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Peter Hook (born 13 February 1956) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Joy Division and New Order. Hook often used the bass as a lead instrument, playing melodies on the high strings with a signature heavy chorus effect.
Peter Hook's gear and equipment including the Electro-Harmonix XO Stereo Clone Theory, Yamaha BB 1200S, and Shergold Marathon 6 String Bass.
- New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies (1983) “This was a very interesting marriage of new technology, new sounds and old sounds. Ian Curtis’ suicide had taken us to a dark place, and really weighed heavily on us through Movement, which was like a Joy Division album with New Order vocals.
- New Order – Substance (1987) “Substance [by] New Order was a compilation instigated by [Factory label owner] Tony Wilson, because his Jaguar had a CD player and he wanted to be able to play our singles in his car.
- New Order – Technique (1989) “We recorded our albums in London, but as they went on we got in increasingly more trouble, so it was time to go somewhere cooler where we wouldn’t get distracted.
- New Order – Republic (1993) “I used to be very vocal about Republic being an album to avoid, because we were so disengaged from each other doing it, and I couldn’t listen to it without feeling sick.
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) “The great thing about being young as a musician is that you’re not overdrawn at the riff bank yet. You come up with a lot of riffs [seemingly] very quickly.
- 24 Hours (Joy Division) “24 Hours was such an individual and unique bass riff, and funnily enough I’ve noticed that over the years that it’s a song that a lot of bass players quote as being their favourite bass riff.
- Atmosphere (Joy Division) “It got voted the favourite rock song to be played at funerals, which was a very dubious honour! The other one was Robbie Williams, Angels, which was the song most likely to be played at weddings.
- New Dawn Fades (Joy Division) “I suppose the next one would be the same sort of formula, which is New Dawn Fades. This is the one that is very simple.
- Alan York
- New Order: Age Of Consent (1983) Widely regarded as the album on which New Order developed their own sound and emerged from Joy Division’s shadow, 1983’s Power, Corruption & Lies remains a high-water mark in their body of work.
- Joy Division: Transmission (1979) The sound of Joy Division at their pent-up, anthemic best, Transmission is unquestionably one of the band’s greatest songs, its drive and urgency coming from one of the best Peter Hook basslines.
- New Order: Sunrise (1985) Quite rightly, New Order are widely hailed as electronic-music innovators, but they’ve also amassed a sizeable catalogue of thrilling guitar-based rock songs.
- Joy Division: Twenty Four Hours (1980) Joy Division’s second album, Closer, includes several examples of Hooky at his best, and the raw, pugilistic riffs he fashioned to propel both Isolation and Colony could easily take their place among the best Peter Hook basslines.
Jul 9, 2024 · I don't buy into the idea that the bass player is the quiet one who drives the van.” In January 2021 Yamaha announced the extremely limited-edition Peter Hook Signature BB bass. Hook has played BB basses for decades, starting with the 600 model and graduating to the 1200S. The signature bass combines elements of the latter model.
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Aug 30, 2019 · On Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980), Joy Division’s two albums before the tragic death of their singer Ian Curtis, Hooky invented a style of bass playing that continues to register and inspire to this day, with his moody post-punk grit sitting at the very forefront of the mix.
