ASK YOUR QUESTIONS TO NEW ORDER HERE.

Great idea guys! Have New Order agreed to answer these questions already or is this a "maybe" situation?

Question for Neworder (any) - Who decided on the tracklisting for Get Ready and why were Player in the League and Sabotage not included?

Question for Neworder - When will the Chemical Brothers collaboration be available and how many new songs can we expect?

Question for Neworder - Will you tour North America in 2002?

Question for Neworder - Why do you play the same set every night?

Brian Geoghagan Seattle, Washington USA

Question for New Order: Why did London Records not release the album on CD and Vinyl at the same time, thus making many fans wait over a month to get the latter format, thus costing the LP's initial first week's sales and chart position in the process?

Question for New Order: London Records have also delayed the release of "60 mph" by three or four weeks. What's their excuse this time? Are they intent on pissing off die-hard New Order fans?

Questions posed by Martin Gray, Manchester, England.

I ask these questions because this has been my main bugbear all this time. I think their record company sucks. And I make clear my feelings by telling it straight from the heart......

Question for New Order: You have been including a fair amount of older stuff in your sets (Your Silent Face etc.) Is there any chance you might consider doing more PC+L material, like The Village or Leave Me Alone, or something like Run or Face Up when you come to Australia?

Question for New Order: Barney, you sound like you are a bit sick of performing Blue Monday live these days. Do you feel like you're obliged to use it as an encore in every set?

Wayne Gerdtz, Melbourne, Australia

This question may be a bit long, and it concerns Joy Division more than New Order, but it's worth a shot...

Question for Stephen Morris: Joy Division is known as a "post-punk" band, but in many of their songs your drumming feels like an amazingly danceable disco - for example, Insight, Dead Souls, Incubation. It's like you're looking for people to groove, and this adds a dimension to the music that is totally unexpected and totally exciting. Was all of that your own design? Did anyone inspire you to do it, or strongly influence you?

John Kelly Berkeley, California, USA

Question for Hooky:

"Were there any songs that you wanted to play on the recent tour, but the rest of the band objected? And if so what were they and why you wanted to play them?"

Scott Butler Rugby, UK

Sebastien, just thought I'd supply two alternative questions:

1. To the band: Surely "Get Ready" could have included more songs on the finished album than just a measly ten - if only to make up for the huge yawning lack of New Order material for so long? Why couldn't it have a been a 12- or 13-track (double) album instead?

2. To the band: Will there be such a long wait for further new releases (LPs / singles) seeing as the band are now rejuvenated and apparently fired up with lots of new ideas?

Martin Gray again, Manchester, Eng-er-lund

To the band :

Is there a reason why there's no song from Technique played on the current tour ?

Geoffroy Klompkes Brussels, Belgium

To Gillian (or Stephen Morris can pass it to her): When are you joining the band again, girl??? NewOrder is nothing without you! (kidding) - Best wishes to your daughter, have faith. The entire band can answer it too.

From Mauricio Fernandes Garcia, Brazil

Question For New Order: Will you be playing any shows other than the Big Day Out tour in Australia?

Mitchell Limb, Melbourne, Australia

question to New Order:

In interviews you always emphasize, that you only do the things that you want to do. But why do you still have "Blue Monday", "Temptation" or even (an updated) "True Faith" in your set that you're obviously sick of playing live ??? Is there a pressure that you have to present a best-of New Order ??? To me a best-of NewOrder also includes stuff like "Dream Attack", "Thieves Like Us", "1963", just to name a view. And why did you do a pre-listening session of "Get Ready" ??? Was it a testing, which songs should be on the album or not ??? Any hidden meaning behind the "job" doing support for Robbie Williams ??? Things like these seem to me like a brutal contradiction to your "independency" from the business that you're so often talking about!

This question posted by Marco Pleil, Frankfurt, Germany

question to New Order:

In interviews you always emphasize, that you only do the things that you want to do. But why do you still have "Blue Monday", "Temptation" or even (an updated) "True Faith" in your set that you're obviously sick of playing live ??? Is there a pressure that you have to present a best-of New Order ??? To me a best-of NewOrder also includes stuff like "Dream Attack", "Thieves Like Us", "1963", just to name a few. And why did you do a pre-listening session of "Get Ready" ??? Was it a testing, which songs should be on the album or not ??? Any hidden meaning behind the "job" doing support for Robbie Williams ??? Things like these seem to me like a brutal contradiction to your "independency" from the business that you're so often talking about!

This question posted by Marco Pleil, Frankfurt, Germany

Hooky - Your bass playing is now widely renown and integral to NO's sound, but have you ever felt its been overshadowed by NewOrders reliance on modern synths and technology?

