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Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division de Peter Hook

Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division

Autor Peter Hook
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2016

Zgomotul strident al unei repetiții într-o mansardă rece din Manchester, unde mirosul de bere ieftină se împletește cu fumul de țigară, devine fundalul sonor al unei revoluții muzicale pe care nimeni nu o anticipa. În Unknown Pleasures, observăm cum patru tineri obișnuiți au reușit să distileze anxietatea unei epoci industriale în acorduri de bas care rezonează și astăzi. Peter Hook nu scrie aici ca un critic muzical detașat, ci ca un martor direct al haosului, prieteniilor și tensiunilor care au definit scurta, dar fulminanta existență a trupei Joy Division.

Simțim ritmul sacadat al procesului creativ, de la primele încercări punk până la șlefuirea sunetului atmosferic care a influențat generații întregi de artiști, de la Radiohead la U2. Stilul narativ al lui Hook este direct, presărat cu un umor brut și o onestitate care demitizează aura de „grup inaccesibil”. Cine a apreciat portretul intim și tragic din Touching From a Distance de Deborah Curtis va găsi aici aceeași profunzime biografică, însă aplicată unui context mult mai dinamic, cel al vieții de turneu și al studioului de înregistrări. Dacă lucrarea lui Chris Ott, Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures, se concentrează pe analiza tehnică a albumului, Hook aduce „carnea și sângele” necesare unei istorii complete.

Această lucrare se poziționează ca o piesă centrală în bibliografia autorului, făcând legătura între începuturile rebele descrise în The Hacienda și maturitatea artistică explorată ulterior în Substance: Inside New Order. Este o cronică despre cum s-a născut o legendă din greșeli, noroc și un talent visceral, oferind o perspectivă rară asupra adevăratului Ian Curtis, dincolo de mitul creat după moartea sa.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781471148330
ISBN-10: 1471148335
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 16pp colour plates
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:Reissue
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte oricărui pasionat de istoria muzicii rock care dorește să înțeleagă geneza post-punk-ului fără filtre idealizate. Cititorul câștigă acces în culisele uneia dintre cele mai influente trupe ale secolului XX, relatate de omul care a creat liniile de bas iconice din „Love Will Tear Us Apart”. Este o lectură esențială pentru a înțelege cum mediul social poate modela o întreagă estetică sonoră.

Despre autor

Peter Hook, cofondator al trupelor Joy Division și New Order, este unul dintre cei mai influenți basiști din istoria muzicii pop și rock. Semnătura sa sonoră, caracterizată prin linii de bas melodice și înalte, a definit hituri precum „Blue Monday” și a pus bazele genului alternative. Pe lângă cariera muzicală de peste trei decenii, Hook s-a remarcat ca un cronicar talentat al scenei muzicale din Manchester, publicând volume de memorii care au devenit bestselleruri internaționale. În prezent, continuă să ducă moștenirea Joy Division mai departe prin proiectul său, Peter Hook and The Light, și prin activitatea sa ca DJ.

Descriere scurtă

'Genuinely funny; indeed, the story will keep you entertained for a very long time' Sunday Times
 
Joy Division changed the face of music.

Godfathers of the enduring alternative scene, they reinvented rock in the post-punk era, creating a sound – dark, hypnotic, intense – that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M., Radiohead and many others. This is the rollercoaster story of Joy Division – the friendships, fights, fall-outs; the rehearsals and recording sessions; the larger than life characters – told by the band’s legendary bassist, Peter Hook.
 
