▁D ogs ' ▁debut ▁appeared ▁on ▁De cca , ▁John ▁Cooper ▁Clar ke ▁was ▁lic ensed ▁to ▁CBS , ▁and ▁J ilt ed ▁John ▁to ▁E MI ), ▁they ▁would ▁concent rate ▁on ▁albums . ▁The ▁first ▁album ▁following ▁the ▁Factory ▁sam pler ▁EP ▁( which ▁included ▁Joy ▁Division , ▁Cab aret ▁Vol taire , ▁and ▁Od ) ▁was ▁Un known ▁Ple asures ▁by ▁Joy ▁Division , ▁recorded ▁at ▁St raw berry ▁Studios ▁in ▁Stock port . ▁ ▁Factory ▁Records ▁and ▁the ▁post - p unk ▁period ▁T aking ▁the ▁Indust rial ▁Revolution ▁as ▁its ▁model , ▁Factory ▁Records ▁played ▁upon ▁Manchester ' s ▁trad itions , ▁inv oking ▁at ▁once ▁apparently ▁incon gru ous ▁images ▁of ▁the ▁industrial ▁north ▁and ▁the ▁gl am orous ▁pop ▁art ▁world ▁of ▁Andy ▁War hol . ▁While ▁label ▁m ates ▁A ▁C ertain ▁Rat io ▁and ▁the ▁Dur ut ti ▁Column ▁each ▁for ged ▁their ▁own ▁sound , ▁it ▁was ▁Factory ' s ▁Joy ▁Division ▁who ▁were ▁the ▁most ▁prominent . ▁Other ▁bands ▁that ▁walked ▁through ▁the ▁door ▁opened ▁by ▁punk ▁included ▁the ▁S alf ord ▁J ets , ▁front ed ▁by ▁Mike ▁S ween ey , ▁and ▁the ▁F resh ies , ▁led ▁by ▁Chris ▁S ieve y ▁( Fran k ▁Side bottom ). ▁There ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁id ios ync r atic ▁post - p unk ▁of ▁the ▁M emb ran es ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁and ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁post - p unk ▁of ▁Joy ▁Division ▁combining ▁rock , ▁pop