He Wasn’t Just a Fifth Member Of Joy Division: A Film About Martin Hannett msuci documentary on DVD.

For the first time an in depth examination of how the life of a Manchester boy growing up fascinated with sound equipment and records would lead to the making of some of the defining Manchester albums such as Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures and Closer, and ummed”. Advance reviews have said : “As in the best biographies, it’s almost as if the persona comes to life” Get Ready To Rock. “This is no flash expensive BBC documentary, it’s a gritty warts ‘n’ all tale of experimentation” Flipside. Uncut is making this music film of the month!

The film features interviews with the following : Tony Wilson, Bernard Sumner- Joy Division and New Order, Peter Hook- Joy Division and New Order, Bruce Mitchell (Durutti Column/ Albertos), CP Lee (Albertos), Tosh Ryan, Lawrence Beedle, Tom McMaster, Steve Hopkins (Invisible Girls keyboards), Susanne Ohara ( Hannett’s gir­lfriend during Music Force), John Hurst, John Scott ( guitar Invisible Girls etc), Dave Formula (keyboards in Magazine), Lindsay Reade ( Tony Wilson’s first wife), George Borowski, Kevin Hewick, Paul Adshead ( Engineer- Pennine Studios,Oldham), Dave Lunt, Mick Middles, Victor Brox ( Aynsley Dunbar’s Reta­liation etc ), Bob Dickinson, Paul Burgess ( drummer 10CC and Invisible Girls), Mike Smith, Julia Adamson, Mike King, John Cooper Clarke, Reni (Stone Roses), Andy Couzens (Stone Roses), Pete Garner (Stone Roses), Andy Spearpoint ( New FADS), Wendy Hannett –wife (interviewed 1996 and 2013), Neil Pointon, Tina Simmonds, Vini Reilly, Pete Farrow, Stuart Nevison (manufacturer of AMS delay), Graham Fellows (JiltedJohn –John Shuttleworth), Mike Littenteenage gang member/school­friend, Pete Roberts- teenage gang member/school­friend, Ed McDonnell (Grateful Dead fan and union activist)