NewOrderOnline 2002 End of Year ROLL CALL

Name: Major Tarantino Real Name: Steve Turner Age: 22 Occupation: student

I'm reading the retro booklet, so sod off and leave me alone for 10 minutes...

Frank, 30 i am from queens, N.Y. in the U S of A i am divorced 2 kids, boy and girl i work a boring day job and try to sneak on here as much as possible at night i am a bass player been a new order fan since 88, when i d heard blue monday. i am also in love with the sport of hockey yes i am a bit strange

Steve, from Essex in South East England. 36 years old, married 12 years, three sons.

Seen New Order 25 times (first at RFH on 14 May 1984, a three days early birthday present). First interest was Temptation, but certainly remember LWTUA when it came out.

A fan of QPR FC, which is a bit of a labour of love at the moment.

Hi, well, I'm Matt, but you probably worked that out already.

I'm originally from Manchester, and thats how I got into the whole Manchester music scene, of which New Order really led the way, and its thanks to them really that Manchester has a music scene at all. I prefer their live stuff compaired to the album tracks, so I do amit to having the "odd one" bootleg here and there in my collection.

I work in I.T. and have done for several years, its great work in Manchester, there's definately an "Atmosphere" of music culture in the City.

Oh, and I'm 26 and single, Tall, slim, athletic, dark hair, blue eyes, fit, for all the female NOOL's reading this. Want to make me a happy man for Xmas? I want to go to Paris over Xmas, any nice young lady want to join me? M.

hi. I'm Mark McKellar-Harding, originally from the UK, I pulled the plug on England in September 2001 (well-timed to allow for a trip to the Olympia comeback gig July last year – lovely souvenir plectrums too!).

Spent time travelling round Europe late last year - Monza GP 2001 and NewOrder Paris & Berlin (souvenir setlist for the missus). Koln messed up alas.

Now settled in the Netherlands with my Australian wife. No kids.

Been a fan since hearing Temptation in 1982. Bought the back catalogue (both!). Seen them on and off since 85. Still collecting & still gigging.

My name is Stephen Bradley, I'm 18 and I'm a student from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Only joined here a few weeks ago but I've been coming here for quite a while to check the news.

First got into Joy Division about a year and a half ago and New Order just over a year ago. Loving them both and loving this site, well done to all the crew that's involved.

Hi, I am Humberto (33) and I am the token Spanish member of NOOL. I have always loved NEW ORDER but never thought I would see them live. Then Reading 98 came along and for two whole hours I was the happiest person on Earth. Things I love other than New Order are: girls, my country, politics, my girlfriend Cristina, white chocolate, beer, tequila, good books, London, crispy winter days, foie, old masters' paintings and staying in with friends having a quiet beer on Fridays.

The first words I ever looked up on the Internet were New Order and I found Antoine Barbet's place (Merci beaucup Antoine ) I guess that makes me a very old hand here because that must have been 1995-1996. Then I visited Temptation just in time for the changeover to NOOL. I lurked in there for quite a while and then I decided to post something. I met several NOOLiners at the Olympia and then some more at the Move Festival and did I have a good time with them! To all those of you that have not yet enjoyed the full NO experience DO NOT MISS THE NEXT TOUR, whatever the price, after all 2nd mortgages are not that expensive.

Name: DoN (aka Donnie Brasco!)

Real Name: Donovan

Age: 28

Job: Work for MSN

Favourite pastime: Getting away with it ;)

hola.

my name is christy wood, but my close friends from university really do, in fact, call me agent wood (long story). i'm currently messing around as a substitute teacher (high school history and english), but i've spent most of my 28 years as a student (last degree--masters' in international security studies). i currently live in orlando, florida (grew up in colorado), but i lived in the UK for six years, up until this past april. i hope to return for good sometime in the next year or two, probably as a history teacher.

i've been a new order fan since 1987, i've been a member of this black hole since september (although i was poking around it for a year or so before i actually joined) and i've seen NO live twice so far. i luurrrvve music, history, travel and cats. oh, and i'm single. :D

peace.

Drew Crumbaugh here, posting from (and living in) west-suburban Chicago (DuPage County). 30 years old. Discovered New Order in 1987 when I borrowed a friend's Substance tape because I wanted to see what "that new tape" was (he had cool music taste and I was into finding new stuff to listen to). Discovered Joy Division in 1988 completely separately from New Order because of another friend with cool music tastes - I bought JD's Substance on a whim because my friend was simply talking about it one day. Discovered that they were one and the same band (well, one with Ian Curtis and one with Gillian Gilbert) after comparing sleeve notes from JD's 1979 Peel Session release, and a picture of New Order with the band members' names, and noting many similar last names/instruments played etc. Decided after seeing New Order in '93 that I didn't ever need to see another concert again, although I probably dropped that vow a month later when the next show I wanted to see came around.

