Thursday, February 20, 2014

Tony Wilson born on this day in 1950


Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records and the legendary Hacienda nightclub was born on February 20th. Watch the BBC documentary Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to the Happy Mondays, which was created as a tribute to Wilson (originally aired a month after his death in August 2007).

Factory Records documentary



Tony Wilson interviews the Smiths



Johnny Marr recently made some comments about Factory Records. Read the interview here.

Published on February 20th, 2014 @ 5:22 AM