Barney - many of your lyrics are on the subject of bitter sweet relationships, if you had to pick just one (NO/Electronic)to summise the feelings in a love torn break up what would it be ?

Steven - what musical instrument would you most like to run over with your tanks ?? !!

All - Do you feel your side projects have had any bearing on the GetReady album and if so how have they influenced it? ie: musicalal direction,lyrics,technology

:)

Inta-D London - UK

question to New Order:

Any plans to release the 1998 Peel Sessions ??? To make it a full length CD maybe adding the 2001 BBC Sessions (Slow Jam, Rock The shack, Your Silent Face, Close Range).

posted by Marco Pleil, Frankfurt, Germany

Erm, an obvious question, to the band :

Do they sometimes visit this site ?

Geoffroy Klompkes Brussels, Belgium

To all: What about 'Recycle', when, if at all, can we expect to see the early stuff not currently available on cd released in this format?

Is there a vault somewhere containing lots of unreleased songs and if so will they ever see the light of day?

When's the next album coming out? Don't make us wait another 8 years!

How do you feel about fan sites such as neworderonline making recordings of your music available to download??

Guys, Kylie or Dani?? Which one would you like to go 'down under' with??

Muffy, Muffland, near the Honey Pot.

Hi New Order!!! Get Ready is a Great album I have three Questions for the band (Sorry my English is very badly): 1)When do you playing in Brazil again? (or Promotional Tour maybe you have a lot of fans here) 2)Do you recorded some shows of Brazil Tour 88? 3)If yes. when could see it?

Elázaro Moses Mokrabe Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

How much input do the band get on remixers?

Why nothing from Technique/Lowlife on recent tour?

To Barney: What do you really think of Morrisey?

BArney/Hooky: Can we expect anything from your side projects in the near future?

SB, London

Question to New Order:

Can we expect to see a different set list in Paris? It would be nice to hear Perfect Kiss, Age of Consent, Sunrise, Everythings Gone Green etc instead of the usual.

Here are my Q's:

Peter Saville is a major part of the image of New Order what is your favourite sleeve and have you ever really hated any of them?

Hooky - At the M.E.N arena gig in 1998 why didn't you give me your bass guitar? You definetly heard me shout for it!

Steve - Are you ever tempted to program the entire drum sequences from all the songs so you can have a bit of a rest mid-tour?

Barney - Which song that you have wrote are you most proud of?

Thanks!

Steve Turner, Sheffield, UK

Would you agree that your best albums to date go in roughly this order P.C.L.Technique,Lowlife,Movement,Getready,Brotherhood,Republic,with the first two vying for superiority, Lowlife though brilliant not quite up there.If so do you see yourselves bettering these two bodies of work in the future.

             Hank Wiseass© 
                Liverpool

1. What was so special about the sandwiches at Malvern ?

2. Will you STOP playing Joy Division songs please ?

3. To Hooky : Will you release the Mountford Hall 79 tape to us tape types soon please ? Twenty years leaving us hanging on is long enough now mate !

To New Order (specifically Peter and Barney): Considering the emergance of side projects, is there ever any "my side group's better than yours"? If so, who usually wins?

To Barney: How do you think the band would be different if you had brought in another singer after Ian's death, and did you jockey for the lead singer spot yourself or was it just a case of drawing the shortest straw?

Hooky: What bands do you think specifically ripped off your bass style in order to get famous?

Steve: You commented in Sleaze Nation's interview that musicians are expected to shrivel up after a certain age, whereas actors et al can continue on. With that in mind, how many years do you feel New Order has left? Do you see the group playing in their wheelchairs when they're 80?

Again, to New Order: Was the mysterious figure in the doorway of the Perfect Kiss video supposed to be Ian? If so, was that your idea or Jonathan Demme's?

Trevor Seigler Walhalla, South Carolina, USA

To Barney: Did you get the nickname "Barney" from the Flinstones tv character, Barney Rubble (because of his droll sense of humor)?

To Barney: Do you write 100% of the lyrics to all of the songs? And, it seems as if all of your songs follow the same pattern: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, instrumental, then chorus. I know I'd love to hear more verses in your songs, like you used to with "Thieves Like Us", "Love Vigalantes" and "True Faith"...

