To be honest, I’m not even sure if this is worth reading! Personally, I'm not very happy with the content. It does give an interesting overview to “Warsaw” and the gigs and various tracks released under this band name prior to evolving into the mighty Joy Division. Each track from the UP album is indeed discussed to a considerable extent... but well, to my dismay, it’s all purely based on speculations by the author (although most are quite valid if you'd ponder on it, but... speculations just the same).
I was hoping to read first-hand revelations from the guys themselves- Barney and Hooky in particular!, but yeah, what a letdown!... The book also dwells lightly on the Joy Division-The Fall rivalry from those days although Marc Riley's comments are, um, fair enough, if I must say.
The brains behind Factory Records (incl. Mr. Manchester himself- bless his soul) are profoundly mentioned and given credit in this book, but then again, no direct comments from the concerned peeps whatsoever. So, you won't get the feeling that you are getting the facts at all- that's the annoying part (to me, at least, grrrr!).
Other bands are also mentioned here and there and it's notable that Joy Division was closely knitted with Buzzcocks (another one of my favorite bands, yay!) and in fact played numerous gigs in support of the band. Great guys!
The book also touches minimally on Ian's struggle with epilepsy, marital difficulties, and yes- of Annik Honore. No, don't get too eager, coz really it's devoid of any details, heh!
I would rate this 3 1/2 stars (er, ok, make that 4stars just coz it's freakin' Joy Division anyway!!!).
I was hoping to read first-hand revelations from the guys themselves- Barney and Hooky in particular!, but yeah, what a letdown!... The book also dwells lightly on the Joy Division-The Fall rivalry from those days although Marc Riley's comments are, um, fair enough, if I must say.
The brains behind Factory Records (incl. Mr. Manchester himself- bless his soul) are profoundly mentioned and given credit in this book, but then again, no direct comments from the concerned peeps whatsoever. So, you won't get the feeling that you are getting the facts at all- that's the annoying part (to me, at least, grrrr!).
Other bands are also mentioned here and there and it's notable that Joy Division was closely knitted with Buzzcocks (another one of my favorite bands, yay!) and in fact played numerous gigs in support of the band. Great guys!
The book also touches minimally on Ian's struggle with epilepsy, marital difficulties, and yes- of Annik Honore. No, don't get too eager, coz really it's devoid of any details, heh!
I would rate this 3 1/2 stars (er, ok, make that 4stars just coz it's freakin' Joy Division anyway!!!).
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