Peter Hook : The John Robb interview : in depth about Ian Curtis and Joy Division

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May 2020 on the 40th anniversary of iconic Joy Division singer Ian Curtis's death Peter Hook talks in depth about his friend and their friendship in detail
00:33 where did you get the idea to play all the Joy Division songs for the This Is Permanence Macclesfield gig
11:34 thoughts on JD now - did you know how good you were ‘only Ian Curtis knew…’
12:00 what would Ian say about current New Order situation
14:00 does every band have its own set timespan and if Ian had lived would Joy Division have ended
14:50 was Ian Curtis situation coming to a head? ‘he had sent a letter criticising Closer and rest of band to Tony which we never even knew about - he may have been preparing for a big. change in his life? Or maybe an escape from the emotion of playing and needed a rest? But he was the one who would never rest
16:15 ‘I wonder what happened that Saturday that he died to change him? on the Friday we rehearsed and we spoke on Saturday.’ What was he like in last rehearse on the Friday?
17:30 How Peter Hook received news of the death
18:22 You were set to go the America…
25:23 would New Order have been the direction musically that you would have gone in with Ian Curtis?
28:00 Were the tones and textures of the Joy Division songs affected by having Ian Curtis in the room
33.14 Did you all sense something special in eachother
35:00 I have found recordings of ‘in the city’ and ‘digital’ on rehearsal cassettes and that was the moment we made the big change from punk
35:15 Did you sense something different about Ian -
37:50 what was in a like as a person ‘he always encouraged you and stood his ground if we got attacked’
38:00 what was he like at rehearsals? Was it the same intensity of performance
39:00 ‘he had that Tescos plastic bag full of lyrics’
39:00 what was he like as a friend to hang out with go out with
43:17 Steve had goldfish pond in his drive never seen a house that big!
50:00 ‘what I love about Joy Division and early New Order was that it was not verse/chorus - it more post punk. It was just as it flowed like Disorder were Ian only does the chorus right at the end of the song
52:00 what’s it like to play those songs live now? do you have to inhabit them ?

John Robb is an award-winning journalist and boss of Louder Than War. In a 30 year music writing career, John was the first to write about bands such as Stone Roses and Nirvana and has several best selling music books to his name. He constantly tours the world with Goldblade and the Membranes playing gigs or doing spoken word and speaking at music conferences.

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