Unknown Pleasures : Inside Joy Division

Author: Hook, Peter

The arts

Published on 14 July 2016 by Simon & Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 368 pages, 16pp colour plates
193 x 124 x 25 | 282g

‘Genuinely funny; indeed,the story will keep you entertainedfor 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 bands 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 . . . its a window like no other into the reality of life in this most aloof of bands’Metro ‘An immense account of Joy Divisions rise . . . having read Hooks book, youll 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 isnt shy’Artrocker