Back in 2007, nobody was exactly sure whether synthpop gods New Order were broken up or not. Bassist Peter Hook said that they were; everyone else in the band said they weren't.Well, it's official now: New Order are broken up. The BBC reports that the non-Peter Hook members of the group have a new group with a new name: Bad Lieutenant. And they've also got themselves a new bassist. (via NME)Bad...
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Live broadcast from the BBC - 1984.If you are feeling a little down then you can take solace in the thought that things are unlikely to get any worse..Today, say experts, is the unhappiest day in the entire year..Unpaid Christmas bills, nasty weather, and failed New Year's resolutions combine to make January 22 the gloomiest in the calendar. MORE.What a load of bollocks; just another excuse to ...
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New Order bassist Peter Hook has told UK radio station XFM that the archaic British post-punk outfit are no more. Hook, who recently was asked to play bass on Perry Farrell’s latest music project, Satellite Party, admitted that things with New Order weren’t all peaches and cream. “Well yeah, me and Bernard (Sumner) aren't working together." Hook said. He suggested the split pernament by cit
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This new feature-length documentary about the late Tony Wilson's legendary Manchester record label has lots of interesting stuff on the web site even if you can't see it on BBC4 on Friday night;http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/factory/
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After much uncertainty of their future, New Order are calling it quits.Confirmation came from bassist Peter Hook at the beginning of this month that the band had decided once and for all to go their own way.Hook: "It has been very sad actually, and it has been very difficult to live with, but that is life, isn't it?" he said. "But you pick yourself up, you dust yourself off, and you start all o...
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Peter Hook claims this time it’s for real.04 May 07 - It looks like it could be the end for Manchester legends New Order.You may feel like you’ve heard this one before, but bassist Peter Hook says that he and singer Bernard Sumner have gone their separate ways and are no longer working together.It came out in an interview with Xfm’s Clint Boon; while talking about his collaboration with Jayn
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Contrary to recent reports that it's over for New Order, two members of the British post-punk/electronic-dance combo said in a statement Friday that the group still exists. New Order bassist Peter Hook told Xfm radio in May that the group had disbanded."After 30 years in a band together we are very disappointed that Hooky has decided to go to the press and announce unilaterally that New Order h...
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I think we've been pretty clear at Down With Tyranny that we don't like the temptation legislators who take immense sums of money from special interests in annual "donations"-- and then vote on the very bills those special interests consider downright existential-- face. The Financial/Insurance/Real Estate sector has invested more in Congressional campaigns than any other sector in the economy...
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He lost a lot of money. He took a lot of drugs. His marriage to actress Caroline Aherne ended in a fog of binge drinking and nasty public outbursts. He and the Factory empire ran a club...badly.Today's Manchester Evening News interviews Peter Hook, bass player with New Order who is promoting his book of recollections titled "The Hacienda: How Not To Run A Club". He admits that he and fellow ban...
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Because we love the smell of fresh band breakups in the morning..Ex-New Order bassist Peter Hook has declared the entire group defunct, despite the fact that the two remaining members wish to continue recording under the old name. This disagreement has created a stirrup that could possibly prompt legal action, as Hook threatened litigation against his ex members. It all started when Bernard Sum...
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First it was complaints about the sound on Metallica's latest album, and now fans are all over Rhino Records over the recent New Order reissues. The albums were released Britain last month and the U.S. two days ago.Fans have compiled a list of over 300 problems with the bonus discs from the sets, saying that they sound as if they were recorded from vinyl pressings rather than the original mast...
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MUSIC NEWS - Double-disc Collector's Editions of the classic, alternative synth-rock, NEW ORDER albums; Movement, Power, Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, Brotherhood and Technique will be released by Warner / Rhino on November 11. Each set will feature the original Factory Records release remastered and expanded with non-album singles, b-sides and remixes. NEW ORDER , formed in 1980, after the ...
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Rhino Records, a label renowned for their Grammy-nominated vintage album reissues, has been forced to issue an apology following their recent project on the 'Collector's Edition' version of New Order's first five albums. Despite going over the heads of all of the mainstream music publications, fans spotted around three-hundred errors with the releases, including prominent hisses and crackles on...
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Five of the most important releases in the decade after punk died, New Order records Movement, Power Corruption and Lies, Low-Life, Brotherhood and Technique are getting the reissue treatment next month when Rhino will release special collector's edition 2-disc sets...
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I just read that Rhino is re-reeasesing the early canon of New Order albums. And, like The Cure releases before them, they are coming out with an extra cd of related tarcks. My favorite New Order album -- Movement -- has an excellent tracklisting:Movement:01 Dreams Never End02 Truth03 Senses04 Chosen Time05 I.C.B.06 The Him07 Doubts Even Here08 DenialMovement bonus disc:01 Ceremony (12" Version...
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