To me, New Order split up when Bernard and I stopped writing together. We started Joy Division together; we started New Order together.
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The reason Joy Division and New Order are as influential and successful as they are is because of the unique playing of all the individuals.
I'm very proud of New Order and Joy Division, that heritage of songs.
We didn't play any Joy Division songs for 10 years after the start of New Order, which was a very honourable thing to do even if it meant shooting ourselves in the foot.
I look back on Joy Division very fondly indeed. I know that, of course, the band came to a tragic end, but that does not change the fact that Joy Division was a great band to be a part of.
And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined to create our own little world in order to survive the one we're in.
There were certain things I couldn't do with New Order without upsetting the rest of the band, so I started to write some solo stuff.
'Movement' sounded like Joy Division, but 'Power, Corruption & Lies' is the first New Order record.
I've been very grateful and humbled by the fact that young people really dig Joy Division's music. It's a great testament to the chemistry and the songwriting prowess between the four original members.
The thing with Joy Division's music is that each member was playing like a separate line. We hardly ever played together; we all played separately. But when you put it together, it was like the ingredients in a cake.
I don't pretend to be Joy Division or New Order. What I do is very straight forward: it's an interpretation and a celebration of the music, with different people. Everyone looks at it and knows exactly what I'm doing.