S1E6: The Haçienda

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

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A cathedral of music. A milestone in British culture. A financial catastrophe. Maxine Peake takes us to the Haçienda, the nightclub that nearly ruined Factory Records, and then changed the world.

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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.
0:12.0	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.
0:21.6	This is Transmissions, the definitive story of New Order and Joy Division. The year is 1982.
0:42.7	Britain is gearing up to go to war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands.
0:47.3	Michael Jackson releases thriller.
0:49.5	Stephen Spielberg's E.T. is enchanting cinema-goers.
0:53.9	Meanwhile, in Manchester, a nightclub is about to open
0:57.3	which would change the city and club culture forever.
1:04.7	When it first opened, you went in and it was just...
1:08.6	What is this?
1:10.0	But this wasn't just a normal 80s high street nightclub with a sparkly rotating disco ball
1:15.4	and fluorescent neon lighting.
1:17.4	It's the only club I've ever been in that looks better in daylight.
1:21.4	It was beautiful in daylight.
1:23.2	This was a club which embodied the experimental flair of factory records.
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