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Line diagram

New Order

1980 to 1993, a reunion in 1998 to 2007, re-formed in 2011

See Post-punk on the network

One line diagram with Joy Division: the same lanes run on from one band into the next.

The line diagram

Each member is a lane on the year axis, in the colour of the line the band was on. A filled station marks a joining, an open one a departure, a square a death. The dotted rail is a reunion. A dotted branch leads to a band that grew out of this one, or in from a band its members came from. The table below lists the same spells.

Members

MemberRoleYears
Bernard Sumnervocals, guitar, keyboards1980 to 1993
Peter Hookbass1980 to 1993
Stephen Morrisdrums1980 to 1993
Gillian Gilbertkeyboards, guitar1980 to 1993
Gillian Gilbertkeyboards, guitar1998 to 2001
Bernard Sumnervocals, guitar, keyboards1998 to 2007
Peter Hookbass1998 to 2007
Stephen Morrisdrums1998 to 2007
Phil Cunninghamguitar, keyboards2001 to 2007
Bernard Sumnervocals, guitar, keyboards2011 to today
Stephen Morrisdrums2011 to today
Gillian Gilbertkeyboards, guitar2011 to today
Phil Cunninghamguitar, keyboards2011 to today
Tom Chapmanbass2011 to today

The lines

  1. Post-punk1980 to 1984

    Movement to Blue Monday

    The three survivors of Joy Division took a new name in 1980 and added Gillian Gilbert on keyboards that October. Movement (1981) still sounded like the old band; "Blue Monday" (1983) did not, and became the biggest-selling twelve-inch single ever.

    Key album: Power, Corruption & Lies, 1983

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, New Order (opens in a new tab)

  2. Alternative rock1985 to today

    Technique, the Haçienda and the two returns

    Low-Life, Technique and "World in Motion" ran through the Haçienda years; the band stopped in 1993 and came back in 1998. Peter Hook left in 2007 and the band stopped again; it returned in 2011 with Gilbert back and Tom Chapman on bass, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame with Joy Division in 2026.

    Key album: Technique, 1989

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, New Order (opens in a new tab)

Lineage

Comes fromJoy Division

The same three musicians, a new name after Ian Curtis's death: one line diagram from Joy Division into New Order.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, New Order (band) (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Joy Division / New Order (opens in a new tab)
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, New Order (opens in a new tab)

Cite this page

The Metro Map of Music, ‘New Order: line diagram’, /line-ups/new-order.