While Bernard Sumner was busy being in multiple great acts from Manchester, he had plenty of time to appreciate the greatness of other local acts.

“It was great, but it wasn’t enough,” he says. â– â– â– Joy Division performing live in Rotterdam, Bernard Sumner (left) and Ian Curtis. Picture: Rob Verhost/Redferns Then came 1976 ...

One of Bernard Sumner’s finest guitar moments in Joy Division’s fleeting history, the intro guitar riff is strikingly hypnotic and brings listeners in further as it gives way to thin ...

Thirty-eight years ago, JOY DIVISION arrived in London. Their mission: to escape Manchester, have a laugh and make a classic second album. BERNARD SUMNER, PETER HOOK, STEPHEN MORRIS and those ...

Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook were inspired by a ... the now fully-formed band renamed themselves Joy Division. It's at this point a dream team arrives to support the fledgeling band.

Taylor Parkes talks to the formidable guitarist about why he's been happy since The Smiths just doing a bit of this and a bit of that Former Joy Division and New Order guitarist Bernard Sumner talks ...