This Searing Light, the Sun and Every..., Jon Savage
This Searing Light, the Sun and Every..., Jon Savage
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This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else
Joy Division: The Oral History

Author: Jon Savage

Narrator: Liam Gerrard

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/27/2019


Synopsis

An exciting new book on Joy Division, featuring never before told stories.

Jon Savage's oral history of Joy Division is the last word on the band that ended with the suicide of Ian Curtis in Macclesfield on May 18, 1980. It weaves together interviews conducted by the author, but never used in the making of the film Joy Division, which told the story of the band in their own words, as well as those of their peers, collaborators, and contemporaries.

Here are fifteen or so vivid witnesses to the band's genesis, meteoric rise, and tragic demise, including Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Annike Honore, Deborah Curtis, Paul Morley, Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton, Martin Hannet . . . It is the story of young men driven to create and cause rock 'n' roll havoc inspired by literature, radical ideas, and the wasteland that was post-industrial Manchester in the late '70s. It is as intense and funny and alive as only an oral history can be, recalling masterpieces like Edie by Jean Stein and Meet me in the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman. It is essential listening.

About Jon Savage

Jon Savage is the author of the bestselling book 1966, England's Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock, and Teenage: The Creation of Youth, 1875-1945. He has written sleeve notes for Wire, St. Etienne, and the Pet Shop Boys, among others, and his compilations include Meridian 1970, Queer Noises: From the Closet to the Charts 1961-1976, and Dreams Come True: Classic Electro 1982-87.


Reviews

Goodreads review by julieta on November 06, 2018

Si alguien quiere describir lo que es un grupo de culto, o saber lo que se quiere decir cuando se habla de un grupo de culto, entonces no hay más que ver a Joy Division, y su historia. Un grupo que grabó dos discos, y que antes de sacar el segundo su vocalista se suicidó. Este libro es un homenaje a......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on June 21, 2019

Only wished it had been a bit longer.......more

Goodreads review by Bill on April 11, 2021

Pete Shelley's story of driving down to London with Howard Devoto in a borrowed car, hoping to come across a Sex Pistols gig, calling around, then finally meeting Malcolm McLaren at the store. Is that priceless or what? Can people still relate to that in the internet age? Sigh. That Terry Mason, OMG.......more

Goodreads review by Ted on April 03, 2025

The four of us didn’t know what we were doing, and the chemistry was unbelievable… but it was easy, it was easy writing those songs and playing that well, it was easy, and it only got difficult when he died. If you’re any kind of a Joy Division fan, then you doubtless know at least most of what you’r......more

Goodreads review by Tosh on October 20, 2019

A very sad book toward the end, but a very good read of a band making the big time, or right before the huge acceptance. The first part of the book gives a lot of color to the Manchester life, and bands like Buzzcocks are very much part of the narrative. The last part of the book dealing with Ian Cu......more