Joy Division was an English post-punk band from Manchester, formed as Warsaw by guitarist Bernard Sumner and bassist Peter Hook with drummer Stephen Morris and singer Ian Curtis. They co-headed the Northern DIY boom with their 1978 EP An Ideal for Living. On Tony Wilson’s Factory label, Joy Division made their 1979 debut, Unknown Pleasures, […]
The Durutti Column was an English ambient project from Manchester that made nine albums and assorted EPs between 1980 and 1990 on Factory Records. Guitarist Vini Reilly led the act through multiple solo and combo iterations. He also played on records by Anne Clark, Richard Jobson, and Quando Quango. Members: Vini Reilly (guitar, piano, vocals), […]
Crispy Ambulance was an English post-punk band that released the 1982 album The Plateau Phase on Factory Benelux. In 1985, an expanded six-piece lineup cut the funk EP Advantage under the name Ram Ram Kino. Members: Alan Hempsall (vocals), Robert Davenport (guitar), Keith Darbyshire (bass), Gary Madeley (drums) Background Crispy Ambulance formed in late 1977 in […]
A Certain Ratio are an English jazz-funk band from Manchester that emerged in the post-punk milieu of Factory Records. They cut three singles in 1979/80 and scored a transatlantic dance hit with “Shack Up,” their take on Banbarra’s rare groove classic. After their live/demos cassette The Graveyard and the Ballroom, ACR made the 1981/82 Factory […]
Section 25 was an English post-punk band that cut two 1980 Factory singles and the 1981 album Always Now. They moved from stark guitar-led arrangements toward sequencers, synthesizers, and electronic dance rhythms on the 1982–84 albums The Key of Dreams and From the Hip, which spawned the club hit “Looking from a Hilltop.” Section 25 continued […]
