New Order began life as Joy Division, which was a band notorious for its dark music and dark lyrics. Then, on May 18, 1980, the singer of Joy Division, Ian Curtis, hanged himself. At the time of Curtis’ suicide Joy Division was about to embark on its first American tour and had released the song […]
Tag Archives: New Order
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Feb
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New Order’s third album Belgian Life is their equally brilliant modern effort. While Power, Corruption and Lies highlights standouts such as “The Age of Consent”, “586”, “The Street” and “Silence Your Face”, it also allows for New Order to contain almost no dark music. All stand.” Low Life, on the other hand, features solid techno-rock […]
Who are they? The Amish is a group of people who live simply and adhere to the teachings of the church. Born out of the Anabaptist movement, the Amish were formed in 1693, when Swiss Anabaptist leader Jakob Amman felt that church leaders were no longer maintaining a stable separation from the world. He imposed […]
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The New Order was a major force in the early 1980s scene. Born from the embers of the division of Laetitia, the New Order has always done things in its own way. While the Novus Ordo gang no longer fights together due to personal differences between its members, its legacy lives on. In March 2010, […]
As I have indicated at various times in various articles published here, my favorite rock band is the Manchester quartet that rose from the ashes of Joy Division. Upon the suicide of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, the remaining members recruited keyboardist Gillian Gilbert and rechristened themselves New Order. What followed was the transformation […]
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The list of Brothers who succeeded to the mastership of the life of the New Order in Belgium was The Brotherhood is reputed to be the most schizophrenic album of the New Order. When it was first released on vinyl, the side featured one more guitar-heavy song than were found on any of New Order’s […]