S1E2: Unknown Pleasures

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

🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Maxine Peake describes the birth of one of the most adored albums of all time, including its iconic artwork. But the process of creating a classic is far from smooth, with producer Martin Hannett’s eccentric methods generating tension.

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0:00.0	Two of the most influential bands in music history.
0:05.0	Joy Division held this mythology.
0:07.0	Not knowing the history, young people hear New Order and they love it.
0:11.0	One incredible tale.
0:14.0	They're uncompromising, rebellious.
0:16.0	We push the envelope.
0:17.0	There's just like that darker undercurrent.
0:19.0	Just there's nothing like it.
0:20.0	They sort of changed the world twice.
0:22.5	This is Transmissions,
0:24.9	the definitive story of new order and joy division.
0:43.5	Coming up in episode two, we enter the world of unknown pleasures.
0:45.0	Unknown pleasure sessions.
0:46.7	Now that is interesting.
0:49.9	To find out how the band found their sound.
0:52.6	It was like someone else made unknown pleasures,
0:55.4	and we just stuck our names on it really Because it was written from the subconscious
0:58.0	And we didn't know how we were doing it
0:59.6	We just did it and then finished it
1:01.7	And then there was this thing
1:04.2	By producing an album now considered
1:07.5	One of the best debuts of all time
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