A really enjoyable biography by Stephen Morris who was the drummer in Joy Division and New Order.

He has a very entertaining style of writing about his early life and how he met the other members of Warsaw that became Joy Division and how they became a band that was really close to real stardom, but tragically lost their lead singer Ian Curtis to suicide. He also tells many funny stories of his personal life, the crazy girlfriend, the drinking and drug taking and eventually meeting his wife and future bandmate Gillian

It's an easy book to read, but really interesting, the obvious regret he has that he didn't realise things were as bad as they were with Ian Curtis shines through.

This book (and his playlist) would appeal to anyone who remembers the late 70s and the music of that time I really enjoyed reading it and thoroughly recommend it

This was a joy to read - along with being a very talented musician, Stephen is also an accomplished writer which was a pleasant surprise. I really enjoyed the detail of his younger years which I think helps towards better understanding him as a person. The book is also packed with good humour which makes it all the more enjoyable to read. I also liked the technical details and would have preferred more detail (but understand this is not everyone's cup of tea!). All in all, this is a great book - by far the best and my personal favourite in comparison to the books written by BS and PH. Very much looking forward to part 2.

Bought as a gift as I liked my copy so much I figure the recipient will enjoy this. The quiet drummer (yes a contradiction in terms I know!) turns out to be actually a witty, engaging and great storyteller...

Really enjoying the difference between each member of Joy Division/New Orders books (already read Hooky & Barneys) and Stephen Morris’ is even more revealing and hilarious in places.Haven’t nowhere near finished yet,but proving to be a must read to all fans and even if you’re not,you’ll enjoy Morris’ unique and quirky style of writing. that encompasses in great detail,his childhood and his road to playing the drums.Brilliant!

A great book, bringing back memories of those years in North West England. Stephen highlights his own flaws with a charming humility but his writing talents ( as spotted by Record Mirror in those early days) shine through in these pages. A great read about a phenomenal group of musicians.

I loved this book. Stephen comes across as such a likeable - sort of naive, innocent and eccentric - guy, much more complex and interesting than I suspected. I found it moving to read about how he emerged from his troubled school experiences (with seemingly no prospects at all) to become such an important part of such a significant band. But most moving of all is his account of Ian Curtis's final weeks and his suicide - it conveys a real sense of the shocking impact of the event, and how remarkable it was that the band were eable to carry on and reinvent themselves as a New Order.

Stephen Morris's book provides a new and extremely welcome perspective on the history of Joy Division. I have to be honest, though, and say that the Joy Division part of Stephen's life does not kick in till page 136. One hundred and thirty six pages on his childhood and directionless teenage years makes for heavy reading and maybe this could have been edited down a bit. But from page 136 onwards the book takes off, finishing the story for now with New Order's first trip to New York. Tales of early gigging with Joy Division are fascinating, as is Stephen's take on the recording of 'Unknown Pleasures', 'Transmission', and 'Atmosphere'/'Dead Souls'. His perspective on Ian Curtis and his problems is vital and it will be a hard-hearted person who doesn't shed a tear when reading his account of the aftermath of Ian's suicide. Providing a playlist to his life at the end of the book is a lovely touch and the list is full of gems (excepting The New Christie Minstrels' 'Three Wheels On My Wagon'). All in all then, a gripping and witty read.

I found this autobiography a surprisingly enjoyable read. He's a good and entertaining writer so it was easy and enjoyable and informative. There was quite a a bit about his growing up in Macclesfield but also a lot about the start of Warsaw and Joy Divsion in the 1st volume. I found it more enjoyable and informative than Bernard Sumner's book and Morrissey's for that matter. Well worth getting.

Alles wunderbar. Buch in sehr gutem Zustand.

Echt lustige Biographie.

Stephen Morris est un batteur sous-évalué ! "Le robot" ainsi qu'on le surnomme, raconte la vie du groupe avec beaucoup d'humour mais je le trouve BEAUCOUP TROP modeste... Au sein de New Order, Stephen s'efface derrière les grandes gueules (surtout Peter Hook) mais il souligne des détails avec cette même modestie dans un style "by the way"..... A lire... et à posséder. Je ne savais pas que ce garçon était aussi intelligent, avec un petit zeste d'autisme (très léger). J'aime vraiment beaucoup ce gars !!! Très humain, très rigolo... En plus sa photo de pochette est un sosie de mon fils !!! (avec 20 ans de plus évidemment). Voilà il ne reste plus que Gillian pour écrire quelque chose sur ce troupeau de machos !

très bon livre !!

First I want amazon to know that although the box I received this book in,was in perfect condition,but the cover of the book was torn and has a big crease.Was it picked & packed by a robot?

The book was awesome.I had a lot of laughs.I really enjoyed it and will definitely buy volume 2.

Ótimo preço, livro com muitas informações e uma ótima narrtiva bem humorada do baterista do Joy Division/New Order. Só não tem tantas fotos como nos livros de Peter Hook e Bernard Sumner, mas vale a investida!

Magnificent autobiography by Stephen Morris written in a very self-deprecating tongue-in-cheek manner and by turns contemplative, alienated but full of self-confidence and a first-hand account of the birth of punk rock and the post-punk/new wave movement that spawned and formation of postpunk/new wave band Warsaw that became Joy Division and then New Order and all the legendary and iconic personalities and historic places that was/were the ground zero of a cultural movement that is now ingrained in pop DNA! The book chapters are like episodes in a film series full of amazing and historic accounts of a most historic pop culture phenomenon that still reverberates now and forever! 5 stars indeed!