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- Pagine: 304
- Data di uscita: 21-05-2014
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Rejoice! We are lucky, lovers of lit. You know what will never happen to us? We will never realize that the creator of the work of art we most adore is a dumb git. You just can't be one and write well. You can be one and paint. You can be one and dance. You can certainly be one and join a band. Even Leggi tutto
“Demystify.” This word never appears in Peter Hook’s memoir of his former band, but it definitely describes the Joy Division bassist’s project. Hook’s raunchy and funny book demystifies Joy Division, presenting them as a postpunk Mötley Crüe, a band that partied hard and reveled in all the filth and Leggi tutto
I saw Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook in the library and got it out on a whim. Well, a whim informed by a teenage love of Joy Division, and having enjoyed another book by Peter Hook , the rip roaring ' The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club ' which I highly recommend - Click here to r Leggi tutto
Run of the mill biography of joy division
Brilliant! I read Hookys previous book about his disastrous experiences managing the Hacienda and was shocked to see this in my local bookshop. Didn't even know it was coming out. Ended up tearing through it in a couple of days. The great thing about Hooky is he has a workmanlike no bullshit approac Leggi tutto
An amazingly insightful book. Hook comes across as a bit a douche, but that's standard-issue for rock stars and he's at least honest about his obnoxiousness. Anyone interested in this era and its music MUST read this book.
Oh dear, oh dear! Total garbage. Love Joy Division and really, really like New Order. But I find it very difficult to like anything about Peter Hook. It was probably a mistake reading this. I thought I needed another perspective on the Joy Division story, to kind of complete the circle. But I was wr Leggi tutto
Okay I'm a massive Joy Division fan and in the days before everyone around the band or in it rushed wrote a memoir, or made a film, I was scrabbling around for any little clue about the band from clippings in the music press or whatever. I bought all the bootleg tapes of live gigs and listened to th Leggi tutto
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