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The Hacienda

How Not to Run a Club

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The Hacienda

By: Peter Hook
Narrated by: Peter Hook
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Peter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for 30 years. He provided the propulsive bass guitar melodies of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and the bestselling 12-inch single ever, 'Blue Monday' among many other songs. As co-owner of Manchester's Hacienda club, Hook propelled the rise of acid house in the late 1980s, then suffered through its violent fall in the 1990s as gangs, drugs, greed and a hostile police force destroyed everything he and his friends had created.

This is his memory of that era and 'it's far sadder, funnier, scarier and stranger' than anyone has imagined. As young and naive musicians, the members of New Order were thrilled when their record label Factory opened a club. Yet as their career escalated, they toured the world and had top ten hits, their royalties were being ploughed into the Hacienda and they were only being paid £20 per week. Peter Hook looked back at that exciting and hilarious time to write Hacienda. All the main characters appear - Tony Wilson, Barney, Shaun Ryder - and Hook tells it like it was - a rollercoaster of success, money, confusion and true faith.

©2009 Peter Hook (P)2010 Simon & Schuster 20th Century Anthropology Entertainment & Celebrities Europe Great Britain Modern Music Celebrity Witty England Latin American

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I'm now in my early 40's so this was my era of clubbing and although I never went I was familiar with the goings on at the Hacienda. Read brilliantly and deadpan funny by the author. Worth a listen to by any northerner of my age who used to go to the early raves and clubs

Deadpan Funny

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Just what I was looking for when purchasing this audiobook. Peter Hook gives the story authenticity with his Manchester accent and charm. I find it challenging to find audiobooks that keep my attention from start to finish. This one did. I highly recommend.

Interesting, great narration, easy listen.

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A great listen, only issue is its too short!
I really enjoyed listening to this story, it gives a real feel for the city and club around the 80/90's. Being from Manchester I could easily setting in and get a feel, although anyone from outside the city might struggle for orientation

brilliant

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An eye opener for anyone thinking about opening a club . Very entertaining stright from the Horse's Mouth. Well worth a listen.

Another great story

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really enjoyed listening..what a story.. went there a few times never realised what was going on behind the scenes..madchester .

who knew

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