Peter Hook, of Joy Division and New Order fame, brought together a band of friends to attempt the live recreation of one of post-punks landmark albums, Unknown Pleasures. 

Of course, it could never be the same as it was back in 1979. But one would still think, with Peter actually being one of the original creators of such a masterpiece, that he would be able to pull this off with at least a similar vigour as it would have been performed with back then. Well you'd think wrong.

I could feel Ian Curtis turning in his grave in Macclesfield, England all the way from the Palais Theatre in St Kilda. This may be a little harsh, and in all honesty the actual playing of the songs, the way they sounded, was magnificent in the decadent venue, but they lacked the subtly Joy Division captured.

Peter looked like an old chump on stage, which was luckily counteracted by the guitarist to his left; he really shone and took much of the crowds attention, rendering Peters own guitar efforts unnecessary. Had this not been the case, the whole performance would have been served a little more integrity.

When finishing Unknown Pleasures through, after a breather the band returned to please the audience with favourites ‘Transmission’ and ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’, drawing a few people to their feet and pulling out their awkward Ian Curtis dance moves.

The show was meant to represent something incredibly special, but just did not give the hallowed record any justice; Peter spending most of his time on stage imitating Ian’s dark vocals, corny soft-rock power stances and the enthusiastic fist pumps of an out-of-date rock star.