Then, after Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis died in 1980, Hook and the two other surviving band members — guitarist Bernard Sumner and drummer Stephen Morris — went on to form the equally ...

It’s impossible to overstate how influential Joy Division was on popular music, particularly their first album, Unknown Pleasures. As NME puts it: ‘There can’t be many people left in the ...

The band celebrates the music of Joy Division on Sept. 10 at the Warfield in San Francisco. Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are $25-$37.50, axs.com. Here’s my interview with Hook, who joined ...

Joy Division have become one of the most influential alternative bands of the last 40 years, and these five new bands are bringing that sound bang up to date.

New Order were still underneath the shadow of Joy Division in 1981, a hard shackle to shake. Unsure how to progress after the death of Ian Curtis, both guitarist Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook sing ...

They started off by playing the entire 2001 New Order album “Get Ready,” which drew from their roots in Joy Division with a more guitar-driven sound.

On this day (Jan. 25) in 1978, Joy Division played their first live gig, a moment that is often credited with kicking off the post-punk era. The iconic, yet short-lived rock outfit – made up of ...

Hook and the Pumpkins previously partially collaborated in 2021 when Hook, Bates and guitarist Jeff Schroeder re-recorded Joy Division’s “Ceremony” to raise funds for Sweet Relief. Hook also ...

Noel Gallagher has saluted his Manchester rock forefathers Joy Division by covering the band’s classic “Love Will Tear Us Apart” today (June 1) on the BBC Radio 2 series Piano Room.The ...

Peter Hook played bass in Joy Division, the short-lived but highly regarded post-punk British band, as well as Joy Division’s massively popular successor, New Order.

Joy Division often centered Hook’s melodic basslines in the mix, so that was no problem. And finding musicians to replicate Sumner’s sparse guitar and Morris’s metronomic drumming wouldn’t ...