete unvarnished story of New Order’ s founding and evolution the band’ s
experiences in the New York City club scene and rapid rise to international fame its impact on
house music techno and rave and its eventual rancorous dissolution. Full of Hook’ s
"gleefully profane" ( Entertainment Weekly ) humor and vivid witty storytelling Substance is
the most important and certainly the most controversial part of his story emanating with drugs
booze and sex. Complete with timelines discographies gigographies and track-by-track
analysis and exclusive photographs and archival images from Hook’ s personal collection
it is the definitive comprehensive history of New Order and a compelling snapshot of the '80s
cultural scene in all its neon-hued glory.
