New Order's chaotic 30-minute performance at BBC Broadcasting House, Studio S1, London in 1984 as part of 'Rock Around The Clock' would become legendary.
Here's an angry Age of Consent
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1978
Joy Division made their London debut at the Hope and Anchor in Islington.
Just thirty people attended the gig, entry cost 60p.
๐ธ Jonathan Crabb
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1979
Joy Division's performance of Transmission & She's Lost Control was broadcast on BBC2 TV show Something Else.
A short interview featuring Tony Wilson & Stephen Morris was also shown.
Transmission โถ๏ธ
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2007
The late, great Tony Wilson sadly passed away.
Here's the man himself introducing Joy Division on Granada Reports in 1978, the band's first TV appearance.
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2007
Tony Wilson sadly passed away.
Here's the man himself introducing Joy Division on Granada Reports in 1978, the band's first TV appearance.
Power Corruption & Lies sleeve designer Peter Saville beside Henri Fantin Latour's 1890 painting 'A Basket of Roses.'
The inspiration for the album cover.
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1989
New Order's Technique album was released on Factory Records. (FACT 275)
Technique was the band's first album to reach number one in the UK charts.
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1983
New Order's 'Power, Corruption and Lies' was released by Factory Records. (FACT 75)
The band's second studio album reached number 4 in the UK charts.
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1989
Electronic's debut single 'Getting Away With It' was released on Factory Records. (FAC 257)
Featuring Neil Tennant (co-writer & guest vocals), the song reached number 12 in the UK charts and number 38 on the US Billboard chart.
Sleeve design by Peter Saville.
Peter Hook helps to cut the ribbon at the official unveiling of the Ian Curtis mural by
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, taken from a Kevin Cummins photograph, in Macclesfield this afternoon.
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1989
New Order's 'Technique' was released on Factory Records. (FACT 275)
Regarded by many as their finest work, 'Technique' was the band's first album to reach number one in the UK charts.
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1989
New Order's Technique album was released on Factory Records. (FACT 275)
Technique was the band's first album to reach number one in the UK charts.
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1987
New Order's 'Substance' was released by Factory Records. (FACT 200)
The compilation of the band's singles and B-sides from '81-'87 reached number 3 in the UK charts.
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1987
New Order's 'Substance' was released by Factory Records. (FACT 200)
The compilation of the band's singles and B-sides from '81-'87 reached number 3 in the UK charts.
#OnThisDay
1979
Joy Division's performance of Transmission & She's Lost Control were broadcast on BBC2 TV show Something Else.
A short interview featuring Tony Wilson & Stephen Morris was also shown.
Transmission