S1E1: Band Meets Singer

Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order

Rhino UK

Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Music, Factory Records, Music History, Joy Division, Documentary, Stephen Morris, Society & Culture, Peter Hook, New Order, Ian Curtis

4.8 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Maxine Peake tells the story of the beginnings of Joy Division, one of the most influential bands ever. The story begins with a young Bernard Sumner posting a notice in a Manchester record shop: "Band seeks singer".

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0:00.0	Nothing would have stopped us. Nothing did stop us, did it?
0:04.3	They just kept moving forward.
0:06.9	Ian's death didn't stop us, Martin's death didn't stop us, getting all the equipment stolen, didn't stop us.
0:11.7	Through tragedy after tragedy and a complete reinvention.
0:16.2	There was nothing to go back to. There was no plan B.
0:18.6	To emerge with music adored the world over to this day.
0:22.9	Even when you hear them on the radio now,
0:24.4	they've aged well, you know what I mean?
0:25.8	Their sound has endured.
0:27.1	They've never really stopped to take a breath.
0:29.6	They're uncompromising.
0:30.7	Timeless. They push the envelope.
0:32.3	Until now.
0:34.0	Welcome to Transmissions,
0:36.0	the definitive story of New Order and Joy Division.
0:39.3	You were happy to not be sucked into that being a normal group.
0:45.3	Joy Division held this mythology.
0:47.3	There is Manchester band and they looked like the coolest boys on the block.
0:53.3	The ball, love, the ball, yeah. look for like the coolest boys on the block.
1:05.5	Based on new exclusive interviews with Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Jillian Gilbert and Peter Hook.
1:11.3	This podcast captures those vivid moments that tell this tale like never before.
1:12.8	We did it. We did everything how we wanted it to sound.
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