Peter Hook

New Wave Pop 

Face Up: New Order’s Low-Life Turns 40

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1985, 40th Anniversary, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Low-Life, New Order, Peter Hook, Sub-Culture, The Perfect Kiss

Looking back at the group’s transitional third LP

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Dance Rock Electronic New Wave Pop 

Thieves Like Us: New Order Expands Substance 1987

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, expanded edition, Gillian Gilbert, New Order, Peter Hook, Rhino, Stephen Morris, Substance, Substance 1987, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith, Warner Records

Four-disc deluxe edition of classic singles collection amended with rare B-sides and live material

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Alternative Rock Dance Dance Rock New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

We All Stand: New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies at 40

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Age of Consent, Bernard Sumner, Depeche Mode, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Interpol, Joy Division, LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Hook, Power Corruption & Lies, Stephen Morris, The Cure, The Killers

Looking back on the Manchester greats’ transitional second album

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Dance Dance Rock Electronic New Wave Pop Synth 

The Perfect Kiss: New Order’s Substance at 35

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1987, Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, Ceremony, Factory Records, Gillian Gilbert, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Substance, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith

Looking back on the anthology that chronicled the group’s ascent from despair to dancefloor greatness

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Dance Dance Rock New Wave Post-Punk Punk 

Hooky At 65

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Happy Birthday, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Peter Hook and The Light

Celebrating with influential Joy Division/New Order singer and bassist’s first day as a proper senior citizen

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New Wave Post-Punk Remembrance Rock 

One Will Burn: Closer by Joy Division Turns 40

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1980, Bernard Sumner, Closer, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris

On the 40th anniversary of Ian Curtis’s sudden, self-inflicted departure, we look back at his band’s greatest album

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"Shoegaze" Indie Rock Pop Post-Hardcore Psychedelics 

Trupa Trupa Is Coming to America!

July 15, 2019July 17, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Fugazi, Gdansk, King Crimson, Lovitt Records, NPR, Peter Gabriel, Peter Hook, Pink Floyd, Poland, Ride, Spiritualized, Trupa Trupa, Union Pool

The celebrated Polish psych rockers to play three dates in the United States following the September release of their forthcoming LP Of The Sun; Watch New Video

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Rock 

Courtney x Corgan: Together Again

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Billy Corgan, Courtney Love, Hole, Joy Division, New Jersey, New Order, Peter Hook, Smashing Pumpkins

Watch fan-shot footage from last night’s Love-fest

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