What was Joy Division's potential?

Mad Cyril wrote: Steve is as near as you will ever get to a human drum machine. You can count on the fingers of one foot the number of missed beats over the years, and without his contribution there would have been no electronic stuff, from the drum sounds in She's Lost Control, Insight and others through to the likes of Blue Monday. How you can argue that the band's talent lies purely with Bernard and Hooky is beyond me, Steve's the only natural musician amongst them! Bernard's an artist, a creator, and Hooky has worked incredibly hard to become a bass master.

I agree. Ive never seen him make any balls ups. Maybe he could have some vocals too, as he's such a pro.

maybe steve is actualy a MACHINE

old lead foot wrote: maybe steve is actualy a MACHINE

He may well be, these days! As much as I like electronic kits, I am a tad wary of what they can be used for ;)

I think they reached it with LWTUA. With the 'new romantic' sound just coming in they would've seemed out of place and probably been finished by '82/'83.

I dont buy into the theory they still would've hit upon BM and all that. They were a black & white northern band, and surely the only reason they went electro and colourful was cos they chose to take the other direction after IC's passing.