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“I hear there’s an election coming. Don’t vote for that Conservative p****!” In praise of Jane’s Addiction, the band who invented the 90s

Topics covered: Jane's Vs Guns, some of the greatest lyrics ever written, the birth of the "Alternative Nation" and other Gen X angst…

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New Order legend Peter Hook on his Sir Alex Ferguson encounter, life as Ronaldo’s neighbour and Manchester United woes

The former New Order bassist and Manchester United fan has been talking about his love for the club

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Nirvana, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Joy Division among artists with the best-selling vinyl albums of the 21st century released between 1970 and 1999

The biggest selling vinyl albums released in the '70s, '80s, and '90s have been revealed: how many do you own?

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A musical tour of Manchester: from the Hallé to the Happy Mondays

Every genre of music has made its mark on Manchester, including dialect ballads, classical, TV theme tunes and all the strands of post-punk. Welcome to the north-west sound

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“I couldn’t listen to Genesis or Yes and feel like they were writing songs for me. It wasn’t my music! But with punk, I could understand the songs; the words mattered”: John Cooper Clarke on inspiration, addiction and being endorsed by Arctic Monkeys

“There are all sorts of technical gizmos you can get these days, but I still prefer a notebook and pencil,” says the performance poet

MusicRadar

"From ’70s punk to ’80s synth pop to ’90s dance and beyond": How New Order became the ultimate musical trendsetters

Always making the most of modern technology but never following an obvious path, this pioneering band remains hugely influential on both guitar-led and electronic music

MusicRadar

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem to Control – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The pizza-loving amphibians get a zippy, funny reboot featuring a vintage hip-hop soundtrack, while Anton Corbijn’s stark biopic is graced by an absolutely uncanny impersonation of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis

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“Before me it was classic Fender Jazz, but I showed up with a bunch of Yamaha basses. Billy Corgan was totally cool with that… it’s never been, ‘Do what I say or else’”: How Jack Bates splits his loyalties between Smashing Pumpkins and his dad, Peter Hook

Joy Division’s unique bassist wasn’t originally much of an influence to his son, who doesn’t use pedals with the Pumpkins – but needs to use ancient, unreliable ones with The Light

Guitar World

"Rather naively, we thought we'd write a song that could be played by machines and all we'd have to do was press the button": The real reason New Order made Blue Monday, and the gear that powers it

The birth of a landmark track. Plus, learn how to recreate that famous Moog bassline

MusicRadar

‘Good for Chanel and good for Manchester’: Fashion show delights city’s luminaries

Catwalk in the city’s fashionable Northern Quarter celebrated its musical, cultural and sporting prowess

The Guardian - UK

Chanel drafts Peter Saville to design record sleeve for its blockbuster Manchester show

Chanel’s Métiers d’art show invitation came encased in a record sleeve by Peter Saville, heralding a blockbuster show that paid ode to his home city of Manchester’s cultural might

Wallpaper

Goth connections that led to the Cure

From Sylvia Plath to Joy Division, the Cure co-founder examines the roots and impact of the oft-maligned subculture

Salon

OPINION - I lost my baby girl, so I know Lucy Letby’s victims need to see justice done

It’s strange how these things affect you. After my second child Zola died last spring, shortly after being born, my wife and I went through absolute hell. Grief will tear you apart — as Joy Division might have put it.

Evening Standard

Forget Manchester: Leeds was the REAL home of 80s alternative music

Often derided as ‘Goth City’, Leeds defined the independent music scene of the 80s from post-punk to weird-pop and dark electronica. No Leeds, no Trent Reznor

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Peter Hook: ‘I never get sick of hearing World in Motion’

The Joy Division bassist, 67, looks back on breakdowns and addictions, losing Ian Curtis, his precious friends and the early rave scene

Louder

"They're just beautiful, musically." Watch George Michael defend Joy Division against Morrissey and Tony Blackburn in this peak 80s exchange

Turns out The Smiths frontman Morrissey was not a big Joy Division fan, but pop superstar in the making George Michael definitely was

Louder

A beginner's guide to Factory Records in five essential albums

The story of the Manchester indie label that changed the world

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‘They found ways to do the impossible’: Hipgnosis, the designers who changed the record sleeve for ever

Control director Anton Corbijn’s new film tells the chaotic, tragic story of the creative duo behind some of the most recognisable covers of all time

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Manchester Evening News

20 things you could do in 1970s Manchester you can't do anymore

Manchester has become a very different place since the 'decade that fashion forgot'

Louder

“We don't want people to know what we think”: Why Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures may be the most important record to emerge from the UK punk scene

Released on June 15, 1979, Joy Division's bleak, beautiful masterpiece has lost none of its power or stark dread

The Guardian - UK

Must we hate Noel Gallagher’s version of Love Will Tear Us Apart? I’m loving it

Noel’s own brother has apologised for a ‘blasphemous’ reinterpretation of the Joy Division classic. Sorry, Liam, you’re wrong, writes Rich Pelley

MusicRadar

"The way that we're doing it now feels kind of fresh to me, it feels like it's a High Flying Birds song, almost" – Noel Gallagher defends his Joy Division cover and issues a challenge to brother Liam

"He should concentrate on what's left of his f*****g hairdo and not worry about what I'm getting up to"

Louder

Noel Gallagher has a new message for Liam: "He should concentrate on what's left of his f***ing hairdo"

Liam Gallagher has responded to brother Liam's unfavourable review of his badly-received cover of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart

Louder

Five new bands you need to hear if you love Joy Division

Joy Division have become one of the most influential alternative bands of the last 40 years, and these five new bands are bringing that sound bang up to date

MusicRadar

Watch Noel Gallagher use a Fender Strat for High Flying Birds’ “blasphemous” cover of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart

Seeing Noel play live with a Strat is a rarity but not everyone enjoyed the cover. Liam Gallagher said his brother's performance was “blasphemous” and apologised on Twitter

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