This book, published in French (Camion Blanc publisher), is a collection of Joy Division fans’ records. Without taking advantage of the 80s revival, the author/interviewer Pedro Peñas Robles (Unknown Pleasures Records’ director and underground music actor) has chosen many different people to talk about their personal relationship with the band. Every speech (from well-known persons such as Michel Amato aka « The Hacker » or anonymous people) is treated on an equal footing. All of them have swallowed the Joy Division thunderstorm and turned it into a part of themselves. Joy Division is a band that you keep preciously and jealously inside yourself, as a secret, far away from other people. It’s a dark mirror of yourself.
The book is composed of interviews and reflexions from PPR about his own exploration of Joy Division. It’s also the opportunity to think about culture cyles and stagnancy. According to Simon Reynolds or Alan Moore, he points out revivals’ mediocrity.
Combining music history and intimate stories, this book shows how a band can influence cultural movements and personal lives.