Just reading about the intense dislike that the members of New Order have for each other these days. The four of them can't speak to each other. Too bad, because they did make fantastic and groundbreaking music back in the day.
"New Order, of course, are frequently cited as a band who really weren't terribly wise with money, and who were not well advised about what to do with it. Everyone knows the myth of how their Blue Monday single lost money despite being the best selling 12in of all-time, because of the cost of its sleeve."
"Then there was the Factory nightclub, the Haçienda, built with New Order's money, and which was empty for years on end. When people finally started filling its dancefloor, during the first flowering of acid house in the late 1980s, all the punters were so walloped on ecstasy they completely ignored the bar – any successful nightclub's major money earner. Factory eventually collapsed with debts of more than £3m in 1992, though New Order escaped to the majors. "
This is captured to some degree in the wicked movie 24-hour Party People, about the Factory Records, the burgeoning Manchester scene, the Happy Mondays, and New Order.
"Blue Monday" is one of my all-time favorites.
