![]() ![]() After recruiting keyboardist Gillian Gilbert, the remaining trio of Hook, Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris then went on to form another milestone musical act, New Order. But there were four members of Joy Division, and each contributed their own part to a sound that has been imitated countless times since, Peter Hook himself primarily playing bass guitar. Admittedly it can be hard not to see their music through Curtis' eyes, particularly the sombre and isolated Closer, released after his death to great commercial and critical success. ![]() For most people, the work of Joy Division is overshadowed by the suicide of Ian Curtis on the eve of the band's first US tour in 1980. ![]() In 1976, Peter Hook was involved in the founding of one of the most important British bands of the last 40 years. ![]()
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