![]() We started (Joy Division) after seeing the Sex Pistols, and we’ve been banging our heads against walls and doors and kicking them down musically since then. ![]() But the three of us - Bernie, Stephen and I - got real strength from starting New Order together. ![]() Joy Division was such a wonderful, powerful entity, and it was so sad the way it ended. And Hook feels that the commonality between Joy Division and New Order makes their pairing both acceptable and appropriate. It’s not the first time the Rock Hall has put two bands together as a unit the Small Face and Faces were inducted jointly back in 2012. Joy Division has been eligible since 2004 and New Order - formed by Hook, Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris (with Gillian Gilbert) after Joy Division singer Ian Curtis’ suicide in 1980 - since 2006. The nomination marks the first inclusion on the ballot for either band. You want to do better than them, you want to achieve something. Ever since we started as Warsaw, I’ve always felt great competition towards other bands. ![]() The groups were named on Tuesday as part of a class of nominees that also includes Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Iron Maiden, Soundgarden, Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine, The Spinners, A Tribe Called Quest, The White Stripes and Warren Zevon.Īnd, he adds, “I will be rooting for us. ![]()
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