Salford, England (1980 – 1993, 1998 – 2007)
New Order were an alternative rock/electronic dance band which formed in 1980 in Salford, England by the three remaining members of Joy Division. The band’s classic lineup consists of Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Peter Hook (bass, electronic percussion), Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, guitar) and Stephen Morris (drums, keyboards). Gilbert left in 2001 to look after her and Morris’ children and was replaced by guitarist/keyboardist Phil Cunningham. Hook left acrimoniously in 2007 and declared the band to be defunct. Initially, Sumner, Cunningham and Morris denied the band had split up, but in 2009 eventually came to decision that they could not continue on without Hook and officially disbanded.
Pioneers of dance music in the 1980s and one of the first bands to effectively and popularly synthesize keyboard- and guitar-based music, New Order’s members hailed from Salford, England and Macclesfield, England out of the ashes of… read more
Salford, England (1980 – 1993, 1998 – 2007)
New Order were an alternative rock/electronic dance band which formed in 1980 in Salford, England by the three remaining members of Joy Division. The band’s classic lineup consists of Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Peter Hook (bass, electronic percussion), Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, guitar) and Stephen Morris (drums, keyboards). Gilbert left in 2001 to look after her and Morris’ children and was replaced by guitarist/keyboardist Phil Cunningham. Hook left acrimoniously in 2007 and declared the band to be defunct. Initially, Sumner, Cunningham and Morris denied the band had split up, but in 2009 eventually came to decision that they could not continue on without Hook and officially disbanded.
Pioneers of dance music in the 1980s and one of the first bands to effectively and popularly synthesize keyboard- and guitar-based music, New Order’s members hailed from Salford, England and Macclesfield, England out of the ashes of Joy Division, are noted as being one of the first bands to bridge the gap between post-punk and dancefloor. They were Factory Records’ highest selling artist; they funded Factory’s famous Manchester club, The Haçienda. They recorded with legendary hip-hop producer Arthur Baker (on 1983’s single Confusion and 1984’s Thieves Like Us), and they embraced Ibizan club culture on the album, Technique. —last.fm
