Record Play Pause
Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: the Joy Division Years: Volume I
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Narrated by:
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Stephen Morris
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Stephen Morris
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
This audiobook includes music from Joy Division and original tracks from Stephen Morris
Before he was responsible for some of the most iconic drumming in popular music, Stephen Morris grew up in 1960s and '70s industrial Macclesfield, on a quiet road that led seemingly to nowhere. Far removed from the bright lights and manic energy of nearby Manchester, he felt stifled by suburbia and feared he might never escape. Then he joined Joy Division - while they were still known as Warsaw - a pioneer of the rousing post-punk sound that would revolutionise twentieth-century rock.
Following two landmark albums and widespread critical acclaim, Joy Division were at the height of their powers and poised to break the US, when lead singer, Ian Curtis, committed suicide.
Part memoir, part scrapbook and part aural history: Stephen Morris's innate sense of rhythm and verve pulses through Record Play Pause. From recollections of growing up in the North West to the founding of New Order, Morris never strays far from the music. And by turns profound and wry, this book subverts the mythology and allows us to understand music's power to define who we are and what we become.
Critic reviews
"A unique and thoughtful musical memoir." (Observer)
"Gritty coming-of-age story...plenty of anecdotes to keep us hooked, and his memories of Joy Division's Ian Curtis are poignant." (Daily Mirror)
I’ve read/listened to many band biographies and this one is definitely up with the best. Can’t wait for vol 2 and the Highs and lows of New order.
A Brilliant evocative memoir of Joy Division
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No mythology or grandiose statement. It’s about a bloke who played drums in a band, a cool band but just a band.
If you love Joy Division or/and New Order etc you should get this anyway.
Excellent!
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5 star!
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Really Good 👍
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The geeky one!?
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