Stephen Morris’ memoir, Fast Forward, about his New Order life follows his Joy Division book Record Play Pause. After Peter Hook’s books Unknown Pleasures and Substance, and Bernard Sumner’s autobiography Chapter And Verse, Gillian Gilbert is the only member of New Order not to write a book about the band. “I’ve never really been into the idea of writing a book,” she reveals. “I’m not into books about bands. The only one I’ve really liked was Just Kids by Patti Smith. Someone gave me that and my first thought was, ‘I don’t want to read about another person in a band.’ I’m living that life myself, and I don’t want to read about how someone made such-andsuch a song. Patti’s book – and Stephen’s – are more about their life than the music, which is more interesting to me.”
