Peter Hook

Post-punk icon, Joy Division and New Order founding member, and “gleefully profane” (Entertainment Weekly) storyteller Peter Hook returns to the JCCSF for a conversation on the ’80s music scene and the rise of New Order. On the eve of their U.S. tour, following the tragic suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis, Peter Hook and Joy Division’s remaining members resurrected themselves into New Order, which would become one of the most influential bands of the 1980s. Their distinctive sound – a fusion of post-punk and ground-breaking electronica –inspired the dance music revolution. The band scaled the heights of success with huge hits including “Bizarre Love Triangle,” “Perfect Kiss” and “Blue Monday,” the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time. On our stage and in his new memoir, Substance: Inside New Order, Peter chronicles the band’s rapid rise and the internal tensions that caused them to split.