Substance - New Order

Much more than drugs (823 words)
by mo79 - written on 24/08/00, updated on 12/08/01 (Very useful, 112 readings)
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their indie-punk blueprint and become one of the biggest UK band's of the 80's and pave a way for a niche between indie and dance music. N New Order was the natural progression picking up from where Joy Division may have entered, but still on a different extent. 5yrs after forming New Order, the band issued a retrospective compilation titled 'Substance' (which uncannily is also the title of a Joy Division companion compilation released in '88 - a year after this) plus two new cracking songs, one of which was the Brit-award winning 'True Faith', which saw the band adopt a more polished, lush and futuristic style. The two CD set opens ...

Substance - New Order

the best of New order (185 words)
by - written on 19/08/00, updated on 28/10/00
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80's music enthusiast will enjoy the performance made by Peter Hook with his very distinct bass guitar sound that has an almost gothic feel to it. Bernard Sumner's vocals blends perfectly with the 80's pop-dance-beats. The most recognisable songs on the album are Blue Monday, True Faith, and Bizarre Love Triangle. If you don't remember N New Order definitely put Substance in your system and flashback to those 80's memories. ...

Brotherhood - New Order

a must-have for all New Order fans (416 words)
by Jay Pendragon - written on 15/06/01, updated on 15/06/01 (Very useful, 63 readings)
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most important bands of the 1980s- if not ultimately THE most important. Arising from the ashes of legendary post-punk group Joy Division(after lead singer Ian Curtis' untimely suicide in 1980) New Order forged a sound uniquely their own; taking the lite-dancey structures of the last Joy Division songs(like 'These Days', 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', etc...)they created a musical vision which bore their unmistakable stamp. 1986's 'Brotherhood', follows in the vein of a typical New Order release: exciting, dancy beats, synth bass, Peter Hook's trademark melodic twiddling and the simple yet lovely sing-songy voice of guitarist Bernard ...