Don't know if you where like me
in the late 80's early 90's
but back then I was a "NEW WAVER"..
Post punk bands like Joy Division
where to me what the doors where to MY
dad and New Order, DM and countless
synth-core bands would drive me to
dance and sway in neon lit clubs...
"Bizzare Love triangle" was an anthem
and the entire Legend of THE HACIENDA
club in the UK fed our very own
atempts to duplicate what we knew
was the begining of something great
to come...
Though I slipped through the cracks
of ACID HOUSE and wound up
in darker terrains of Industrial
and IDM there where those friends
of mine that would dress up in Day Glow
and swear to every god possible
that HACIENDA and Acid House
was starting a clubbing revolution...
And guess what..?
THEY WHERE RIGHT!
This Augest Director
Michael Winterbottom
is taking us clubbers back
to Manchester's to revisit the
collapse of Factory Records
and the begining of CLUB
CULTURE!
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Review from BBC
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
Manchester, 1976. The life of Granada TV presenter Tony Wilson (Coogan) changes forever when he sees a little-known band called the Sex Pistols perform live on stage. Overnight he sets up New Wave label Factory Records and signs up his first group, Joy Division.
Fast forward to 1988. Yellow smiley faces have replaced the flares and there's a non-stop cry of "aciiiieed!" in the air. Manchester has become "Mad-chester" and the face of pop music has been changed forever.
Michael Winterbottom's digital video film about the rise and fall of Factory Records charts the ups and downs of a whole era of music, from 1976 to 1992, with spectacular results.
This isn't some dry rockumentary, though - it's an irreverent musical-comedy extravaganza that follows the course of British pop from New Wave to rave, like some demented version of Monty Python meets Top of the Pops.
Taking an irreverent scattergun approach, Winterbottom squeezes literally everything of importance into the film: Joy Division singer Ian Curtis' death; the opening of the Haçienda; the arrival of the Happy Mondays; and the collapse of Factory Records' business empire.
It's a wonderful nostalgia trip, full of comic asides (Coogan plays Tony Wilson superbly, offering lots of straight-to-camera monologues and bitchy comments) and a host of cameos from some of the real movers and shakers of the Manchester scene.
Brilliantly realised and hilariously funny, "24 Hour Party People" is great fun. Don't miss it.
To paraphrase the famous quote, if you can remember the Manchester scene from 1976-92, you weren't there. It doesn't matter if you were there or not, anyway - all you need is our guide to the main players in "24 Hour Party People"...
Who: Tony Wilson
What: As a Granada television reporter/presenter, Wilson championed bands such as the Sex Pistols. He went on to co-found the hipper-than-thou Factory Records, giving a home to Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays, among others. He also oversaw the Haçienda, one of Manchester's most notorious nightclubs.
Played by: Steve Coogan
Who: Alan Erasmus (aka Razzer)
What: Co-founder of Factory Records. He was the company's "spiritual centre", according to Wilson. Fell out with Wilson after Factory went belly-up in the early 90s.
Played by: Lennie James
Who: Rob Gretton
What: Joy Division/New Order manager, and Factory partner. Writer Frank Cottrell Boyce described him as a cross between Bradley Hardacre (Timothy West's overbearing northerner in 80s sitcom Brass) and Andy Warhol in his screenplay for "24 Hour Party People". A spot-on description, says Wilson. Gretton died in 1999.
Played by: Paddy Considine
Who: Martin Hannett
What: A flawed genius whose career swung between brilliance and failure, Hannett produced tracks for Joy Division, The Buzzcocks, OMD, and others. An original partner in Factory, he left the company following disagreements over the Haçienda. Notorious for his hedonism, Hannett died in 1991, aged just 42.
Played by: Andy Serkis
Who: Peter Hook
What: Joy Division/New Order bassist, Hooky was a shareholder in the Haçienda, which was partially funded by New Order royalties. Though born in Salford, he spent his formative years in Jamaica. One-time partner of Caroline (Mrs Merton) Aherne, he played on the latest New Order album last year.
Played by: Ralf Little
Who: Bernard Sumner
What: Original member of Joy Division, Sumner took over lead vocal duties when Ian Curtis died and the band became New Order. Still plays in New Order, formed Electronic with Johnny Marr in the 90s.
Played by: John Simm
Who: Ian Curtis
What: The complex and troubled lead singer of Joy Division, Curtis was the dark heart and soul of the band. He took his own life in 1980, leaving behind two acclaimed albums, "Unknown Pleasures" and "Closer".
Played by: Sean Harris
Who: Shaun Ryder
What: Chemically-fuelled frontman for the Happy Mondays. Wilson thought his writing was as good as WB Yeats'. No one else did. Ryder enjoyed brief success with Black Grape in the 90s before reforming the Happy Mondays.
Played: Danny Cunningham
Who: Bez (Mark Berry)
What: Hedonistic, marracca-shaking Happy Mondays dancer who inspired a whole generation of Madchester kids.
Played by: Chris Coghill
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