Peter Hook Talks Joy Division Memoir With Metro's Joe Shanahan

By Michelle Meywes Kopeny in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 1, 2013 10:05PM

If we thought we knew the legend of Joy Division, bassist and founding member Peter Hook assures us that we do not. There’s plenty to bite, from the the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis on the eve of their first US tour, the resulting formation of New Order from the band’s three remaining members, and the feud that ensues to this day between them. In his new memoir Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division (named after their first album), Hook takes some of the mystique away by shedding light on their dark image with a detailed, anecdote heavy account of the years leading up to Curtis’ death in 1980.

Next Tuesday Hook sits down with Metro’s Joe Shanahan at the MCA Store to discuss the book and the band’s history. Shanahan booked New Order’s first Chicago show at the Metro 30 years ago, and given his own history in the business, the pairing makes for what is sure to be an interesting, revealing conversation.

Tickets are $12 (members $10, students $6), and the price of your ticket can be applied to the purchase price of Unknown Pleasures, which Hook will be signing after the talk.

Tuesday February 5, at the Museum of Contemporary Art. 200 E. Chicago Ave., 6 p.m.