Peter Hook at his rehearsal studio in Cheshire, England in June 2019. It’s been nearly 20 years since New Order’s founding bassist Peter Hook left the group — and he’s not holding back on the ...

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Former New Order and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook blasted the use of AI in songwriting in a new interview. Speaking with the XS Noize podcast, Hook cited David Bowie as an example of the heights AI ...

Peter Hook has spoken out about why he believes Joy Division and New Order are still waiting for recognition from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The bassist, 69, played with Joy Division until the ...

After spending 2024 performing both Joy Division and New Order’s Substance live, Peter Hook & The Light will return stateside in 2025 with a new tour focusing on New Order’s Get Ready. The former Joy ...

“Split-and-get-back-to-record-together records are always a bit weird,” Peter Hook tells me on a recent video call, noting that fans and critics can be suspicious of a reunion. “When I came to start ...

Peter Hook will mark the 50th anniversary of the Sex Pistols’ legendary Manchester gig with a one-off show next year. The former New Order bassist was in attendance at the first of the iconic gigs at ...

Forgive New Order fans if they took the lyric “I used to think that the day would never come” from 1987’s “True Faith” and applied it to the chances of the band ever playing Pittsburgh again. It has ...

For a certain segment of the (post-)punk and alternative nations, Peter Hook is their Lemmy. The sturdy, nearly 70-year-old bassist and singer lives rock & roll in a way that few others do — complete ...

Los Angeles is considered the “spiritual home” to many, including Joy Division and New Order co-founder/bassist Peter Hook. His first experience in the City of Angels proves this, he says. “Being the ...

The Gallaghers have made up, but for those who enjoy a longstanding band feud, there’s still Peter Hook versus his former bandmates, New Order. “I don’t think they’re New Order,” Peter Hook tells The ...