by Peter Hook
piles suffered by, ref1
resigns/unresigns, ref1
Twinny (Paul) (friend), ref1, ref2
Twisted Wheel, ref1
Ultravox, ref1
Undertones, ref1, ref2, ref3
United Artists, ref1
Unknown Pleasures, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18
recording of, ref1, ref2
release of, ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Untitled’, ref1
Ure, Midge, ref1
U2, ref1, ref2
Velvet Underground, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Vicious, Sid, ref1
Virgin Records, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Visage, ref1
V2, ref1, ref2, ref3
Waiting for the Siren’s Call, ref1
‘Walked in Line’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Walker, Geordie, ref1
Wall, Mick, ref1
Walthamstow Youth Club, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Ward, Dave, ref1
Warner, ref1
Warsaw (formerly Stiff Kittens, later Joy Division, then New Order, q.v.), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
‘A Talent Contest’ entered by, ref1
band members take turns to manage, ref1
billed as Stiff Kittens, ref1
bootlegged tape of, ref1
final Electric Circus performance of, ref1
first recording session of, ref1
first-ever gig of, ref1, ref2
first-ever review of, ref1
formed, ref1
last gig of, ref1
manager and roadie of (Terry), ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Mary Whitehouse-odometer’ rating of, ref1
Middlesbrough gig of, ref1
Nazi associations dog, ref1
only live recording of, ref1
Ranch bars, ref1
reviews of, ref1
Steve B joins, ref1
Steve B leaves, ref1
Steve M joins, ref1, ref2
tensions within, ref1
Virgin Records sign, ref1
Warsaw Pakt hampers, ref1
‘Warszawa’ inspiration for, ref1
‘Warsaw’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Warsaw ‘Live in Middlesboro’, ref1
Warsaw Pakt, ref1, ref2
Waters, John, ref1
Weller, Paul, ref1
Westwood, Vivienne, ref1
White, Barry, ref1
Whitehead, Malcolm, ref1, ref2, ref3
Whitehouse, Mary, ref1
Who, ref1
Wiggin, Paul, ref1
‘Wilderness’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21
Williams, Robbie, ref1
Wilson, Mr (work colleague), ref1, ref2, ref3
Wilson, Tony, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27
birth of, ref1
Corrie siren started by, ref1
drugs and, ref1
Joy Division relationship begins, ref1
‘Mister Granada’ sobriquet of, ref1
Wilson, Tony (producer), ref1
Windscale Festival, ref1
Wise, Alan, ref1
Witts, Dick, ref1
Wolff, Bernard Pierre, ref1
Wood, Greg, ref1, ref2, ref3
Wood, Ian, ref1
Woodhead, John (‘Jack’) (Peter’s dad), ref1
Woodruff, Deborah (‘Debbie’), see Curtis, Debbie
Worst, ref1, ref2, ref3
Wreckless Eric, ref1
Wroey (trial singer), ref1, ref2
Wythenshawe College, Manchester, ref1
X Factor, The, ref1
XL5, ref1
X-O-Dus, ref1, ref2
X-Ray Spex, ref1, ref2
Yachts, ref1
Year of the Child, ref1
YMCA, Tottenham Court Road, ref1, ref2
‘You’re No Good for Me’, ref1, ref2
Zero, Martin, ref1, ref2; see also Hannett, Martin
Zyklon B, ref1
List of Illustrations
1. One of my favourites of the four of us. The European Tour I think.
2. Awh bless! My first picture aged three in Salford.
3. Postcard to my Gran from my mum in 1961.
4. The good ship A scania, a disco now?
5. In the garden in Phoenix Avenue with our next door neighbour. I used to look after his chickens and was paid in boiled potatoes with butter.
6. Me, Chris and Bill in Jamaica, 1962.
7. School photo. One for the dartboard? I can see Crazy Mike Thomas (soon to be a fireman), Daley (my desk mate), Nidder (mad as ever), Barney and then me!
8. The lads get ready to go to Butlins. Danny McQueeney is taking the photo. Left to right: his girlfriend, Greg Wood, Gordon Benbow, Pete Houghton (he came to see us off) Deano and me. Outside Chorlton Street Bus Station; amazingly still there!
9. Boys will be boys. Recognise anyone?
10. Deano takes the pic this time. Left to right: Me, Danny Mcqueeney, Greg Wood and Benny in the chalet at Butlins. Happy despite it all.
11. My brother Paul and my beloved scooter – I pushed it for miles! Salford 1973.
12. In my bedroom in Rothwell Street, just ready for Pips. With Grandad Hook’s old double breasted jacket on. Called ‘vintage’ now!
13. Courtesy of Kelvin Briggs. His invite to Ian’s wedding.
14. The happy couple. So young – scary!
15. Kelvin, the best man, and Ian lark about. Great zoot suits!
16. The Sex Pistols at The Lesser Free Trade Hall . . . Thanks lads!
17. My Sex Pistols ticket.
18. Bury Town Hall. Twinny gets a kicking.
19. Twinny after kicking . . . with my best shirt on!
20. Around the time of our first gigs. They come back to haunt you, eh?
21. Bowdon Vale Youth Club. We were definitely finding our way now.
22. My first passport, so we could play in Belgium.
23. Me and the van on holiday on route to Benidorm. Hardly dressed for it!
24. Bloomin’ heck! This is what a couple of years in a band does to you. Love the old glam rock top.
25. The morning after the night before . . . what a mess!
26. Old Sounds interview. Our first I think?
27. European Tour again, just messing around.
28. This would have been our digs for the night. Left to right: Steve, Ian, Rob, me, Mark Reeder (an old friend) and Harry De Mac, our English sound guy, hiding in the corner.
