Gillian Gilbert

Gillian Gilbert ( born January 27, 1961 in Manchester ) is a British musician and member of the band New Order.

Gilbert jumped in after the death of Ian Curtis, the singer of the band Joy Division, as keyboardist and guitarist of electrical and Synthiepopgruppe New Order, the refounded in 1980 from the three remaining Joy Division members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris had. She had long been romantically involved to some music experience, inter alia, with his own band project "The Inadequates " and was with the Joy Division drummer Stephen Morris.

In an interview Gillian recalled: "I had not really heard so much about Joy Division, I learned at a performance of Joy Division Stephen know. In an appearance on Joy Division in Liverpool Ian was hit by a bottle and I jumped spontaneously as a guitarist, although I could not play a note. Many months later called me to the other and said, Ian (Curtis) was dead, and if I want to be a permanent member of a new band. " The first jointly -established Maxi Single by New Order Ceremony should be with Gillian Gilbert as guitarist. At this time the group was still on the conventional grouping vocals, guitar, bass and drums. Since Sumner initially had trouble singing while playing the guitar, Gilbert took over the short term the guitar by New Order. It was only in the subsequent productions New Order experimented increasingly with synthesizers and keyboards and Gillian eventually took over the role of introverted keyboardist in the background and made for the electronic soundscape. Moreover, they contributed the spoken background vocals at on the New Order album " Movement" (1981).

However, their voice only appeared twice on New Order Publications: On the albums " Movement" and "Republic ".

Gillian Gilbert is married to the New Order member Stephen Morris and lives in Macclesfield in Manchester. Both had a common, but not quite as successful band project "The Other Two". After a serious illness of their daughter Gillian, however, drew a while back from the active music business. Your occupation at New Order took over in 2001 Phil Cunningham. Gilbert appeared occasionally as a guest musician with New Order and took part in the productions of the group. In 2011 she got back in full.