History Music / NewOrder

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* PopStarComposer: The band contributed a number of new pieces for various movies over the years (most notably, "Shellshock" for ''Film/PrettyInPink'', "Touched by the Hand of God" for the otherwise little-known ''Salvation!'', and "Here to Stay" for ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'', a {{biopic}} about Factory Records head Tony Wilson), with these songs [[BreakawayPopHit becoming well-known singles in their own right]]. The band also scored the 1989-1991 TV series ''Making Out'', with the final episodes being scored by side project the Other Two, and later composed and performed the incidental soundtrack for the 2007 Music/JoyDivision biopic ''Film/{{Control}}''.

The group started on May 18, 1980, when Music/JoyDivision's frontman and [[FaceOfTheBand face]] Ian Curtis killed himself on the eve of the group's first tour of America. Joy Division had an agreement that if any member left, for any reason, the band would break up, and it happened.

New Order are a [[NewWave new wave]][=/=][[PostPunk post-punk]][=/=]{{electronic|Music}}[=/=]{{alternative|Rock}} band from Manchester, England. They were one of the more enduring and influential bands of [[TheEighties the 1980s]], and until its 1992 bankruptcy, one of the flagship bands for Tony Wilson's Creator/FactoryRecords label. They were among the first bands to be branded with the genre of "AlternativeRock," were one of just two electronically-oriented bands in the genre to achieve mainstream commercial success in both the US and UK without abandoning their alternative ethos (the other being Music/DepecheMode), and were wildly influential on later bands of the genre's pre-Music/{{Nirvana}} days as well as many modern indie acts.

* TriangRelations: "Bizarre Love Triangle."

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "The Perfect Kiss": "Tonight I should have stayed at home, playing with my pleasure zone."

->''"How does it feel?\\
To treat me like you do.\\
When you've laid your hands upon me.\\
And told me who you are."''

New Order are a NewWaveMusic[=/=]PostPunk[=/=]ElectronicMusic[=/=]AlternativeRock band from Manchester, England. They were one of the more enduring and influential bands of the 1980s, and until its 1992 bankruptcy, one of the flagship bands for Tony Wilson's Creator/FactoryRecords label. They were among the first bands to be branded with the genre of "AlternativeRock," were one of just two electronically-oriented bands in the genre to achieve mainstream commercial success in both the US and UK without abandoning their alternative ethos (the other being Music/DepecheMode), and were wildly influential on later bands of the genre's pre-Music/{{Nirvana}} days as well as many modern indie acts.

The group started on May 18, 1980, when Music/JoyDivision's frontman and FaceOfTheBand Ian Curtis [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]] on the eve of the group's first tour of America. Joy Division had an agreement that if any member left, for any reason, the band would break up. And it happened.

Wishing to continue their music careers, but honor Curtis' memory by avoiding TheBandMinusTheFace, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris reorganized as a new band, with Sumner taking over lead vocals, Morris's [[CreatorCouple girlfriend (and later wife)]] Gillian Gilbert joining on guitar and keyboards, and everybody in the band taking up keyboard, sequencing and programming duties. The band debuted anonymously on July 29, 1980, renaming themselves "New Order" the following year. After a slow start, with their first album ''Music/{{Movement}}'' being criticized for a perceived lack of artistic progress post-Joy Division (particularly after their debut single "Ceremony"/"In a Lonely Place", which consisted of two leftover Joy Division songs that they had rehearsed but never formally recorded prior to Curtis's suicide), the band shifted their music towards the dance/electronica sound which would become their trademark.

New Order are a NewWaveMusic[=/=]PostPunk[=/=]ElectronicMusic[=/=]AlternativeRock band from Manchester, England. They were one of the more enduring and influential bands of the 1980s, and until its 1992 bankruptcy, one of the flagship bands for Tony Wilson's Creator/FactoryRecords label. They were among the first bands to be branded with the genre of "AlternativeRock," were one of just two electronically-oriented bands in the genre to achieve mainstream commercial success in both the US and UK without abandoning their alternative ethos (the other being Music/DepecheMode), and were wildly influential on later bands of the genre's pre-Music/{{Nirvana}} days.

