25 Facts About Peter Hook

Peter Hook was born on 13 February 1956 and is an English musician.

Peter Hook was the bassist and co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division and its successor New Order.

Peter Hook often used the bass as a lead instrument, playing melodies on the high strings with a signature heavy chorus effect.

Peter Hook has recorded one album with Revenge, two albums with Monaco and one album with Freebass, serving as bassist, keyboardist and lead vocalist.

Peter Hook's parents divorced in 1959 when he was three years old.

In 1984, Peter Hook recorded the single "Telstar" with the short-lived band Ad Infinitum.

Peter Hook co-owned the Suite Sixteen recording studio, formerly Cargo Studios, which Peter Hook purchased with Chris Hewitt in 1984.

Peter Hook admitted he was only pretending to be a DJ on his Myspace blog, but then removed it due to public backlash.

Peter Hook then played and recorded a studio album, It's a Beautiful Life, with a new band project called Freebass with bass players Mani and Andy Rourke.

Peter Hook compiled "The Hacienda Acid House Classics" in 2009 following on from his original mix of "The Hacienda Classics" from 2006.

In October 2009, Peter Hook published his book on his time as co-owner of the Hacienda, How Not to Run a Club.

In 2010, Peter Hook recorded and released two EPs on American indie record label 24 Hour Service Station as Man Ray with production partner and Freebass keyboardist Phil Murphy.

In 2012, Peter Hook launched a brand new master's degree programme in Music Industry Management and Promotion at the University of Central Lancashire.

Peter Hook was awarded an honorary fellowship from the same institution on 11 July 2012.

On 29 January 2013, Peter Hook published Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division; an autobiographical account of his time in the band.

In November 2015, The Guardian reported that Peter Hook was suing his former bandmates for continuing to use the name New Order.

Peter Hook has two children from his first marriage with Iris Bates, son Jack and daughter Heather.

Peter Hook later said, after Aherne's death, that it had been a turbulent, violent and abusive marriage.

Peter Hook subsequently married Rebecca Jones and has a daughter with her.

In July 2012, Peter Hook was awarded an Honorary Fellowship, from the University of Central Lancashire, during the graduation of the university's creative arts students.

Peter Hook has said that he developed his high bass lines when he started playing with Joy Division because the speaker that he used initially was so poor he had to play that high to be able to hear what he was doing, as Bernard Sumner's guitar was so loud.

Peter Hook contributed backing vocals on numerous Joy Division songs in concert and sang co-lead with Ian Curtis on Joy Division's "Interzone".

Peter Hook has used an Ampeg SVT rig, and has expressed interest in Ashdown amplification.

Peter Hook is currently using an Ampeg SVT-CL with an Ampeg cabinet.

In Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, which focused on Factory Records, Peter Hook was played by Ralf Little.