Two of the most influential bands in music history.

There was a cold beauty about it that really touched me.

They took that kind of hypnotic disco, synthesized sound, but crunching, hard rock guitars on top of it and some emotion.

One incredible tale

I don't know things had changed

because we've been doing it for such a long time

it wasn't an adventure anymore

it's like a family and you can pick your friends

but you can't pick your family I'm Elizabeth Olker

and this is Transmissions

the definitive story of Joy Division and New Order.

We did really well in America, and we did everything to fuck it up. We really did.

Coming up in episode three, America, the great promised land of rock and roll.

Every fledgling band's dream destination, even Mancunian punk bands.

You've kind of been brought up with the expectation that this thing exists.

Because you've heard about Led Zeppelin, soaring America and all this lot,

there's hot and cold running groupies and drugs and limos round about in limos and stuff like that.

And it said it wouldn't it be nice? Well, wouldn't it be interesting?

By 1985, with a new American record label

and a growing audience stateside,

the USA was becoming less of a theoretical

and more of a reality for new order.

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