According to bassist Peter Hook, influential post-punk/new wave act New Order has called it a day. The band formed in 1980 from the remaining members of Joy Division after the suicide of Ian Curtis. The band had agreed not to continue under the Joy Division name should any one member leave the band and so rechristened themselves New Order. Their debut release as New Order was the single “Ceremony”, backed with “In A Lonely Place”. These two songs were written the week before Curtis took his own life

Over the years, the band’s sound evolved and like Joy Division, proved wildly influential. The band became notable for fusing synthesizers and dance beats to rock structures on songs including “Bizarre Love Triangle,” “Blue Monday,” “Age of Consent,” “Ceremony,” “Temptation,” “True Faith” and “Regret.”

Hook along with New Order most recently contributed the score to Control, the upcoming biopic about Ian Curtis. The movie will premiere May 17 at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Source According to bassist Peter Hook, influential post-punk/new wave act New Order has called it a day. The band formed in 1980 from the remaining members of Joy Division after the suicide of Ian Curtis. The band had agreed not to continue under the Joy Division name should any one member leave the band and so rechristened themselves New Order. Their debut release as New Order was the single “Ceremony”, backed with “In A Lonely Place”. These two songs were written the week before Curtis took his own life

Over the years, the band’s sound evolved and like Joy Division, proved wildly influential. The band became notable for fusing synthesizers and dance beats to rock structures on songs including “Bizarre Love Triangle,” “Blue Monday,” “Age of Consent,” “Ceremony,” “Temptation,” “True Faith” and “Regret.”

Hook along with New Order most recently contributed the score to Control, the upcoming biopic about Ian Curtis. The movie will premiere May 17 at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
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