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New Order
After Ian Curtis' suicide, the remaining Joy Division members recruited
keyboardist Gillian Gilbert and mixed their post-punk aesthetic with a love of
Kraftwerk and New York disco, transforming it into the textured, heartfelt
electronic dance music which became the soundtrack for the '80s and early '90s
club scenes and created a template for every electro/rock crossover act since.
As part-owners of the legendary Hacienda nightclub with flamboyant Factory
Records boss Tony Wilson, they oversaw the birth of acid house and rave culture
while providing a platform for bands like The S...
