Playing Hooky: an interview with Peter Hook, Front magazine, 2002

“Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, ba-ba-bum-ba-bum.” New Order bass guitarist Peter Hook is explaining how the bass line went in Joy Division’s 1977 track “Leaders Of Men”. “That was more Barney, that,” Hooky is quick to point out. “It’s got a great chord in it – dern-ner-ner-na-newww”

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Bernard Sumner, High Life (British Airways magazine), 2019

The New Order frontman and one-time Joy Division guitarist Bernard Sumner loves the wine, weather and warm welcome of Chile

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Joy divided: an interview with Peter Hook, GQ.co.uk, 2012

Feuds, addiction and beautiful bass lines – muscle-bound Salfordian Peter Hook discusses his new Joy Division memoir Unknown Pleasures, his plans for a New Order book and how his lawn-raking technique mirrors his low-slung playing style 

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One Last Thing… Bernard Sumner, The Guardian’s The Guide, 2009

Kraftwerk in pants, and a grade two back’n’sides: there’s nothing Bad Lieutenant’s Bernard Sumner regrets, he tells Lee Gale

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GQ Icon: Bernard Sumner, GQ, 2012

One of the unsung architects of the Manchester sound, the Salford stalwart has influenced every major musical movement of the past 35 years. Whether pioneering post-punk with Joy Division, melding rock/dance with New Order, or blowing £1m on a nightclub, “Barney” was there. As his band limber up for an Olympic concert, GQ pays tribute to the straight man of Madchester

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