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" 'Movement' sounded like Joy Division, but 'Power, Corruption & Lies' is the first New Order record. "
Peter Hook
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" There are so many bootlegged Joy Division/Martin Hannett tapes, a lot of really bad bootlegs on the Internet. "
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" The thing with Joy Division's music is that each member was playing like a separate line. We hardly ever played together; we all played separately. But when you put it together, it was like the ingredients in a cake. "
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" I look back on Joy Division very fondly indeed. I know that, of course, the band came to a tragic end, but that does not change the fact that Joy Division was a great band to be a part of. "
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" There are lots of Joy Division songs that are so powerful when played live, some of which we did either never play or played very rarely. "
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" But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about it. "
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