Joe Santos Atlanta, GA

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To the band: after Ian's death, New Order's style changed quickly from post-punk music to dance music. It is evident if one simply considers the evolution from Ceremony to Confusion. Do you think it would have been the same if Ian Curtis had been alive? Would Joy Division have followed the same direction? To Barney: When Ian was alive, he wrote all the lyrics. Did you ever feel frustrated about this? Could you imagine being in this band and not writing the lyrics? Same question regarding singing? To the band: Do you think your side projects would exist if Ian was still alive? Can you imagine what kind of side project himself could have created, and with whom? To Hookey: Would you like to be New Order's singer (part-time or full-time)? To Steven: Do you prefer playing the drums or programming drum machines? To the band: Get Ready really rocks, compared to Republic. Is this the result of a conscious decision (and in this case, who decided to make it sound that hard?), or did it come naturally and unexpectedly? To the band: Have you got any plan regarding the next album (recording date, existing material, choice of a producer, guest musicians, musical style)? To the band: Is there anything you regret about Get Ready? Two months after it's been released, would you change something in it if you could? To the band: What is your favourite New Order record? To Barney: What's your favourite New Order song? Which song you wrote (for New Order and Electronic) do you like best? To the band: Have you ever considered re-recording some of your older songs in the Get Ready style? For instance, could you imagine creating a rock version of World, Blue Monday or Confusion?

Benoit, Belgium.

To Barney: What did you learn from Ian, as far as songwriting goes, and how do you think it shows in your work?

To the band: It's your last-ever gig (before the eventual breakup/overdose/nuclear holocaust/whatever). What song would you end with from your twenty-odd years of recording?

Trevor Seigler Somewhere between Hell and Purgatory, USA

to the band: I still remember when an advance cassette of Confusion arrived at CKLN, a college radio station in Toronto. There were 6, I think, mixes of the song and confusion ensued. People were asking "Which version is the song?" The notion of multiple mixes was still new then, with the major distiction being the 12"extended mix vs the album version(which was considered the song by most). Now we are all used(most of us) to coming across multiple mixes of songs, including some that appear very distant relatives to the "original". What is the band's view on the notion of the "original" song in the context of remixes? Does the band now see its own material as more plastic than back in the Warsaw days? How do they view their own influence on this new perception of the song as a flexible and changing entity?

To Bernard: What is your favorite bar/pub in the United States? And where is it located?

To Peter: What type of bass equipment did you use on "Get Ready" -- bass, amps, effects, etc.?

To Steve: Does it bother you that the Other Two always seemed a bit lost among the "other two's" side projects?

Joe Schalk Philadelphia, PA

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questions for steve:

• do you still have all your synth equipment from new order's previous albums? emulators, etc.

• neil and chris are credited in the thank you department on the "other two and you" album. what did they contribute?

g. los angeles, california usa

Question for the Band: Would you consider recording a new (or even re-recorded version of World in Motion) song for England 2002 World Cup campaign? If not would you consider recording a new World cup song for Scotland when they next qualify for the world cup (In 2032)?

From: Lindsay Morris- Glasgow, Scotland

Originally posted by Lindsay Morris Question for the Band: Would you consider recording a new (or even re-recorded version of World in Motion) song for England 2002 World Cup campaign?If not would you consider recording a new World cup song for Scotland when they next qualify for the world cup (In 2032)?From: Lindsay Morris- Glasgow, Scotland

For Gods sake Lindsay doll don't encourage them, it was bad enough having to buy the last one!!

Question to Hook:

I've been to your gig with Revenge in Sao Paulo about ten years ago. Although, when New Order were here I could not go to the gig.

Do you plan giging in Brazil on Get Ready tour? Please don't forgive us. We like New Order very much and I could not die without going to a New Order concert.

Question to Barney:

Do you know that we don't have any singles released from New Order and most of important bands in Brazil? What do you think, beeing a pioneer doing that here in Brazil? There is absolutely no reason to not release singles in our country. If the record labels think like that, they are very wrong. New Order could be the first important band releasing singles here.

Question to Barney: Can I have your babies?

Liv, Derby, UK

Sorry sorry sorry, very juvenile i know, and yes, i should know better....

I'll think of something more appropriate later...

Liv

Question to Steve:

In the concerts, almost every song you play "acoustic" drums fowlowed by some sequencer stuff. When you record the album, do you use the same instruments or do you use more electronic drums than in concerts? I ask that because sometimes, the live performances on the drums are more heavy and sound more "played" for you.

To Bernard:

New Order have made groundbreaking music over the years, who do you think is breaking new ground at the moment, if anyone?

To Hooky:

What tracks have you heard and thought "I wish we'd done that"?

To Steve:

What's your opinion of drummers who sing!?

from,

Rob, Manchester, England

Questions to the band:

What would you say to re-recording some of your early stuff with todays sounds, technology and instruments? I think Lonesome Tonight, Paradise, and This Time of Night would be great.

May I please join the band?

Questions by Jason St. John, Grand Rapids, MI

Q to the band

1. How annoying is it when fans keep going on about JD & IC ?

2. You have ten minutes in a locked room with Anthony fatgut Wilson - what do you do ??

3. Any more more plans to lose all your cash opening the most succesful club in britain (in terms of influence vis-a-vis cash !!)??

