New Order

New Order are an electronic/alternative rock band formed in 1980 by the three surviving members of Joy Division. The band's classic lineup consists of Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Peter Hook (bass, electronic percussion), Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, guitar) and Stephen Morris (drums, keyboards). Gilbert left in 2001 to look after her and Morris' children and was replaced by guitarist/keyboardist Phil Cunningham. Hook left acrimonously in 2007 and according to Hook, the band has broken up although Sumner, Cunningham and Morris have given no comment over the band's future.

Pioneers of dance music in the 1980s, New Order hailed from Salford, England and Macclesfield, England, and out of the ashes of Joy Division, are noted as being one of the first bands to bridge the gap between post-punk and dancefloor. They were Factory Records' highest selling artist; they funded Factory's famous Manchester club, The Haçienda. They recorded with legendary hip-hop producer Arthur B...