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New Order initially started on a similar route as their previous incarnation, performing melodic, dark songs. Soon however, they found their own sound and became a well known icon in new wave and alternative circuits, exhibiting a good deal of longevity. They have heavily influenced techno, and were themselves influenced by the likes of Donna Summer and Kraftwerk.
New Order and Joy Division were both among the most successful artists on the Factory RecordsFactory Records was a Manchester-based record label, managed by Tony Wilson, which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, The Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. label, run by Granada television personality Anthony Wilson, and partnered with Factory in the financing of the ManchesterThis article is about the city in England. For alternative meanings, see Manchester (disambiguation). Manchester is a city in North West England, which in 2002 had a population of approximately 422,302. The city is situated in the centre of the large metr club The Hacienda.
Unusually for such a major group, New Order never had a formal contract with their label. (This was in fact Factory's normal practice until the mid-1980s. As Anthony Wilson put it, "all our bands are free to fuck off whenever they please".) Because of this, the group (rather than Factory Records) legally owned all their own recorded material. This has often been cited, not least by Wilson himself, as the main reason why London RecordsRecord labels London Records was a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom marketing records in the United States and Latin America from the 1940s through the 1980s. London arose from the split in ownership between the British branch of Decca Rec' offer to buy the ailing label in 1992 fell through.
Each member of this band has been involved with other bands: Sumner partnered with former member of The SmithsThis article is about the English pop band, for other uses of "Smith or "Smiths", see Smith The Smiths were a hugely influential British rock group and " indie music" pioneers. Personnel Core line-up (1982 1987) Morrissey vocals, piano Johnny Marr guitars, Johnny MarrJohnny Marr (born John Martin Maher, 1964) is a British guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer, best known as the man behind the music of The Smiths (q. He was born in Wythenshawe, England. Career Together with singer Steven Morrissey, Maher, in ElectronicElectronic was a band consisting of ex- The Smiths guitar player Johnny Marr on guitars, bass and keyboards and New Order frontman Bernard Sumner on keyboards and vocals. Labelled as an "on/off" project because of their tendency for long absences between; Hook formed the bands Revenge and Monaco; and Morris and Gilbert formed the aptly named The Other Two.
Their music has tended to be heavily synth-based, like other new wave bands', and among their better known hits are " True Faith" ( 1987), and "Bizarre Love Triangle" ( 1986). Their 12"-only release " Blue Monday" is the best selling 12" single of all time, though because the packaging was so elaborate--resembling a large 5" floppy disk--the band was said to lose a small amount of money on each copy sold.
New Order recorded the official song for English football team's 1990 World Cup bid, " World in Motion," under the ad-hoc band name EnglandNewOrder. The song, co-written with comedian Keith Allen, was a number one UK hit.
In recent years New Order have become more comfortable with the Joy Division era of their repertoire, often performing live versions of JD classics such as "Transmission" and "Isolation." Joy Division and New Order were portrayed in the film 24 Hour Party People, which depicts Factory and its bands during their heyday.
Their 2001 release Get Ready is a departure from their older style as it is not heavily synth-dependent, but the bass-playing and Bernard's vocals make it still sound distinctively like New Order.