'Hook has restored a flesh-and-blood rawness to what was becoming a standard tale. Few pop music books manage that' Guardian
 
'An honest, enthusiastic account . . . it’s a window like no other into the reality of life in this most aloof of bands' Metro
 
'An immense account of Joy Division’s rise . . . having read Hook’s book, you’ll feel like you were the fifth member of the band' GQ
 
'A bittersweet, profanity-filled recollection . . . if you like Joy Division, you really have to read it' Q Magazine
 
'Hook lifts the lid on the real Ian Curtis' NME
 
'He's frank, incredibly funny, and it isn’t shy' Artrocker

Notă biografică

Peter Hook was born in 1956 in Salford. He was a founding member of Joy Division and New Order and DJs internationally as well as touring Joy Division's music with his new band The Light. He lives in Cheshire.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in the post-punk era, creating a new sound—dark, hypnotic, and intense—that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M., Radiohead, and numerous others. The story is now legendary: in 1980, on the heels of their groundbreaking debut album and on the eve of their first U.S. tour, the band was rent asunder by the tragic death of their enigmatic lead singer, Ian Curtis. Yet in the mere three years they were together, they produced two landmark albums and a handful of singles—including the iconic anthem "Love Will Tear Us Apart"—that continue to have a powerful resonance.
Now, for the first time, their story is told by one of their own. In Unknown Pleasures, founding member and bass player Peter Hook recounts how four young men from Manchester and Salford rose from the punk scene to create a haunting, atmospheric music that would define a generation. Peter talks with eye-opening candor about the suicide of Ian Curtis; the band's friendships and fallouts; and the larger-than-life characters who formed the Joy Division legend.
Told with surprising humor and vivid detail, Unknown Pleasures is the book Joy Division fans have awaited for decades.

Recenzii

An NPR Best Book of 2013 — NPR
A SPIN Best Music Book of 2013 — Spin
The most colorful and intimate account of Joy Division ever written . . . Hook evokes the spirit of the age with a bluff authenticity that no outsider could hope to emulate…explaining the creation of his band’s remarkable music with all the passion and insight it deserves. — Keith Cameron, MOJO
“A bittersweet, profanity-filled recollection of their brief existence . . . recalled with Hook’s winning Manc gallows humor . . . If you like Joy Division you really have to read it.” — Ian Harrison, Q Magazine
“An immense account of Joy Division’s rise, cataloguing the group’s struggle for recognition, their rapidly gained superiority on the Manchester scene and the epic numbness following Ian Curtis’ shock suicide. Having read Hook’s book, you’ll feel like you were he fifth member of the band.” — GQ (UK)
“It’s a window like no other into the reality of life in this most aloof of bands.” — Metro London
“Vivid, funny, and unexpectedly touching, Peter Hook’s memoir strips away the shroud of myth surrounding Joy Division to offer a refreshingly gritty perspective on the story of four ordinary young men who together made extraordinary music.” — Simon Reynolds, author of Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-84
“Unflinchingly honest . . . Hook peels away the romantic sheen colored by its dark history and gives unfettered insight into the band’s origins and inspirations . . . this is required reading for anyone who ever felt moved by Joy Division’s cold, dark music.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A tiny gem written by a monster musician. It’s the best document yet to be produced on Joy Division. There’s nothing like hearing the story straight from Hooky’s foul mouth.” — Rock Cellar Magazine
“Honest, punchy, and rough-hewn . . . a portal into a vivid moment in rock history . . . the life and times of a working band . . . and, in the middle of it all, the transformative power of music.” — Los Angeles Times
. The passages where Hook details the recording of the Unknown Pleasures album are fantastic and insightful . . . . the book itself is gorgeous. . . — A.V. Club, The Onion
“A surprisingly funny-and gleefully profane-portrait.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Rich in detail.” — LA Weekly
“A comprehensive, illuminating portrait of the band that often takes the piss out of its doom-ridden legacy.” — Cincinnati City Beat
“Intimate.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“Like talking to a bawdy uncle after his fourth beer. Apparently being in the saddest post-punk art-goth band in history can occasionally be pretty fucking funny.” — MTV Hive
With Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division fans can finally hear the band’s story from someone who was there from the very beginning-iconic bassist Peter Hook.” — SF Weekly
You don’t have to be a hardcore fan of Joy Division or New Order to appreciate Hook’s wry evocation of Britain’s 1970s punk scene and his street-level remembrance of the tragedy and ecstasy . . . that went into building the foundation for the next few decades’ alternative rock scene. — Neda Ulaby, NPR Best Books of the Year