Peter Hook
Peter Hook
Peter Hookis an English bass player, co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth13 February 1956
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I love dance music, it started with me in '88 and has never left me. It's what I consider to be my driving music, whenever I'm in the car!
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There's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate.
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One of the sad facts of this world is that as you try and balance your group life against your home life, everything takes longer.
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This LP from start to finish is the longest we've ever done, which was three and a half years. God knows how long the next one's gonna be.
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It was an amazing mistake to lose 10p on every copy because your sleeve is so expensive.
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In fact, Steven's daughter didn't know what a CD was. They don't want to be bothered to put one on. They want to push a computer button.
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When you balance it against New Order, New Order don't work or tour relentlessly. We definitely work in our own way and sometimes it's a bit too slow for me, so I like to plan ahead and fill my time up.
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There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's.
That's it really, at the moment I wouldn't say I was influenced by any one thing in particular.
And they do tend to be fast and up, because that's how I like to drive.
stopped
Actually when we stopped New Order I was busier than ever. The only gaps have been while we've been writing.
tends
Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!
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They amaze me most of those remixes. Some of them are crap. But every time I complain, someone comes up and says they are for a different market that you don't understand. Some of the New Order ones are really great, though.
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I'd rather have ten people who are mad for it than ten thousand who aren't.