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A review by deanjean_reads
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook
4.0
Hooky oh Hooky.. this book managed to make me laugh till my stomach hurt and nearly cry as well.
Hooky, aka Peter Hook, needs no introduction. He is the bassist of Mancunian bands Joy Division and New Order, bands who have managed to make music spanning from the darkly gorgeous tones of Atmosphere and Shadowplay to the fluorescent crystalline tones of Blue Monday and Fine Time (lovely song btw).
He covers Joy Division's history from its early inception as Stiff Kittens and Warsaw; also adding in humourous ( if somewhat far-fetched stories) anecdotes about his bandmates, up till the tragic death of Ian Curtis and Joy Division.
Hooky is a brilliant curator, although the book, in all honesty, does tend to lean towards painting Bernard Sumner as a wimpy whiner and Hooky himself as long-suffering. I'll definitely be looking forward to reading Barney's acount of Joy Division.
Hooky, aka Peter Hook, needs no introduction. He is the bassist of Mancunian bands Joy Division and New Order, bands who have managed to make music spanning from the darkly gorgeous tones of Atmosphere and Shadowplay to the fluorescent crystalline tones of Blue Monday and Fine Time (lovely song btw).
He covers Joy Division's history from its early inception as Stiff Kittens and Warsaw; also adding in humourous ( if somewhat far-fetched stories) anecdotes about his bandmates, up till the tragic death of Ian Curtis and Joy Division.
Hooky is a brilliant curator, although the book, in all honesty, does tend to lean towards painting Bernard Sumner as a wimpy whiner and Hooky himself as long-suffering. I'll definitely be looking forward to reading Barney's acount of Joy Division.