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1	* AluminumChristmasTrees:
2	** Yes, Music/SexPistols really did play a show at the Manchester Free Trade Hall on 4 June 1976 to under 50 people, and a significant fraction of those who attended later formed an important band, including future members of Music/JoyDivision, Music/NewOrder, Music/{{The Fall\|Band}}, Music/TheSmiths and Simply Red. The show had been arranged and booked by the members of the Music/{{Buzzcocks}}, who had only formed a few months before. Wilson wasn't at this show, though: He caught them when they came back to town on 20 July, and witnessed the first live performance of "Anarchy in the U.K.".
3	** Yes, Martin Hannett really did go up on a hilltop to record "silence" and forced Stephen Morris to set up his kit on the roof of the studio, recording him long after everyone else had left. And yes, despite all of his extremely eccentric behavior, he's widely considered to be [[BunnyEarsLawyer one of the greatest record producers to ever live]].
4	** Yes, Factory Records really did lose money on every copy of Music/NewOrder's "Blue Monday" because of the cost of its elaborate die-cast sleeve, despite it being the best-selling 12" single of all time.
5	** Yes, Tony Wilson really did compare Shaun Ryder of Music/HappyMondays to Creator/WilliamButlerYeats. Ryder is indeed a gifted, witty lyricist with a keen eye for observation, but his loutish personality has often obscured his talent.
6	** Yes, Factory Records really didn't have proper contracts with its artists, which is why London Records balked at acquiring them, and simply signed their lone remaining successful act, Music/NewOrder, after Factory went under in 1992.
7	** Yes, the Hacienda really did lose a ton of money specifically because everyone was doing drugs and not buying booze. Peter Hook of Music/NewOrder once claimed that the club lost up to £18 million despite it being a packed hotspot every night. The club didn't close immediately after Factory Records went under though; Wilson and New Order kept it going until 1997. The main discrepancy with the film's depiction of the Hacienda is fairly minor: Wilson wasn't present at the final night, nor was the club's final event a rave: It was a concert by the space rock band Music/{{Spiritualized}}.
8	** Yes, Music/TheSmiths of all bands really did try to join Factory Records at one point, and they were indeed turned down. No word as to whether or not Tony Wilson grumbled about the missed opportunity while smoking on a rooftop in '92.
9	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Sorta the point.
10	* BrokenBase: The film's almost flippant handling of Ian Curtis's death tends to split viewers, especially now in an era when depression and suicide are taken ''much'' more seriously.
11	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Creator/AndySerkis as Music/JoyDivision producer Martin Hannett. While best known as Gollum in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', one reviewer for the film described Serkis' role of Hannett as his strangest, and Factory Records founder Tony Wilson agreed that Martin is a much stranger character than Gollum.

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