The acclaimed and wildly outlandish inside account of Englandrsquo;s most notorious music club; The Hacienda; from Peter Hook; the New York Times bestselling author of Unknown Pleasures and co-founder of Joy Division and New Ordermdash;a story of music; gangsters; drugs; and violence; available for the first time in the United States.During the 1980s; The Hacienda would become one of the most famous venues in the history of clubbingmdash;a celebrated cultural watershed alongside Studio 54; CBGBS; and The Whiskeymdash;until its tragic demise.Founded by New Order and Factory Records; The Hacienda hosted gigs by such legendary acts as the Stone Roses; the Smiths; Bauhaus; Grandmaster Flash; Run DMC; Kurtis Blow; and Happy Mondays; gave birth to the ldquo;Madchesterrdquo; scene; became the cathedral for acid house; and laid the tracks for rave culture and todayrsquo;s electronic dance music. But over the course of its fifteen-year run; ldquo;Madchesterrdquo; descended into ldquo;Gunchesterrdquo; as gangs; drugs; greed; and a hostile police force decimated the dream.Told in Hookrsquo;s uproarious and uncompromising voice; The Hacienda is a funny; horrifying; and outlandish story of success; idealism; naiuml;veteacute;; and greedmdash;of an incredible time and place that would change the face and sound of modern music.The Hacienda includes 32 photographs in 16-page four-color insert.
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