Scenes from some of the greatest music docs of all time: Mick Jagger gets worried in Gimme Shelter; The Beatles get down in Peter Jackson's Get Back; and Liam Gallagher gets thoughtful in Supersonic.

The 20 best music documentaries

Peter Hook - bassist with Joy Division and New Order

Peter Hook's 10 greatest basslines

New Order

Oasis and New Order - both nominated for the 2025 Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame

Oasis and Joy Division/New Order nominated for the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame

Could these frontmen master a guitar riff? Freddie Mercury. Bono and Ian Curtis

Great frontmen who weren't that great on guitar

Albums missing in action? Noel Gallagher, The Beatles and Joy Division

The most famous lost songs and unreleased albums

Ian Brown with The Stone Roses in June 1989... and performing solo at the O2 Academy in Edinburgh, September 2022.

Manchester music legends now and then

Famous bassists: Flea, Mani, Kim Deal and Peter Hook

The best bassists in rock

Manchester music legends: The Stone Roses, Oasis, Joy Division and The Smiths

The 50 best songs from Manchester

Ian Curtis of Joy Division in January 1980

What are Joy Division's biggest songs?

A close-up of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album cover

10 things you didn't know about Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures

Ian Curtis - at work in his persona as Joy Division frontman, and at play at his office Christmas party

Joy Division's Ian Curtis at an office Christmas party is strangely wonderful

Excellent drummers: Dave Grohl, Reni, Taylor Hawkins and Ronnie Vannucci Jr

The most incredible drumming moments caught on camera

Manchester rapper Aitch and the mural of late Joy Division icon Ian Curtis

Ian Curtis mural to return to Manchester after being covered by Aitch album advert

Can you name all these album opening lines?

Can you name the classic album from the opening line?

Quizzes

Which songs are these lines taken from? Clue: they're bands from Manchester.

Can you identify all 10 of these Manchester song lyrics?

Quizzes

Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols perform live at The Winterland Ballroom in 1978

The final gigs by legendary artists: Sex Pistols, Nirvana and more

Ian Curtis of Joy Division

PLAY: The Ultimate Joy Division Trivia Quiz

Quizzes

Ravers in the Hacienda, Manchester

This is how Manchester's Haçienda celebrated Christmas back in the day

New Order