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Sound and Vision: music and fashion photographed by Francesco Mellina, Liverpool, 1978 - 82. An exhibition at the National Conservation Centre, 1 May to 31 August 2009.

Bernie Sumner, New Order, at Mr Pickwick's, January 1981

man singing and playing guitar

"This was not long after Ian Curtis passed away and the band became New Order instead of Joy Division. I thought they felt almost uncomfortable on stage, they seemed like reluctant heroes, like they didn't really want to be there."
Francesco Mellina