Gillian Gilbert (born Gillian Lesley Gilbert, 27 January 1961 in Whalley Range, Greater Manchester, England) is a British keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist, best known as a member of New Order and a founding member of The Other Two.
Gilbert's family moved from her birthplace Manchester to the nearby market town of Macclesfield when she was young. She has two sisters: Kim and Julie. In a 1987 New Order interview, Gilbert says that she disliked l...
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Gillian Gilbert (born Gillian Lesley Gilbert, 27 January 1961 in Whalley Range, Greater Manchester, England) is a British keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist, best known as a member of New Order and a founding member of The Other Two.
Gilbert's family moved from her birthplace Manchester to the nearby market town of Macclesfield when she was young. She has two sisters: Kim and Julie. In a 1987 New Order interview, Gilbert says that she disliked living in Cheshire as a teenager and wanted to live in Manchester when she grew up.
At the time Joy Division was active, Gilbert began dating the band's drummer, Stephen Morris. The rest of Joy Division included singer Ian Curtis, guitarist Bernard Sumner and bassist Peter Hook. Ian Curtis's death in May 1980 left a three-member band that named itself New Order. Wanting to complete their line-up with someone they knew well and whose musical skill and style was compatible with their own, New Order invited Gilbert to join the band during the...
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