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06-15 Blur/New Order Mates Form Band
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Post Punk, Electronica |
After the death of frontman Ian Curtis, the remaining members of Joy Division decided to lay the band to rest. Rather than try to fill the unfillable gap left by Curtis' suicide, the band instead started anew with the appropriately named New Order. With guitarist Bernard Sumner assuming vocal duties, the group incorporated synths to their sound and upheld the dark, gloomy atmosphere they had adopted as Joy Division. Though on their first few albums Sumner seemed only a shell of Curtis, he eventually became more confident as a frontman and as an individual, and the music blossomed accordingly. ...read more
After the death of frontman Ian Curtis, the remaining members of Joy Division decided to lay the band to rest. Rather than try to fill the unfillable gap left by Curtis' suicide, the band instead started anew with the appropriately named New Order. With guitarist Bernard Sumner assuming vocal duties, the group incorporated synths to their sound and upheld the dark, gloomy atmosphere they had adopted as Joy Division. Though on their first few albums Sumner seemed only a shell of Curtis, he eventually became more confident as a frontman and as an individual, and the music blossomed accordingly. They also shifted away from strict post-punk and experimented with the dance, club and rave music that was becoming popular in the 80s. IN fact, New Order helped popularise it and bring it into the mainstream.
Power, Corruption and Lies, Brotherhood and Low-Life are among the best albums of the 80s, a decade in which New Order was one of the paramount groups. To this day, they are recognised as one of the highlight groups of the decade, and continue to influence countless groups to this day. Even to non-fans, 'Blue Monday' is one of the most recognisable songs put to record.
Though the group continues to record and all of their albums are cherised by hardcore fans, for average listeners and critics their post-80s releases are far from spectacular. The most recent release, 2005's Waiting for the Siren's Call was not overly successful either commercially or critically, though it was not ravaged either. « hide |
Similar Bands: Joy Division, Primal Scream, The Stone Roses, The Cure, Kasabian
Contributors: samthebassman, morrissey, Two-Headed Boy,
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