Publisher's Synopsis
1980. Resurrected from the ashes of Joy Division after the suicide of its lead singer, Ian Curtis, New Order would become one most critically acclaimed bands of the decade. Peter Hook and company quickly rose to the top of the alternative music scene, their sound would influence acts that followed in their wake. Hook focuses on the 1980s New Wave and Dance Punk scene to tells the unvarnished story of New Order's founding, evolution, rapid rise to international fame, and its eventual rancorous. dissolution.
