{"product_id":"substance-inside-new-order-by-peter-hook-9781471132421","title":"Substance: Inside New Order","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘This book will delight both New Order-ites and general rock readers’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMojo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ROLLICKING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED ACCOUNT OF NEW ORDER'S ENTIRE HISTORY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo acclaimed albums and an upcoming US tour – \u003cb\u003eJoy Division\u003c\/b\u003e had the world at their feet. Then, on the eve of that tour, the band’s troubled lead singer, Ian Curtis, killed himself. The next time they got together, they were a new band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat band was \u003cb\u003eNew Order\u003c\/b\u003e – their label was Factory Records, their club The Haçienda. Their distinctive sound paved the way for the dance music explosion that followed, earning them the reputation as one of the most influential bands of their generation, and \u003cb\u003echanging the course of popular music\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing on from his bestselling titles \u003ci\u003eThe Haçienda \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUnknown Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePeter Hook\u003c\/b\u003e has written a rollicking, no-holds-barred account of the band's entire history. \u003ci\u003eSubstance\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with never-before-seen detail, discographies and technical information. This is possibly \u003cb\u003ethe most entertaining memoir\u003c\/b\u003e ever written by a British musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘There are stories here that make Ozzy Osbourne look like Mother Teresa’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A rollicking read’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eRecord Collector\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Rock writing rarely tells us properly what a band treading water or in slow decline feels like from the inside. \u003cb\u003eHook does so memorably’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘As mammoth and downright idiotic as the band deserves\u003c\/b\u003e … something hilariously daft happens on nearly all of \u003ci\u003eSubstance\u003c\/i\u003e’s 750 pages’ \u003ci\u003eClassic Pop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598670053612,"sku":"9781471132421","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/41d638d52d25f008358f3b8abe943032.jpg?v=1778043523","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/substance-inside-new-order-by-peter-hook-9781471132421","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}