In the second part of our interview with Peter Hook, we get up to speed and talk FAC 251, new music, Japan’s Hacienda Festival and Hooky’s top 3 Hacienda tracks! MIKE BURNS / Looking to the future, do you plan to perform more New Order album gigs with The Light? PETER HOOK / Yes definitely, we’re just planning
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Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures album has one of the most iconic covers of all time. In this video, former Factory Records graphic designer Peter Saville talks about the origins of the cover image, in anticipation of the Visualized Conference soon to be held in New York on November 8 – 9, 2012. The line drawing is
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Opening in 1982, the Hacienda was the brain child of Factory Records, New Order and the record label’s Tony Wilson. It saw legendary performances from New Order, Joy Division and The Smiths who all played a key role in the emerging music venue scene. Eventually closing its doors in 1997, the venue was demolished in
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Posted September 18, 2009