11 Facts About Martin Hannett

Martin Hannett's uncle was a bass player and gave his nephew a bass guitar when he was 14.

Martin Hannett played bass with Spider Mike King and as member in a band called Paradox, in 1973, alongside Paul Young, later of Sad Cafe and Mike + The Mechanics.

Martin Hannett had a collection of BBD echo devices which he called his "bluetop echo and delay boxes".

Martin Hannett produced U2's first international single, "11 O'Clock Tick Tock", which was released in May 1980.

Martin Hannett was set to produce their debut album, Boy, but after the suicide of Curtis, Hannett was too distraught to work and backed out.

When Martin Hannett returned to produce the Happy Mondays he worked as a freelance producer, and was not reinstated as a Factory director.

Martin Hannett died on 18 April 1991 at the age of 42 in Manchester, as a result of heart failure.

Martin Hannett was survived by his wife, son James and stepdaughter Tania.

Martin Hannett was portrayed by Andy Serkis in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, a fictionalised depiction of Tony Wilson's career as the co-founder of Factory Records and The Hacienda nightclub.

Wilson concludes that the reviewer's implication is correct, that indeed, Martin Hannett was far stranger than the Lord of the Rings character.

Martin Hannett was portrayed by Ben Naylor in Anton Corbijn's film 2007 Control, a biopic of Ian Curtis.