Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me

Bernard Sumner

ISBN 10: 1250077729 / ISBN 13: 9781250077721

Published by Thomas Dunne Books, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250077729
• ISBN 13: 9781250077721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • MUSIC-ROCK

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Synopsis

Founding member and guitarist of Joy Division and the lead singer of New Order, Bernard Sumner has been famous over the years for his reticence. Until now . . .

An integral part of the Manchester, UK, music scene since the late 1970s, his is the definitive version of the events that created two of the most influential bands of all time.

Chapter and Verse includes a vivid and illuminating account of Bernard Sumner's childhood, the early days of Joy Division, the band's enormous critical and popular success, and the subsequent tragic death of Ian Curtis. Sumner describes the formation of New Order, takes us behind the scenes at the birth of classics such as "Blue Monday," and gives his firsthand account of the ecstasy and the agony of the Haçienda days.

Sometimes moving, often hilarious, and occasionally completely out of control, this is a tale populated by some of the most colorful and creative characters in music history, such as Ian Curtis, Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton, and Martin Hannett. Others have told parts of the story, in film and book form. Now, for the first time, Bernard Sumner gives you chapter and verse.

About the Author

Bernard Sumner was a founding member of Joy Division and, after the death of Ian Curtis in 1980, became lead singer and guitarist of New Order.