“Joy Division finished the 1970s on a high. Our debut album, 'Unknown Pleasures,' was doing well; we'd just finished a hugely enjoyable and successful tour. The band's profile was higher than it had ever been, and it seemed to be growing by the day.”

English musician

Bernard Sumner is an English musician and a founding member of Joy Division, New Order, Electronic, and Bad Lieutenant. Born in 1956, he helped shape the post-punk and synth-pop eras and became an important figure in the Manchester music scene. He is best known for his work with Joy Division and New Order, where he has remained one of the group’s two continuous members and appeared on every album. His influence also extends into techno and related electronic styles, and into the wider Manchester movement associated with Factory Records and The Haçienda in the late 1980s.