This email today made my day:

We have shipped to you as follows:

Number of items this shipment: 1 Cost of items in this shipment: 52.99 Shipping Charge:: .99 Charged to your credit card: 53.98

Summary of items in this shipment or remaining on order.

Order Number: 139408xxx

New Order, Retro LIMITED, 5CD Price: 52.99 Quantity ordered: 1 Number included in this shipment: 1 Charged on this shipment: 52.99

I'm also the one who put up the Western Works Demos for download...

Hi, I'm Darren, from Fleetwood in the UK. I'm a new member of this little community and only an occasional poster but a fan of NO since I same Bernard singing badly on TOTP in 1983.

I'm a United supporter (home matches only though), fave albums are "Brotherhood" (ooh those nice Factory white cassette boxes!) & "Technique" and first saw New Order in 1993 at Reading when I thought I'd never ever see them again.

Best gig was Manchester Apollo 1998.... the comeback.

Fave New Order related moment was seeing Tim Burgess sing "Lonesome Tonight" with Monaco at Manchester University in 1997.

Big regret is not seeing Electronic in 1991.

lol im mike and im from chorley too? small world eh married /kid/mortgage/own company ect. ive been into jd/no since transmission came out to this day. first saw no at tatten comunity centre in chorley and about 6 times since,hacienda 83 (pre pcal)was awsome gig and would love a copy of it but never found one. to me the thing that draws me back to no time n time again is the fact that u just might hear something very special,very very special. you cant say that about many bands in my opinion.

hey

my name is Sarah and I am from Ireland originally and New Zealand currently. Have been a fan of New Order for as long as I can remember, seen them live once - earlier this year - which was about the best thing I ever saw...

Discovered this site a little while ago and was so impressed I had to join...its so great to see people who love the band so much...

Stephen Schlautmann Grand Rapids, MI

Been a NO fan since 1983 - they have been my favorite band ever since I had a favorite band. I love most of the late 70's early 80's post punk music. I am 33 years old and I am a Systems Administrator for a top 3 furnature manufacturing company. My first NO item was a tape that a record DJ made for me with songs like Ceremony, In A Lonely Place and the like - I was hooked. I used to listen to that tape on my walkman over and over again.

Here's Johnny!

I've been a fan of New Order since 1963 as a result of a flaw in the space/time continueum which allowed me the pleasure of hearing a future radio broadcast featuring their hit single Blue Monday 2025, the biggest selling record of all time. They may have produced the odd belter up till now folks but just wait till you hear Blue Monday 2025!

Anyway, i'm single, I shot my wife for buying cheap savoury snacks some years back. The bitch deserved it! I've been visiting this site for a while now, though every time I do I seem to be struck down by an irritating fanny rash which leads to an extended absence. I've the strangest feeling another one is looming large right now!

My favourite New Order track up till now has been Leaving On a Jet Plane, or something of a similar ilk, famously made famous by John Denver back in about '68. He had one of those flawed radio thingies too and blatantly robbed the tune from whatever New Order track it was in. He got his though when I loosened a few bolts on his private aircraft one day. The rest is history!

i am Ed and I live in Pittsburgh. I got into new order when they were Joy Division with a little song called love will tear us apart. i have every thing they have ever done. I also own a large Factory Collection and I have great interest in the band "The Wake" I once noticed a cool album cover that was black with these white wavy lines on it and it said Fact10. That is the first time I saw any of there stuff. I am amazed also how old they are getting, but arent we all.

Merry Christmas from Pittsburgh, home of the Steelers.

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Hello everyone. My name is Alexandre Travassos, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I´m a 26 years-old lawyer, doing some free-lancers jobs as a journalist too.

I first got into New Order for real with the release of Substance, and then I started researching on them, got into contact with JD´s songs also and now I'm fucking addicted to them.

I started posting some time ago in the Portuguese forum, but as our moderator Ricardo said, things are too calm there... so now I'm visiting the English forum more often.

This is a very special place for those who share these weird feelings on this marvelous band. It has been very helpful for me the contact I've had with some of NOOL's folks, specially when you're a Latin America fan, who are always the last to know...

Best regards, Alexandre

Hi everyone everywhere. I'm Dave Barrie from Warwickshire, aged 27, archaeology student at Uni in Coventry. I got into New Order round the late 80s - when Technique and Madchester was starting to kick off.... been one of my fave bands since.

