We just wanted to say hello because we're new to
the club!<br> Our names are Eleanor and Tya and we
are in our early<br>twenties and late teens, and
reside in New York City<br>and Columbus, Ohio,
respectively. We am assembling a<br>fanzine about Joy Division,
New Order and directly<br>related artists from the
late seventies to mid<br>eighties. The idea for this
project came about<br>because of a growing obsession of
ours with these<br>bands. We want to explore the the
political and<br>artistic influence they have had on our
art and our<br>lives and celebrate what they have
created. We are<br>also interested in comparing media,
critical and<br>personal responses to their music in the
1980’s versus<br>the present. We are looking to create a
forum to<br>build connections between fans and to
discuss our<br>theories and ideas about these bands with
other fans. <br>Currently we are looking for interviews
with Joy<br>Division and New Order from old fanzines
and music<br>magazines that would be legal to reprint
(full credit<br>would be given of course), profiles of
of individual<br>band members, essays about these
bands and their<br>songs, current interviews with
artists who cite these<br>bands as an influence and
inspiration, a short<br>paragraph about how these bands have
affected you,<br>stories about seeing or interacting with
these bands,<br>as well as profiles of people who make
and maintain<br>fan web sites and document the
history of these bands.<br> We are also interested in
information about other<br>artists who have worked with Joy
Division and New<br>Order, such as Martin Hannett who
produced Joy<br>Divisions albums and had his own project,
the<br>Invisible Girls, and Peter Saville, who has
designed<br>every album cover for both Joy Division and New
Order<br>and is an incredibly influential graphic designer.
Any<br>other thoughtful piece of writing or information
which<br>would be interesting and relevant to a New Order
and<br>Joy Division fanzine is welcome as well.