Bernard sumner autobiography sample

  • Sumner recounts Ian Curtis' tragic death on the eve of the band's first American tour, the formation of breakout band New Order, and his own first-hand account.
  • Others have told parts of the story, in film and book form.
  • Bernard Sumner pioneered the post-punk movement when he broke onto the scene as a founding member of Joy Division, and later as the front man of New Order.

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    New Order: Dreams Never End

    After kvartet decades at the coalface, New Order remain one of the coolest and hottest bands on the planet. How do you pull off a trick like that? In an exclusive interview, we talk to frontman Bernard Sumner about the group’s incredible staying power and their tireless push for perpetual forward motion

    It’s a scorching afternoon in Palm Springs, southern California, where New Order are about to play two shows at the gigantic Coachella Festival, America’s answer to Glastonbury. It seems a fitting setting to talk about how the evergreen Mancunian electro-rock legender are, against all odds, basking in the blazing Indian summer of a stormy four-decade career. A sweltering Bernard Sumner excuses himself for a moment so he can take his shirt off as he chats.

    Despite being dormant for much of the preceding 10 years, New Order’s 2015 comeback album, ‘Music Complete’, their debut for Mute Records, was a critical and commercial triumph. A full-blooded return t

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    Best New Order Lyrics: 10 Classics Written By Bernard Sumner And The Band

    2: Temptation (standalone single, 1982; re-recorded For ‘Substance 1987’, 1987)

    New Order’s third single, Temptation, marked several important milestones for the band. Arguably their first truly great and fully realised pop song, it rewarded them with their first UK Top 30 hit, but it also showcased Bernard Sumner finding his feet as both a vocalist and a lyricist.

    Temptation had quite a lengthy gestation – and was even re-recorded fem years on from its original release, for the singles collection Substance 1987. In its original incarnation, Temptation was gradually worked up as a live sylt, over which Sumner often sang gibberish until he came up with a melody and a completed lyric. Though simple, his easily relatable refrain (“Oh you’ve got green eyes, oh, you’ve got blue eyes, oh you’ve got grey eyes… and I’ve never met anyone quite like you before”) appeals to anyone who’s ever fallen in love, ensurin

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    Celebrating their 40th Anniversary, OMD are one of the acts from the Synth Britannia era whose creative powers now are as strong as their chart heyday.

    Setting a high standard of romantic retro-futurism with lyrical gists ranging from technology and war to deceased religious figures and long distance relationships, OMD released their debut single ‘Electricity’ in 1979, a statement about the environment that would have made today’s young campaigner Greta Thunberg proud.

    Those who complain that OMD’s music is not dark enough often forget that within their highly melodic songs, subjects have included the suicide of a charismatic musician, the suicide of a woman who worked as a stripper because she had no other means of supporting herself, the racially motivated massacre of five innocent demonstrators by the Ku Klux Klan, the death of over 140,000 people by nuclear attack and most notably on two hit singles, the brutal execution of a teenage girl!

    Founder members Andy McClusk