Global InformationPeter Hook information
Peter Hook | |
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 Hook performing at Nocturnal Culture Night on 13 January 2018 | |
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| Birth name | Peter Woodhead |
| Born | 13 February 1956 Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
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| Spouse(s) | 3, including
Caroline Aherne
(m. 1994; div. 1997) |
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. In New Order, he would do this, leaving the actual basslines to keyboards or sequencers.
Along with Bernard Sumner, Hook formed the band which was to become Joy Division in 1976. Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis in 1980, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook played bass with them until 2007.
Hook has recorded one album with Revenge (One True Passion), two albums with Monaco (Music for Pleasure and Monaco) and one album with Freebass (It's a Beautiful Life), serving as bassist, keyboardist and lead vocalist. He is currently the lead singer and one of the bassists for Peter Hook and the Light.
- ^ "Peter Hook". Great Lives. 6 May 2008. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.