I also like Radiohead, the Velvet Underground, the Chemical Brothers and Nirvana, and got one of my New Order t-shirts signed by Tom and Ed from the Chemicals at Glastonbury 97 - well, that's the closest I could ever get to new Order - ha ha!!

NAME: ANGEL (no really!) LOCATION: Dry Boring Dustbowl aka San Antonio, TX AGE: 27 OCCUPATION: A boring, well-paying job in pc networking that I am desperately trying to leave. Anyone in London wanna hire a smart-alecky tex-mex??

Got into NO more than a yr ago thru a close friend. At the time, after much avoidance of "electronic music" the previous 20 or so yrs of my life I finally started getting into industrial, synthpop, drum-and-bass, and some trance music. First song I heard from NO was probably True Faith, but didnt know it. Crystal and Someone Like You got me hooked on Get Ready, found who NO was....and the rest is history. Discovered the site about 8 months ago but didnt start posting til Oct (I think). The coolest thing about all this is that I find most of the people on here are just like me and I think in some ways everyone that listens to NO is just a certain type of happy, inquisitive, good-humoured, cat and I think thats really cool. I spend all day at work on this site; it makes me laugh. :D

Hello everyone, Alan Tomlinson, 41, own plumbing company, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Fan since Temptation late 1982, saw them live first early 1983, think they've gone off the boil a bit but love to hear what they're up to. The board is a pretty decent forum as these things go, and gives me a laugh daily. Best wishes notre chef quebecois! Joyeux Noel et Bonne Annee a tous!

Steven Kirkpatrick Banbury oxfordshire I'm 36 and have been a fan since 1981,i've seen them live 62 times and hopefully alot more

Ahmad Daizli, 26, reside in Sydney Australia. A fan since hearing Substance 1987 in a music store in 1993. Saw them live for the first time earlier this year. Wish they's come back again soon.

Mark 'Frank' Appleby - known on here as Brew Crew (don't post v often)

New Order mad since '81 after hearing Temptation booming from a car stereo and been entranced since.

I live in Driffield, East Yorkshire, and work in Leeds....but in my head I'm usually miles away!

Looking forward to seeing the old duffers again in '03 (hell, I'm 35 now, gigging and getting pissed beforehand should be a thing of the past, but what the f**k!)

Have a good 'un everyone....I'm heading out to down some Brew!

My name is Richard, age 21 this Sunday. I joined a year ago, but I had to create a new account because I changed my email address and lost my old password. I've actually been looking about on this site since it's "Temptation" days, but I didn't start posting 'till the box set came about.

Anyways, the first New Order song I remember hearing was "True Faith", and I was about 14 or 15 at the time. I starting buying their music when I was 17, and have been a major fan since. I think what really got me attached to them was right as I starting getting into their music, they had just announced a major comeback and a new album. Plus, you always have their "dark past" and side projects to dive into, so there's always something different to listen to.

As for me, I'm just the average lazy bum. I work at Subway, collect music, and sit and play video games. That's about it. All my friends have either grown up without me, moved away, or just get bored with me, so whatever. Plus, I just broke up with my girlfriend, so you know alot of Joy Division is in heavy rotation right now. I considering joining the air force, so maybe that will help me climb out of this doomed state I'm in, find a better job, and finally grow up...

Sorry for rambling on there, I'm just kind of upset right now. Plus, "Retro" still hasn't arrived in the mail yet, and it's driving me insane.

Oh yeah, my old account name was Low-Life. And yes, I'm still planning on putting up some more MP3's next month, so keep an eye out for my next poll.

Name: W. Allen Andrade Location: Sasebo, Japan (Though I was spawned in California) Aged for 30 years in an oak barrel for a smooth rich flavor.

First found this place several years back when it was Temptation or was it Dry201...I can't remember that stuff.

First heard New Order when Confusion first came out but never got serious about their music until after I discovered Joy Division in like 87 or something (Plot thickens!~!!) Now I absolutely can't get enough of them (There's that derned DM reference again) and consider my collection to be quite large and worthy of awe.

Seen 'em only a few times though as they never get around to where I am at @ the time!! But seen them in Naeba, Japan (Fuji Rock Fest), Mountain View, Cali (Area One) and in San Jose, Cali in 89 while they toured for Technique. Oh yeah, and the Hollywood Bowl in 94ish while touring for Republic.

Other than that...I don't know ca-rap, and I'm stickin to it!!!

Jason 30 San Diego, California Web Designer

just joined the message board, but i've been into New Order since i first heard Blue Monday in 1983.

and i still can't believe nobody on this forum has compiled their b-sides/remixes onto CD-R! :)