Peter Hook Explains Why New Order Is Bad Without Him, Admits “The Animosity Is Obviously Still There”

Legendary bassist Peter Hook was one quarter of Joy Division, and he played in New Order from the band’s 1980 beginning until 2007, when he split bitterly with his longtime bandmate Bernard Sumner. Over the years, Hook and Sumner have sniped back and forth in the press, and Hook launched a 2015 lawsuit that’s since been settled. These days, Hook is touring with his band Peter Hook And The Light, playing New Order’s 2001 comeback album Get Ready in its entirety. He’s also continuing to...

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