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With the legendary post-punk outfit <a href="spotify:artist:432R46LaYsJZV2Gmc4jUV5">Joy Division</a>, guitarist Bernard Sumner stood behind the formidable shadow of singer/songwriter Ian Curtis. After Curtis hanged himself on May 18, 1980, the future of <a href="spotify:artist:432R46LaYsJZV2Gmc4jUV5">Joy Division</a> seemed to have followed Curtis into the grave. However, it was actually another beginning for the band. Dumping the name <a href="spotify:artist:432R46LaYsJZV2Gmc4jUV5">Joy Division</a>, the group reformed several months later as <a href="spotify:artist:0yNLKJebCb8Aueb54LYya3">New Order</a> with Sumner filling in the vacancy for vocalist. At first, Sumner sang with Curtis' brooding tone, but by the time <a href="spotify:artist:0yNLKJebCb8Aueb54LYya3">New Order</a> recorded 1983's Power, Corruption and Lies, Sumner formed his own icy, detached style of singing that was still mimicked by synth pop acts decades later. <a href="spotify:artist:0yNLKJebCb8Aueb54LYya3">New Order</a>, like <a href="spotify:artist:432R46LaYsJZV2Gmc4jUV5">Joy Division</a>, became one of new wave's most influential bands. In 1991, Sumner and former <a href="spotify:artist:3yY2gUcIsjMr8hjo51PoJ8">Smiths</a> guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:2bA2YuQk2ID3PWNXUhQrWS">Johnny Marr</a> collaborated as <a href="spotify:artist:3xYNGCooNIzKMAtJYKSOyq">Electronic</a>. Originally intended to be a Sumner solo effort, <a href="spotify:artist:3xYNGCooNIzKMAtJYKSOyq">Electronic</a>'s self-titled debut unreeled four hits on alternative radio -- "Getting Away With It," "Get the Message," "Tighten Up," and "Feel Every Beat." On "Feel Every Beat," Sumner even rapped for the first time; it was an artistic risk, and fans either applauded it or condemned it. Sumner and <a href="spotify:artist:2bA2YuQk2ID3PWNXUhQrWS">Marr</a> recorded two more albums as <a href="spotify:artist:3xYNGCooNIzKMAtJYKSOyq">Electronic</a>, but fickle music buyers largely ignored them. After a long hiatus in the '90s, <a href="spotify:artist:0yNLKJebCb8Aueb54LYya3">New Order</a> completed a new album in 2001. ~ Michael Sutton, Rovi
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