!! Tropes Used by the Band:

* RefrainFromAssuming: The song is not "How Does It Feel?" or "I Thought I Was Mistaken" but "Blue Monday." Thanks to their fondness for [[NonAppearingTitle Non Appearing Titles]], other potential examples are too numerous to list here.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: The US release of ''(the best of) [=NewOrder=]'' featured a markedly different tracklist from the UK one, thanks to the band's American label, Qwest Records, finding the original version of the compilation too similar to ''Substance'' (which was still in print at the time). Consequently, the US release replaces "The Perfect Kiss", "Shellshock" and "Thieves Like Us" with studio album cuts "Dreams Never End", "Age of Consent", and "Love Vigilantes", swaps out "1963-94" with the 1995 single remix, and adds "Let's Go (Nothing For Me)" (a vocal remix of an {{instrumental|s}} from the ''Salvation!'' soundtrack) as the opening track. The latter was also handed out to radio stations to promote the compilation, which didn't release in the States until March 1995, four months after its November 1994 UK release.

* SpiritualSuccessor:
** To Music/JoyDivision.
** The ''Singles'' compilation seems intended to be one to ''[[Music/SubstanceNewOrderAlbum Substance]]'', with cover artwork that [[CallBack calls back]] to that of "True Faith", ''Substance''[='s=] lead single, and a focus on the band's singles. However, the former draws from the band's 7-inch singles rather than the 12-inch versions that ''Substance'' uses and covers the band's post-1987 singles.

* {{Corpsing}}: Bernard does this on the line "I think you are a pig, you should be in a zoo," in "Every Little Counts."

** "Sunrise" is obviously a pastiche of Music/TheCure.

[[caption-width-right:350:The classic line-up of New Order [[SpotOfTea enjoying a cuppa]]. From left to right: [[Music/JoyDivision Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook]] and Gillian Gilbert.]]

The band are portrayed by actors in the movies ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'' (about Creator/FactoryRecords) and ''Film/{{Control}}'' (a biopic of Curtis). (In both of these films, the actress playing Gillian Gilbert has no lines and is only seen in one scene in both works.) They collaborated with Music/TheChemicalBrothers on an original song for the former, and composed the score for the latter. The band also wrote the score for ''Salvation!'', a 1987 televangelism spoof starring punk singer [[Music/XUSBand Exene Cervenka]]. Their music has also featured prominently in several other movies, including ''Film/PrettyInPink'', Creator/DannyBoyle's ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' and ''The Beach'', the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movie, and Creator/SofiaCoppola's ''Film/MarieAntoinette2006''.

* 2015 - ''Music Complete''

* AWildRapperAppears: John Barnes' fist-gnawingly bad rap bridge in the middle of "World in Motion".

* AlliterativeName: Gillian Gilbert

* BritishRockStar: The majority of the band {{averted|Trope}} this, save for the "drugs" part, but Peter Hook fully indulged in it, both in his looks and his actions; tellingly, Hook was the one who constantly pushed for New Order to remain a rock-oriented act. He gave up the "rebel in leather" act and got sober after leaving the band, but still adheres to an overtly rockist attitude in his work.

* TheChick: Gillian Gilbert. She turned out to be the secret pop genius of the band (she wrote most of "World In Motion") and her synths were an extremely important part of the band's sound.
** And she '''''still''''' doesn't get any exposure in ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'' or ''Film/{{Control}}'' except for ''one line'' in a ''deleted scene''.
** In the band's entire career, she has [[StepUpToTheMicrophone provided vocals]] on exactly four of their songs: backing vocals on "Procession" and "Confusion", lead vocals on "Avalanche" (where she only sings the word "faith"), and a [[SpokenWordInMusic spoken background]] on "Doubts Even Here".

* ControlFreak: Bernard Sumner-- according to [[SourSupporter Peter Hook]] anyway-- especially in the later years. One of the leading causes of the band's breakup was the escalating CreativeDifferences between Sumner and Hook, and by the time of recording ''Waiting for the Sirens' Call'' and ''Lost Sirens'', they [[TeethClenchedTeamwork couldn't stand each other]].
** [[NobodyLovesTheBassist And then Sumner reformed New Order without Hook]], about which Hook later quipped: "He's got what he's always wanted, which is a bass player who does what he's told."

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Tend to be overshadowed by Ian Curtis and their former life as Music/JoyDivision, despite producing many more hit singles and making many more albums.
* DeadpanSnarker: Peter Hook in spades. As time went by he became more and more of a SnarkKnight.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Of the original lineup:
** '''Sanguine''' – Stephen Morris; very talkative with a silly sense of humour. Often the one talking the most during interviews.
** '''Choleric''' – Peter Hook; TallDarkAndSnarky and lived up the BritishRockStar lifestyle the most out of all of them (to the point where he even grew his hair out and started dressing in leather-heavy outfits in the mid-80's). Became a SourSupporter after he got sober.
** '''Melancholic''' – Bernard Sumner; soft spoken and sometimes moody. Mutual perfectionism and stubbornness contributed to [[TeethClenchedTeamwork escalating tension between him and Hook]].
** '''Phlegmatic''' – Gillian Gilbert; ''very'' much TheQuietOne. Sparsely ever speaks during interviews and in general doesn't attempt to stand out overmuch.
** This is probably best exemplified in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAviBlIt4D0 this interview]] they did in '83.

