'Movement' sounded like Joy Division, but 'Power, Corruption & Lies' is the first New Order record.
Over the years, Joy Division has become a huge part of music culture.
I've been to Manchester enough to know it's a real place. It's not Factory Records and the Smiths bicycling around. I get it. It's a modern city.
One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records.
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.
When I listen to Joy Division, it doesn't sound particularly English.
Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak.
I read one too many books about Joy Division by people who weren't there, and they always seem to dwell on the dark, the intense, the miserable image of Joy Division.
Factory Records would not have existed and my life would not have been what it was without Joy Division.
I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.
What is remarkable about Joy Division is the way they are bereft of two of the mainstays of most other rock and pop: longing and supplication.
I'm very proud of New Order and Joy Division, that heritage of songs.
'24 Hour Party People' was a comedy, and I knew that from the beginning.
We didn't play any Joy Division songs for 10 years after the start of New Order, which was a very honourable thing to do even if it meant shooting ourselves in the foot.
I was very into New Order, Joy Division, all of that when I was younger. I had a lot of bootlegs that I saved up my pocket money to buy. I had all the obscure early EPs.
The reason Joy Division and New Order are as influential and successful as they are is because of the unique playing of all the individuals.
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.
