new order: we want music without any of the peripheral rubbish - a classic interview from the vaults /

In the speed-up to the groups 10th album,Music Complete, a 1983 interview from the Face, or revived by Rock’s Backpages,finds Sumner and co steering clear of major labels and finessing the New Order soundSomewhere on the southern outskirts of Manchester there is a graveyard. Next to the graveyard is a rehearsal room where the four members of New Order approach to practise their spells. The joke is not lost on them.
“Maybe that’s why we sound so gloomy ... whether we finish. People say we finish.”Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com