* HappilyMarried: Stephen and Gillian.

* TrueCompanions: Bernard and Stephen, who have been performing together (bar two brief hiatuses) since 1976.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The band's original deal with Factory meant that they owned their back catalog instead of the label, which sank a proposed deal for London Records to acquire Factory and thus sank Factory itself.

The band are portrayed by actors in the movies ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'' (about Creator/FactoryRecords) and ''Film/{{Control}}'' (a biopic of Curtis). (In both of these films, the actress playing Gillian Gilbert has no lines and is only seen in one scene in both works.) They collaborated with Music/TheChemicalBrothers on an original song for the former, and composed the score for the latter. The band also wrote the score for ''Salvation!'', a 1987 televangelism spoof starring punk singer [[Music/XUSBand Exene Cervenka]]. Their music has also featured prominently in several other movies, including ''Film/PrettyInPink'', Creator/DannyBoyle's ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' and ''The Beach'', the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movie, and Creator/SofiaCoppola's ''Film/MarieAntoinette''.

* BadassBeard: One of Peter Hook's visual trademarks, going all the way back to his days in Music/JoyDivision.

Wishing to continue their music careers, but honor Curtis' memory by avoiding TheBandMinusTheFace, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris reorganized as a new band, with Sumner taking over lead vocals, Morris's girlfriend (and later wife) Gillian Gilbert joining on guitar and keyboards, and everybody in the band taking up keyboard, sequencing and programming duties. The band debuted anonymously on July 29, 1980, renaming themselves "New Order" the following year. After a slow start, with their first album ''Music/{{Movement}}'' being criticized for a perceived lack of artistic progress post-Joy Division (particularly after their debut single "Ceremony"/"In a Lonely Place", which consisted of two leftover Joy Division songs that they had rehearsed but never formally recorded prior to Curtis's suicide), the band shifted their music towards the dance/electronica sound which would become their trademark.

* 2020 - "Be a Rebel"/various remixes[[note]]currently New Order's only single since [[Music/{{Technique}} "Run 2"]] in 1989 to not receive a CD single release, only being available digitally and as a 12"[[/note]]

The group started on May 18, 1980, when Music/JoyDivision's frontman and FaceOfTheBand Ian Curtis [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]] on the eve of the group's first tour of America. Joy Division had an agreement that if any member left, for any reason, the band would break up. [[AuthorExistenceFailure And it happened]].

* SurrealMusicVideo: "True Faith", oh so much.

* BlackComedy: The band in the ''New Order Story'' documentary said that Ian Curtis was the laziest member of the band because [[AuthorExistenceFailure he hadn't done anything in 13 years]].

** And she '''''still''''' doesn't get any exposure in ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'' or ''Film/{{Control}}''....except for ''one line'' in a ''deleted scene''.

* RearrangeTheSong: Several of their singles have been re-released in multiple edits, and are labeled as such by the year of their release ("Temptation '87", "Confusion '87", "Blue Monday 1988", "Temptation '98", etc.). Most confusingly, 1994's ''(the best of) [=NewOrder=]'' includes "1963-94", a remix of a 1987 B-Side, which was remixed again and released as a single under the name "1963-95" in January 1995 (this version is also sometimes called "[=Nineteen63=]", just to add further confusion into th emix). The US release of the compilation would swap out the 1994 mix with the 1995 one.

* RefrainFromAssuming: The song is not "How Does It Feel?" or "I Thought I Was Mistaken" but "Blue Monday."
** Thanks to their fondness for [[NonAppearingTitle Non Appearing Titles]], other potential examples are too numerous to list here.

* RuleOfCool: The froggy sounds appearing in ''The Perfect Kiss'' were included for that reason.

* TheBluebeard: The general plot for the song "1963".

** '''Phlegmatic''' – Gillian Gilbert; ''very'' much TheQuietOne. Sparsely ever speaks during interviews and in general doesn’t attempt to stand out overmuch.
** This is probably best exemplified in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAviBlIt4D0 this interview]] they did in ’83.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bernard and Stephen, who have been performing together (bar two brief hiatuses) since 1976.