{"product_id":"the-hacienda-how-not-to-run-a-club-isbn-9780062307958","title":"The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed and wildly outlandish inside account of England’s most notorious music club, The Hacienda, from Peter Hook, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eUnknown Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e and co-founder of Joy Division and New Order—a story of music, gangsters, drugs, and violence, available for the first time in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1980s, The Hacienda would become one of the most famous venues in the history of clubbing—a celebrated cultural watershed alongside Studio 54, CBGBS, and The Whiskey—until its tragic demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded by New Order and Factory Records, The Hacienda hosted gigs by such legendary acts as the Stone Roses, the Smiths, Bauhaus, Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, and Happy Mondays; gave birth to the “Madchester” scene; became the cathedral for acid house; and laid the tracks for rave culture and today’s electronic dance music. But over the course of its fifteen-year run, “Madchester” descended into “Gunchester” as gangs, drugs, greed, and a hostile police force decimated the dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in Hook’s uproarious and uncompromising voice, \u003cem\u003eThe Hacienda\u003c\/em\u003e is a funny, horrifying, and outlandish story of success, idealism, naïveté, and greed—of an incredible time and place that would change the face and sound of modern music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hacienda\u003c\/em\u003e includes 32 photographs in 16-page four-color insert. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed and wildly outlandish inside account of Britain's most notorious club, \u003cem\u003eThe Haçienda\u003c\/em\u003e—a story of gangsters, drugs, violence, and great beats\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1980s, The Haçienda was one of the most famous venues in the history of clubbing—a celebrated cultural icon alongside Studio 54, CBGB, and the Whiskey a Go Go—until its tragic demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded by New Order and Factory Records, The Haçienda hosted gigs by such legendary acts as the Smiths, Bauhaus, Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Happy Mondays, and Stone Roses; gave birth to the \"Madchester\" scene; became the cathedral for acid house; and laid the tracks for rave culture and today's electronic dance music. But over the course of its near fifteen-year run, \"Madchester\" descended into \"Gunchester\" as gangs, drugs, greed, and a hostile police force decimated the dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Order cofounder and bassist Peter Hook provides an up-close and visceral look at this cultural touchstone and it's rise and fall. \u003cem\u003eThe Haçienda\u003c\/em\u003e is a funny, horrifying, and wild story of success, idealism, naïveté, and greed—of an incredible time and place that changed the face and sound of modern music.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the UK Publication of THE HACIENDA:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A frank memoir of altruism, idealism, and breathless incompetence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncut magazine (5 stars)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Had the Hacienda not been run by a bunch of Manchester chancers it wouldn’t have been half the club it was, nor would Hook’s account be half as riveting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Entertaining . . . Hook is revealed as a born anecdotalist . . . engaging and hilarious.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Saturated with gleeful hedonism, Hook’s memoir includes frank admissions of eye-popping commercial ineptitude, which gives the book a restless energy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Packed with period detail and tales of debauchery, gangsters, and especially, as the title promises, how not to run a club.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Radar, 7 ½ out of 10 stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Don Quixote on Ecstasy - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, 3 ½ stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for UNKNOWN PLEASURES:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “There is perhaps no better demonstration of the complexities of life and art than the fact that a history of Joy Division is often laugh-out-loud funny. [Unknown Pleasures] gives back this mythologized band its humanity [and] shows hindsight truly can be great. It is also heart-rending, ruthless and redemptive.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Azerrad, Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Honest, punchy, and rough-hewn . . . a portal into a vivid moment in rock history . . . the life and times of a working band . . . and, in the middle of it all, the transformative power of music.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Unflinchingly honest . . . Hook peels away the romantic sheen colored by its dark history and gives unfettered insight into the band’s origins and inspirations . . . this is required reading for anyone who ever felt moved by Joy Division’s cold, dark music.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A candid, revelatory, and unexpectedly witty survey of post-punk’s greatest (if shortest-lived) band . . . Peter Hook avails himself an engaging, unpretentious celebrity storyteller. 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