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[scarymuppet]

and not a moment too soon. "Krafty" makes me want to cut myself.

http://www.pitchfork...w-orders-demise

Seems New Order really have heeded the sirens' call and sailed off into oblivion. Speaking to UK radio station Xfm recently, the legendary quartet's bassist Peter Hook more or less confirmed what has been hinted at for some time now: the band is finished.

Hook was asked about his collaborating with Satellite Party, to which he replied: "I spoke to Perry [Farrell], and he asked me to play bass, as he'd heard about New Order splitting up. Well yeah, me and Bernard [Sumner] aren't working together."

Xfm then inquired whether the split was permanent, prompting Hook to say, "Bernard went off for a break with Electronic [with Johnny Marr], but that was different. But it's like the boy who cried wolf this time." We're not entirely sure what he means by that, but it doesn't seem to bode particularly well for our love vigilantes.

Hook has certainly found plenty else to occupy his time of late. In addition to Satellite Party, Hook has his Freebass supergroup with fellow low-enders Andy Rourke (the Smiths) and Mani (Primal Scream/Stone Roses). The Freebass boys are presently auditioning singers.

Hook's also been playing out recently with David Potts (his former bandmate in Revenge and Monaco), he and New Order have music in the forthcoming Ian Curtis biopic Control, and he DJs regularly (upcoming dates ahead). Perhaps most interestingly, Hook recently hopped on the cyber train and established his own MySpace page, complete with long-winded, poorly punctuated blog entries. In one of these, he begins a paragraph (capitalization his): "SAW A COUPLE OF OLD FRIENDS FROM NEW ORDER DAYS..." One usually doesn't speak of his "such-and-such days" until those dates are behind him. Alas!

[The Good Dr Bill]

and not a moment too soon.

came into thread to say this

[Mitchell]

I auditioned as a singer for Freebass.

[HandBanana]

Were pretty turgid at Coachella a couple years back.

[Duff.]

So long as I can still listen to Substance, whatever.

[Mantana]

People sure love to hate this band.

[More Drama]

Who can we turn to for a good single once every 5 years, now?

[6ome 9irl]

I still don't see how some disliked 'Krafty.' I have the single and all, what, three or was it four, remixes were grand as well.

[scarymuppet]

I still don't see how some disliked 'Krafty.' I have the single and all, what, three or was it four, remixes were grand as well.

I feel the exact opposite. I have no idea what people like about it. Sounds like a really bad CCM song to me.

[Undercooked Sausage]

I still don't see how some disliked 'Krafty.' I have the single and all, what, three or was it four, remixes were grand as well.

I liked all the singles off the last album! This is bad news for me, I'll never get to see them or depend on them for a catchy song every few years or so. I know Andrew leads the pack on "New Order sucks now and they used to be brilliant" but "Here To Stay," "Krafty," and "Jetstream," are some of my favorite singles of this decade.

[Artem]

about god damn time! can't wait for a reunion though

[The Good Dr Bill]

"Jetstream," lol

[Saskadelphia]

Yeah, "Here to Stay" was their last great moment, in my opinion.

[Duff.]

The chorus of Krafty just seems so lazy to me. I dunno. I was real excited when I first turned it on and real disappointed when it was over.

[ryan]

"Turn" was one of the best things they've ever done. In addition, there were two or three decent songs on the album. So yeah, I guess this is ok.

[Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ]

it was really weird to hear the chorus of "Krafty" and then find out it was New Order of all bands. This isn't terrible news, considering Peter Hook is one of my favorite bass players and hearing about this Freebass shit is pretty awesome.

[More Drama]

They've been talking about Freebass for like 3 years. They claimed they already had a singer.

[Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ]

I'm out of the loop.

[red]

Oh yeah, these guys were still together, weren't they?

I think it's time. Bye guys.

[Undercooked Sausage]

"Jetstream," lol

Miserable turd comes out of retirement just to piss me off.