On April 2nd, The Whiskey Dregs will host a FREE discussion with Dave Haslam, called FROM JOY DIVISION TO NEW ORDER at Angels  and Kings. Using various media, Haslam will explain the transition from Joy Division to New Order as well as the city that birthed its bandmates, the scene that influenced their sound, and why it still matters.

As a DJ, historian, journalist, and author Haslam, was an active participant of the music scene throughout the “Madchester” movement and will give us a unique glimpse into the world that inspired everyone from U2 to Interpol. He is also one of the lucky few who attended Joy Division’s last performance.

Grab a drink with us and consider all of those bands you like. The ones who stare face-forward into the floor beneath the soles of their shoes; they had a beginning, too — one that can be traced from their shoelaces to the roots of Manchester, where, among the economically depressed ruin of an industrial town, a band kicked a hole through the fabric of Rock and Roll. This night will be dedicated to the bands and scene that started it all.

FROM JOY DIVISION TO NEW ORDER: A Discussion With Dave Haslam
@ Angels and Kings
FREE
8PM-9PM
500 East 11th Street
Between Avenue A and B

RSVP Here

Dave Haslam’s official bio

DJ Dave Haslam made his reputation DJ-ing over 450 times at the
legendary Hacienda club; being invited to open for a host of bands,
including the Stone Roses and New Order; and writing for a variety of
magazines including the ‘NME’, and ‘The Face’ and publishing three
books.

During the mid-1980s Haslam was involved in live music in Manchester;
he presented Sonic Youth’s first headlining gig in Manchester, and
afterwards the band slept on the floor of his apartment.
He made his debut at the Hacienda on May 1st 1986. Playing an
eclectic mix of music, his Thursday night became the focus for
Madchester’s indie dance fraternity. Ian Brown, Tim Burgess and the
Chemical Brothers all later credited the night as an inspiration. In
1989 it was described as “the best club night in Britain” by the
‘NME’.

He DJ-ed at the Hacienda, mostly Thursdays and Saturdays throughout
the ‘Madchester’ years in the late 1980s, and returned to play at the
club in 1996; he was on the wheels of steel on the last night of the
club on June 28th 1997.

In 1990 he toured America with Mike Pickering, Graeme Park, and Paul
Oakenfold (his gigs in Detroit and Chicago remain among his favourite
ever gigs). Since the early 1990s he has hosted a variety of
successful club nights in Manchester. During the early 1990s he
travelled to Ibiza, Switzerland and France playing Italian piano
anthems and bleepy Warp remixes. In Berlin in 1993, he played
alongside Paul van Dyk at the famous E-Werk club. Haslam was
nominated one of the top 100 DJ’s in the world by ‘DJ’ magazine in
1993, and won ‘City Life’ DJ of the Year in 1994. He DJ-ed at the
first ‘Creamfields’ (in 1998) and latest (2008).

He appeared in the film ‘Twenty Four Hour Party People’, and has also
cooked cauliflower cheese for Morrissey; confused a TV presenter live
on Icelandic TV in a conversation about Moby; and written three books
(‘Manchester England’, ‘Adventures on the Wheels of Steel; the Rise
of the Superstar DJs’ and ‘Not Abba; the Real Story of the 1970s’).

He currently hosts ‘Sweet Sensation’ nights – fabulous, but
infrequent guest-list only parties at various venues in Manchester.
He describes his DJing philosophy as “playing the best records ever
made one after the other” and his style as “eclectic”; he has been
described as “a hero of the Manchester scene” and “the man with
golden ears”.

His recent gigs have included the after-party for the Manchester film
premiere of ‘Control’, a new wave night at Nouveau Casino in Paris
(highlight; Haslam playing ‘French Disko’ by Stereolab and then
pirouetting in the dancefloor), and a Gorillaz aftershow party
(highlight; Damon Albarn standing on a chair singing along to ‘White
Man in Hammersmith Palais’). In May 2008 he played two nights at
‘Aura’ in Lima (Peru), and has since travelled to play in Geneva,
Berlin, and Paris.