Peter Hook looks back at Joy Division, New Order and how not to be a DJ
Peter Hook, bold pioneer of the high, clambering, tune-filled bassline, is touring this autumn with Peter Hook & the Light. We talk to him in Prestatyn - about to deejay at mate’s birthday - about the first gigs he ever saw and played, heavy-handed club owners, tough crowds on dance floors, the world audience for his two old bands and few key moments of a long life onstage, which involves … … why you should never read your reviews. … how Ian Curtis was precisely the opposite of how people imagined him. ... why deejaying is “the loneliest job in the world” and three tunes to play when it all…
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