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Our cover story finds Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris recalling the early days of New Order. The four principals take us from messy beginnings in insalubrious Manchester rehearsal rooms to the brink of international stardom via New York nightclubs, wintry European cities and a 1932 exhibition poster by the Italian Futurist artist Fortunato Depero. Along the way, we meet the mysterious Witchdoctors Of Zimbabwe, a Hell’s Angel with a taste for LSD and learn about a particularly wild run-in with Britt Ekland’s brother. There are revelations, humour and – nearly 40 years on – great wisdom from New Order’s original members.
“It’s always been about the future,” Sumner says. “Right from the early days of Joy Division, I always had a nagging thought in the back of my head: wouldn’t it be fabulous if you could move music forward?”