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===Influences=== Sumner wrote that Curtis was inspired by artists such as the Doors, [[Iggy Pop]], [[David Bowie]], [[Kraftwerk]], [[the Velvet Underground]] and [[Neu!]].{{sfn|Sumner|2014}} Hook has also related that Curtis was particularly influenced by Iggy Pop's chaotic stage persona.<ref name=hook /> The group were inspired by Kraftwerk's "marriage between humans and machines",<ref name=morris>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/05413-joy-division-new-order-stephen-morris-interview-favourite-records?page=13 |work=[[The Quietus]]|author=Hewitt, Ben|title=Bakers Dozen: Joy Division & New Order's Stephen Morris On His Top 13 Albums|date=7 December 2010|access-date=1 August 2013}}</ref> and the inventiveness of their electronic music.{{sfn|Sumner|2014}} Joy Division played ''[[Trans-Europe Express (album)|Trans-Europe Express]]'' through the PA before they went on stage, "to get a momentum".<ref name=morris /> Bowie's "[[Berlin Trilogy]]" elaborated with [[Brian Eno]], influenced them; the "cold austerity" of the synthesisers on the B-sides of ''[["Heroes" (David Bowie album)|"Heroes"]]'' and ''[[Low (David Bowie album)|Low]]'' albums, was a "music looking at the future".{{sfn|Sumner|2014}} Morris cited the "unique style" of Velvet Underground's [[Maureen Tucker]] and the [[motorik]] drum beats, from Neu! and [[Can (band)|Can]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Daniel |last=Jones |title=Tanks for the Beats: an Interview with Stephen Morris |work=Telekom Electronic Beats |publisher=Electronicbeats |url=http://www.electronicbeats.net/stephen-morris-tanks-for-the-beats/ |date=28 June 2011 |access-date=1 August 2013}}</ref> Morris also credited [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] because their "first drummer [[Kenny Morris (musician)|Kenny Morris]] played mostly toms" and "the sound of cymbals was forbidden".<ref name=play>{{cite book|first=Stephen |last=Morris|author-link=Stephen Morris (musician)|title=Record Play Pause: Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: The Joy Division Years Volume I |publisher=Constable|year=2019|isbn=978-1472126207|quote=It would be Siouxsie and the Banshees to whom I most felt some kind of affinity.{{nbsp}}... the bass-led rhythm, the way first drummer Kenny Morris played mostly toms. In interviews Siouxsie would claim the sound of cymbals was forbidden{{nbsp}}... The Banshees had that{{nbsp}}... foreboding sound, sketching out the future from the dark of the past.{{nbsp}}... hearing the sessions they'd done on John Peel's show and reading gigs write-ups, I had to admit they sounded interesting.}}</ref> Hook said that "Siouxsie and the Banshees were one of our big influences{{nbsp}}... The way the guitarist and the drummer played was a really unusual way of playing".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qthemusic.com/articles/playlists/playlist-peter-hooks-field-recordings-favourite-live-tracks-stooges-rolling-stones/|title=Playlist β Peter Hook's "Field recordings|work=Q magazine |date=23 April 2013|access-date=10 January 2018|url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107061143/https://www.qthemusic.com/articles/playlists/playlist-peter-hooks-field-recordings-favourite-live-tracks-stooges-rolling-stones/|archive-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> Hook drew inspiration from the style of bassist [[Jean-Jacques Burnel]] and his early material with [[the Stranglers]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bassplayer.com/artists/peter-hook-bringing-joy-division-and-new-order-to-new-audiences-with-the-light|title=Peter Hook: Bringing Joy Division and New Order to New Audiences with the Light |first=Bill |last=Murphy |publisher= Bassplayer.com |date=1 September 2017 |access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref> he also credited [[Carol Kaye]] and her musical basslines on early 1970s work of [[the Temptations]].<ref name=hook>{{cite news |first=Jule|last=Rogers|title=Peter Hook: Soundtrack of my Life|newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 January 2013|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/27/peter-hook-soundtrack-of-my-life|access-date=1 August 2013}}</ref> Sumner mentioned "the raw, nasty, unpolished edge" in the guitars of the [[Rolling Stones]], the simple riff of "[[Vicious (Lou Reed song)|Vicious]]" on [[Lou Reed]]'s ''[[Transformer (Lou Reed album)|Transformer]]'',<ref name=spin>{{cite journal|first=Adrienne|last=Day|title=The Records That Changed My Life: Bernard Sumner|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=4 July 2005|url=https://www.spin.com/2005/07/records-changed-my-life-bernard-sumner-new-order/|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142102/https://www.spin.com/2005/07/records-changed-my-life-bernard-sumner-new-order/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Neil Young]].<ref name=gq /> His musical horizon went up a notch with [[Jimi Hendrix]],<ref name=spin /> he realised "it wasn't about little catchy tunes ... it was what you could do sonically with a guitar."<ref name=gq>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/bernard-sumner-joy-division-new-order-interview|first=Lee|last=Gale|title=Icon: Bernard Sumner|magazine=GQ|date=19 September 2012|access-date=22 November 2017|archive-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614055127/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/bernard-sumner-joy-division-new-order-interview|url-status=live}}</ref>
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