How long have you been a fan of New Order?

1983 with Blue Monday but I'd heard Temptation the year before.

Since I got agift certificate for Christmas and bought the Singles collection because the art work was cool..

Then I bought Movement (big mistake),Substance (WIN), PCL ( )and Low life (Goodgood!) and the rest sort of fell into place

March 1980 JOY DIVISION. PLATO'S BALLROOM FIRST TIME HEARD ANY NEW ORDER MATERIAL 1981 FEB, YOU CAN READ MY REVIEW,

1985, brother brought home pirate versions of Lowlife and pc&l. I was only 12 and been obsessed since. They were the 1st band along with Jesus and mary chain i got really into. And although I love and still love the Mary Chain New order changed my life and broadended my musical tastes, started my love of dance music, especially detroit techno.

87 when I stole my sister's NO Substance tape... I think it was the frogs on it that did me in (I was 12)

Bought JD Substance, but didn't likeit so it sat for years. Permanent came out and jump started my interest in them.... JD's Substance really isn't a good starting point I learn later on:\ohwell:

since they formed

banshee wrote: since they formed

So you were cheering on Hooky's and Barney's conception

1987. i was about 12 years old when i first saw the video for 'true faith' (surprise, surprise), and i was fascinated. i bought substance and realized i knew some of the other songs on it, as well.

Hell, I was born with BM reverbrating in my veins. Almost 25 years for this one!

I don't know if fan would be the right word. I do know New Order and or factions thereof opened and closed the decade with its 2 finest songs (more or less) - Love Will Tear Us Apart and Getting Away With It. Days, weeks, months were awash in drugs, debauchery, taking the piss out of everyone, getting lucky more than twice, and taking the decade in the this aftermath of underachieving to level their entry into mid life crisis.

As the lady said, "they couldn't care more, they couldn't care less". I concur. PC&L and Technique will always be my fondest music to memories of good times.

Joy Division onwards for me :)

It was 1987 and True Faith...

Since I first heard their 1st John PEEL session in early '79. I was stunned by the performance ! Been ever since. Really got them when 'Unknown Pleasures' came out, 'cos here,pre-June '79,it was near impossible to get their 3 only releases at the time ('An Ideal for Living' 7"+E.P. and FAC2-'Sampler'). Greetings to all. Didier

I believe I became a true fan in 1983, so it has been 25 years for me. I was 18 years old. They became my favorite group after hearing The Perfect Kiss and seeing the video. For some reason I was just mesmerized by that video back then! That has remained my favorite song since then. I think it will always be. :)

Unknown Pleasures, 8.1979.

It was 1994 for me, with the death of grunge here in the States, New Order's "Best Of" shone a light through the dark tunnel of the music scene for me then, not unlike their own journey out of their own darkness. The music just felt right for me at the time. This is for years having heard New Order's music without knowing who they actually were too. Finally finding their place in the history of music with that album, combined with the fact that they were Joy Division (who coincidentally I started discovering around the same time) opened up a whole new world for me and I've been a fan every since.