Peter Hook

Peter Hook was born Peter Woodhead in 1956, and was the towering talent on the bass behind the seminal bands Joy Division and New Order, as well as projects including Monaco and the short-lived three-bassist group Freebass. Famed for his melodic, often high-register bass-lines, Hooky’s current project is Peter Hook & The Light, in which he plays bass and sings alongside his long-time collaborator David Potts and his own son, Jack Bates. Hooky’s long career has been one of peaks and troughs, with the music’s success both in terms of sales and quality occasionally hindered by record company shenanigans, poor decisions, and sheer bad luck. His Rochdale studio in the late Eighties played host to most of the upcoming Madchester bands, from the Stone Roses to the Happy Mondays, all of whom he says blagged cheap studio time andand talked us through five albums that have marked key points over the years.