Reverting once again to the name of the Specials, the band’s second album, More Specials , was not as commercially successful and was recorded at a time when, according to Hall, conflicts had developed in the band. Female backing vocalists on the Specials’ first two studio albums included Chrissie Hynde…
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Kino was formed in 1981 by the members of two earlier groups from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg ), Palata No. 6 and Piligrimy.
In the summer of 1981, Gustavo Cerati and Hector Zeta Bosio, then 22 and 23 respectively, met at Punta del Este , Uruguay , both studying majors and both part of rock bands, Cerati with his group Sauvage and Bosio with the Morgan. Cerati and Bosio, each drawn by the…
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New Order visited New York City again in 1981, where the band were introduced to post-disco , freestyle , and electro . To cheer themselves up, the band started listening to Italian disco while Morris taught himself drum programming . The singles that followed, ” Everything’s Gone Green ” and…
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During the 1981 accompanying tour, Siouxsie and Budgie secretly became a couple. At the same time, they debuted a drum-and-voice duo the Creatures , releasing their first EP , Wild Things .
New Order’s debut single, “Ceremony” (1981), was formed from the last two songs written with Curtis. New Order struggled in their early years to escape the shadow of Joy Division, but went on to achieve far greater commercial success with a different, more upbeat and dance-oriented sound.
Their sole album, Suburban Lawns , produced and engineered by EJ Emmons and Troy Mathisen, was released in 1981 on I.R.S. Records ,
(released in 1981) with the song “Photographic”, later re-recorded for their debut album Speak & Spell .
For Juju (1981), the band took a different approach and practised the songs in concert first before recording them. Juju , according to Severin, became an unintentional concept album that “drew on darker elements”. Sounds hailed it as “intriguing, intense, brooding and powerfully atmospheric”. The album later peaked at number…
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Various Joy Division outtakes and live material have been released. Still , featuring live tracks and rare recordings, was issued in 1981. Factory issued the Substance compilation in 1988, including several out-of-print singles. Permanent was released in 1995 by London Records , which had acquired the Joy Division catalogue after…
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