The Hacienda

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'A frank memoir of altruism, idealism and breathless incompetence' Uncut magaziné (5 stars) Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter 'Hooky' Hook gives his ú unflinching account of the tumultuous fífteen-year stretch of The Hagenda - the Factory Records- and New Order-owned iconic Manchester nightclub which became one of the most celebrated venues in the history of clubbing.The central hub of the Manchester music scene throughout the Eighties and Nineties, The Ha$ saw legendary, early gigs by bands such as the Stone Roses, the Smiths, and Happy Mondays, gave birth to the 'Madchester' scene and became the cathedral for acid house during the second summer of love. Yet as 'Madchester descended into 'Gunchester' in the early nineties, gangs, drugs, greed and a hostile police force destroyed everything that Factory Records and Joy Division/ New Order had created. The Hagendo - How NotTo RunA Club is Hooky's indelibly personal memory of that era, and is far sadder, funnier, scarier and... Tovább

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'A frank memoir of altruism, idealism and breathless incompetence' Uncut magaziné (5 stars) Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter 'Hooky' Hook gives his ú unflinching account of the tumultuous fífteen-year stretch of The Hagenda - the Factory Records- and New Order-owned iconic Manchester nightclub which became one of the most celebrated venues in the history of clubbing.The central hub of the Manchester music scene throughout the Eighties and Nineties, The Ha$ saw legendary, early gigs by bands such as the Stone Roses, the Smiths, and Happy Mondays, gave birth to the 'Madchester' scene and became the cathedral for acid house during the second summer of love. Yet as 'Madchester descended into 'Gunchester' in the early nineties, gangs, drugs, greed and a hostile police force destroyed everything that Factory Records and Joy Division/ New Order had created. The Hagendo - How NotTo RunA Club is Hooky's indelibly personal memory of that era, and is far sadder, funnier, scarier and stranger than anyone could ever imagine. All the major characters and Mancunian mavericks are here - Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton, Barney, Shaun Ryder. Hooky telis it uncompromisingly straight, as he remembers it: a rollercoaster of success, money, debt, confusion and true faith. 'A born anecdotalist, Sunday Times 'Had the Hagenda not been run by a bunch of Manchester chancers it wouldn't have been half the club it was, nor would Hook's account be half as riveting' Time Out Vissza