History Trivia / NewOrder

** The band were approached to compose the soundtrack for ''Film/TheCrow'' in the early 90's. James O'Barr, who wrote [[ComicBook/TheCrow the comic book]] the film was based on, was a fan of Music/JoyDivision (to the point where he named two characters after Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook), and director Creator/AlexProyas felt that New Order's formation in the aftermath of Ian Curtis' suicide paralleled Eric Draven's own murder and resurrection; Proyas even wanted the band to re-record their final single as Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart", for the film to hammer the point home. However, Sumner turned the offer down in order to give the band more room to focus on finishing ''Republic'', though they did authorize a cover of "Dead Souls", another Joy Division song, by Music/NineInchNails for use in the film.

** Despite its success, ''Substance'' hasn't been in print since 2005, thanks to London Records and Warner Bros. seeking to supplant it with the ''Singles'' compilation released that same year. Because ''that'' compilation focuses primarily on New Order's 7" singles and radio edits, this means that, save for the 2008 collector's editions of the band's studio albums (on which many of them were included as bonus tracks), the 12" mixes have more or less fallen by the wayside. In September of 2020, the compilation was finally added to streaming services, using the same master as the CD and DAT release (meaning the cassette-exclusive tracks are absent and "The Perfect Kiss" is cut short once again), though it has yet to return to print on a physical format.

** Regarding New Order's US releases, their material was initially released on Factory's US branch and Rough Trade Records before the band signed onto Music/QuincyJones' Qwest Records label in 1985. This was the beginning of a long relationship with Creator/WarnerMusicGroup that would carry over to the other side of the Atlantic with the London deal. The band would stick with Qwest for the remainder of the 20th century, later hopping over to Creator/RepriseRecords in 2001, Creator/RhinoRecords in 2003 for back catalog releases, Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 2005, and finally Mute in 2015. Ever after signing with Mute, the band would maintain a connection to Warners, as Mute is distributed my WMG's Alternative Distribution Alliance.

** While ''Music/{{Technique}}'' is a fan-favorite album, the band dropped its songs from their setlist after their 1994-1998 hiatus. "Vanishing Point" briefly reappeared in 2017, but that was it.

** Regarding New Order's US releases, their material was initially released on Factory's US branch and Rough Trade Records before the band signed onto Music/QuincyJones' Qwest Records label in 1985. The band would stick with Qwest for the remainder of the 20th century, later hopping over to Creator/RepriseRecords in 2001, Creator/RhinoRecords in 2003 for back catalog releases, Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 2005, and finally Mute in 2015.

** Regarding New Order's US releases, their material was initially released on Factory's US branch and Rough Trade Records before the band signed onto Quincy Jones' Qwest Records label in 1985. The band would stick with Qwest for the remainder of the 20th century, later hopping over to Creator/RepriseRecords in 2001, Creator/RhinoRecords in 2003 for back catalog releases, Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 2005, and finally Mute in 2015.

* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: To Music/JoyDivision, consisting of the surviving members of that band and starting their careers where Joy Division left off. Many analysts even speculate that Joy Division would've gone in New Order's direction (or at least some variation of it) anyway had Ian Curtis lived, given his love of Music/{{Kraftwerk}} and the introduction of SynthPop elements in Joy Division's latter-day material.

* HostilityOnTheSet: The band went on hiatuses in 1993 and 2007 after tensions between Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook boiled over.

** After Factory's demise in 1992, the band moved to London Records for UK distribution of their material before signing to Creator/MuteRecords in 2014, with their first album on the latter label releasing the following year. The Mute deal would be the first time since Factory's demise that the band was signed to an independent label.

** The band was approached by American orange soda brand Sunkist to create an ad based on "Blue Monday". Sumner couldn't sing the altered lyrics without {{corpsing}}, however, so the idea was scrapped.