4. Are you the rolling stones for the e-generation ?

Question For Bernard: What type of guitar effects are using in the studio and live?

Thanks,

Jeff Johnson USA

Qestion to Barney:

Why don't you ever use acoustic guitars on live performances. Some songs like Love Less, As it Is When It Was sound like acoustic guitar on the records. Run Wild would be played live with acoustic guitars?

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after all these years of making music,do you have any major anbitions or goals you want to achieve?

do you get recognised a lot in the street or hassled? i bet you don't Hooky,you look mean as fuck!

Have you ever been to Doncaster? do you fancy going for a pint one night,the Trades and Labour club in donny is dirt cheap and the beer is lovely!

To Barney: How much of your personnal life pops up in your songwriting? To Hooky: How do you explain the mullet in the mid-Eighties? To Barney: Was there ever any pressure to write like Ian when you took over the vocal/lyrical duties for New Order? Obviously Movement sounds like a Joy Division knock-off.

Trevor Seigler, Walhalla, SC, USA

(Tell ya what, Nic: My best two were in my previous posts, pick from those if you want)

Have you ever been to Doncaster?

Seek the 18 April 1985 recording from Doncaster. Excellent set. I think some people who post here were at that show.

Question for New Order: Will you release an official "Live" album?

Question for Bernard; Do you ever dream about an invisible monster who follows you throughout your life, unsettling you... but then as an old man you realize that he had a secret that would have unlocked the key to existence and you never let him near enough to share it with you?

Question for Peter; do you believe that animals have morals?

Question for Gillian; do you like to yell when its snowing?

Question for Steve; have you ever been torn apart by a chorus of trumpets? and if you have, in how many pieces were you torn into? and lastly... how long did it take them to find all of your pieces and reassemble you? Do you feel any different now?

Questions I have always wanted to ask....

1. Somebody on New order story said that something comes out of you when you do New order that doesn't come out solo... Do you agree?

2. To each member of the band: What part of being a professional musician do you most enjoy (asides from the sex, drugs, etc, )? Is it song-writing, touring, or recording? (We know it's not the promo work)

3. What songs do you most enjoy playing live? (We know it's not Blue Monday;) )

4. To Peter: Can you promise us that you will come back to Canada? We forgive you for referring to us as "Americans"!!! ;)

5. I also like the question others asked: Have you considered doing a live or unplugged album? That would be great!!!

I think "Get Ready" is a great album, and I love your music!!!

Rob Roy, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Q to the band ( and maybe record label..)

1. When are your entire back catalouge getting re-mastered like many other bands at the moment? Can't wait to buy them because I felt most of them sound a bit 'tinny'...not doing justice to the material at all especially Factus 8 & Low-life..

2. When will we see more DVD released. That 316 was good but how about PFD & NewOrderStory & even Academy ( that Brixton Academy concert that Australians Fans don't even get a chance to have a sniff at....) We are really waiting...

3. Hope you are going to play more than just the BigDayOut in Sydney...it's been a long time since the Enmore Theatre & Selinas, Coogee in 1986...

See-Ye Tan, big NO fan in Newcastle, Australia.

1. to the band : Will you visit South Korea? Do you want world-wide tour? I really hope it.

2. to the band : How does it feel to recall again your Joy Division days now?

3. to Hooky : What will you tell your kids if they say to you they want to be a musician?

4. to Barney : Where is the most exciting place in Manchester?

5. to Barney : Your sight is good nowdays? I read your interview from one Korean music magazine in 1999 that you said, without your glasses, you couldn't read the setlist put on the floor then you said it's just a joke. When I saw a photograph of you mading a wry face, I came to worry about your sight because I do the same without my glasses as a short-sighted.

6. to Barney : Will you ever publish and confirm your all lyrics completely? New Order fans always discuss about what is exactly you're singing and what it's all about.

From Heather Kim
Seoul, South Korea.

Thanks!

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To the band:

1. If you could ask one question to your fans, what would it be?
2. Apart from yourselves (and Joy Division), who is the best band to have come out of Manchester?
3. Do you feel that you have to compromise more now you're on a major label? i.e. radio edits of singles etc.
4. What happened at the 2nd Barrowlands gig?

Any of my questions make the list? (even if any didn't, just say yes so my ego will be soothed)

Can you give us your top 3 favourite albums,singles,artists of this year and all time?

Hank Wiseass© Liverpool

Can you give us your top 3 favourite albums,singles,artists of this year and all time?

Hank Wiseass© Liverpool

Hello, My questions to Bernard Sumner

1. Do you enjoy touring around the world? @@@iI hope so! Please come to Japan!)
2. Why you didn't do enchore in Glasgow's night? (I couldn't sleep to think about it.)
3. Where is the best place to visite in Manchester? (Because next year I'll visite !)