In the music of Joy Division there is an massive, ominous sound that is perpetually hanging in the air. It is at once aggressive, metered, terrifying and cold. That sound is Peter Hook.
Forming the band with Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris after seeing the Sex Pistols, Hook introduced a radically new sound to music through his bass. With the ethos of punk rock firmly in hand, Hook strummed out thick notes that were wonderful and wonderfully dread-inducing. Following Curtis' suicide, the rest of the band would go on to form New Order which again used Hook's unique bass as a foundation for the group's sound.
But over the past decade, things between the members of New Order have become raw, and the group has fractured. Now on his own, Hook has toured with the band the Light playing Joy Division albums in their entirety. To further cap off the era, Hook has just released his recollection of his time in Joy Division in the form of the book Unknown Pleasures - Inside Joy Division (IT Books). Punknews Features Editor John Gentile spoke with Hook about his career, his bass and his first punk rock show.
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