29. The Mighty Sarg. YOU AIN’T COMIN’ IN DICKHEAD! PISS OFF!
30. Walthamstow’s Dave Pils, gets his gold watch off New Order. A great roadie!
31. Me and Terry Mason in Tractor Music in Rochdale’s re-opening.
32. Proof we used to get on! Y.M.C.A. London I think. Very smart! Steve has gone for fags!
33. No wonder the Head chased us out! He’s behind you!
34. In TJ Davidsons. Mean and moody. Great pic Kevin.
1. One of my favourites of the four of us. The European Tour I think.
2. Awh bless! My first picture aged three in Salford.
3. Postcard to my Gran from my mum in 1961.
4. The good ship A scania, a disco now?
5. In the garden in Phoenix Avenue with our next door neighbour. I used to look after his chickens and was paid in boiled potatoes with butter.
6. Me, Chris and Bill in Jamaica, 1962.
7. School photo. One for the dartboard? I can see Crazy Mike Thomas (soon to be a fireman), Daley (my desk mate), Nidder (mad as ever), Barney and then me!
8. The lads get ready to go to Butlins. Danny McQueeney
is taking the photo. Left to right: his girlfriend, Greg Wood, Gordon Benbow, Pete Houghton (he came to see us off) Deano and me. Outside Chorlton Street Bus Station; amazingly still there!
9. Boys will be boys. Recognise anyone?
10. Deano takes the pic this time. Left to right: Me, Danny Mcqueeney, Greg Wood and Benny in the chalet at Butlins. Happy despite it all.
11. My brother Paul and my beloved scooter – I pushed it for miles! Salford 1973.
12. In my bedroom in Rothwell Street, just ready for Pips. With Grandad Hook’s old double breasted jacket on. Called ‘vintage’ now!
13. Courtesy of Kelvin Briggs. His invite to Ian’s wedding.
14. The happy couple. So young – scary!
15. Kelvin, the best man, and Ian lark about. Great zoot suits!
16. The Sex Pistols at The Lesser Free Trade Hall . . . Thanks lads!
17. My Sex Pistols ticket.
18. Bury Town Hall. Twinny gets a kicking.
19. Twinny after kicking . . . with my best shirt on!
20. Around the time of our first gigs. They come back to haunt you, eh?
21. Bowdon Vale Youth Club. We were definitely finding our way now.
22. My first passport, so we could play in Belgium.
23. Me and the van on holiday on route to Benidorm. Hardly dressed for it!
24. Bloomin’ heck! This is what a couple of years in a band does to you. Love the old glam rock top.
25. The morning after the night before . . . what a mess!
26. Old Sounds interview. Our first I think?
27. European Tour again, just messing around.
28. This would have been our digs for the night. Left to right: Steve, Ian, Rob, me, Mark Reeder (an old friend) and Harry De Mac, our English sound guy, hiding in the corner.
29. The Mighty Sarg. YOU AIN’T COMIN’ IN DICKHEAD! PISS OFF!
30. Walthamstow’s Dave Pils, gets his gold watch off New Order. A great roadie!
31. Me and Terry Mason in Tractor Music in Rochdale’s re-opening.
32. Proof we used to get on! Y.M.C.A. London I think. Very smart! Steve has gone for fags!
33. No wonder the Head chased us out! He’s behind you!
34. In TJ Davidsons. Mean and moody. Great pic Kevin.
Table of Contents
Half-title page
Also by Peter Hook
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
Epigraph page
Introduction
Prologue: January 1978
Part One: ‘Insight’
‘For seventeen days that’s all we had: chicken and chips’
‘You can take the boy out of Salford but you can’t take Salford out of the boy’
‘Barney would always eat on his own or in the bath’
‘Oh, fuck, it’s Steve Harley’
Timeline One: May 1948–April 1976
Part Two: ‘Disorder’
‘Normal band, normal night, few people watching, clap-clap, very good’
‘Is that a bass guitar?’
‘He was just a kid with “Hate” on his coat’
‘He was one of us’
‘I can’t actually think of anything less “us” than a wet-towel fight’
‘The twats were flicking the Vs up’
‘Apart from the odd pint pot in the gob it was a good gig’
‘Even the shit ones were pretty good’
‘I told him exactly where he could stick his vibrators’
Timeline Two: June 1976–December 1977
Part Three: ‘Transmission’
‘It was like The X Factor for punks’
‘We need to get rid of this Nazi artwork’
‘The biggest rain of spit I’ve ever seen in my life’
Timeline Three: January 1978–December 1978
Part Four: ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
‘Peter’s fell off his chair again’
‘Fuck. Martin’s got a boot full of stolen car radios’
‘It sounds like a fucking helicopter’
‘He was looking for that spark’
‘Not that I’d change anything’
‘Stop fucking moaning, Hooky’
‘I just went for a piss’
‘You shouldn’t trust a word I say’
‘Bring it on’
‘Turned out to be horse meat’
‘He’s possessed by the devil, that twat’
Unknown Pleasures Track by Track
Timeline Four: January–December 1979
Part Five: ‘Ceremony’
‘A right mother hen’
‘We carried on’
‘He thought we were pricks – and how right he was’
‘His mum got the blood out by washing it in a bath of salt water’
‘We were so excited about going to America’
‘I never said goodbye’
Epilogue
Closer Track by Track
Timeline Five: January1980–October 1981
Acknowledgements
Index
List of Illustrations
