A New Order Online Interview What to ask Hybrid and Hooky?

i have a question for peter, dont know much at all about hybrid :(

joy division is still one of the most popular bands on college radio which means kids from the ages of 18-22 are getting into one of the greatest bands of all time. What is it about jot division that still attracts new listners 23 years later?

Originally posted by Spotnick I'll close this site if Hooky doesn't do an interview to a place where the public is EXCLUSIVELY New Order fans...

Bear in mind that at the end of the day he is human, same as most of the rest of us, and bad days are had occasionally. Given the track record of Hooky when it comes to interview truculence and his connection to World in Motion, don't expect an interview, but be grateful for one if it happens. This ain't no press bandwaggon anymore, in fact it never was for New Order. If I was him I deliberately wouldn't do it now (in jest), just to see if you carried out the threat ;)

Originally posted by kamar khan i have a question for peter, dont know much at all about hybrid :(joy division is still one of the most popular bands on college radio which means kids from the ages of 18-22 are getting into one of the greatest bands of all time. What is it about jot division that still attracts new listners 23 years later?

Errr..he's from Manchester, and doesn't give a fuck about US college radio and what is successful on it. Not sure he is all that big a Jot Division fan either !

Originally posted by Reg Bumswizle > Originally posted by kamar khan> i have a question for peter, dont know much at all about hybrid :(> > joy division is still one of the most popular bands on college radio which means kids from the ages of 18-22 are getting into one of the greatest bands of all time. What is it about jot division that still attracts new listners 23 years later?

Errr..he's from Manchester, and doesn't give a fuck about US college radio and what is successful on it. Not sure he is all that big a Jot Division fan either !

true he's from manchester, but over here in the US A LOT of bands get their start on college radio (REM is one famous example), as it's one of the only freeform media on the air, and one of the only places independent labels can get their bands heard. even major labels take notice. i was the MD for my college radio station, and EMI had the local college MDs over to their NYC offices for a 'video watching' party. one of the videos they showed us was a rough cut of fun lovin' criminals first release, before they had received any airplay at all. they wanted to know what we thought before they released the album and the video. college radio has an incredible amount of influence over here...if it weren't for college radio, JD and NO might have never been heard in the states! particularly considering what was on the air at the time!

Originally posted by Reg Bumswizle

Given the track record of Hooky when it comes to interview truculence

With any luck he'll be in a similar mood to the one he was in with that Kiwi journalist back in December '82 :hate: . Or better still, he might decide to regress to his ways of the first ever JD interview with McCulloch from Sounds . Bonne chance!

Originally posted by AgentWood > Originally posted by Reg Bumswizle> > > > Originally posted by kamar khan> > i have a question for peter, dont know much at all about hybrid :(> > > > joy division is still one of the most popular bands on college radio which means kids from the ages of 18-22 are getting into one of the greatest bands of all time. What is it about jot division that still attracts new listners 23 years later?>

Errr..he's from Manchester, and doesn't give a fuck about US college radio and what is successful on it. Not sure he is all that big a Jot Division fan either !

true he's from manchester, but over here in the US A LOT of bands get their start on college radio (REM is one famous example), as it's one of the only freeform media on the air, and one of the only places independent labels can get their bands heard. even major labels take notice. i was the MD for my college radio station, and EMI had the local college MDs over to their NYC offices for a 'video watching' party. one of the videos they showed us was a rough cut of fun lovin' criminals first release, before they had received any airplay at all. they wanted to know what we thought before they released the album and the video. college radio has an incredible amount of influence over here...if it weren't for college radio, JD and NO might have never been heard in the states! particularly considering what was on the air at the time!

A lot of US bands get their start on college radio. Don't think they exactly need a start now, or to be honest care about whether they got heard in the states.....making it B.I.G. was never the reason.

Ask Hooky if he or the band memebers would ever like to post on our lovely forum once in a while, or whether he only does that on forums when fellow rich bastards (initials D.S.) lick his arse.

the question is not about getting heard in the united states on college radio. i was using that as a source of evidence. the question is... what is it about joy division that still attracts young people? a question about relevance and a feeling of knowing what you have done in the past and continue to do now (new order/side projects) still influences people across the world. thanks for your imput though.

Originally posted by Spotnick To best honest, it's probably the best shot Mike will have to talk to a band member about his project also I don't expect much, but please Tim, don't give me the "other site connection" thing, that is bullocks!! I'm pretty sure we could have just the same here, but I trully don't bother, if the band want us to help them, I have the feeling they should be the one doing the big step, I won't be calling London (nice Clash flashback here) weekly to see if something happened :DIf it was all about competition, I'd go there myself, but I wanted to give back to the people who helped NOOL, and Mike came to mind since he's close to New York and wanted to go.. and I think it's a good opportunity for many things, if not, at least Mr Hook might remember who's the guy that did a CD ripping off his tunes Yes, he's entitled to have a bad day, I was being sarcastic a little... but I think when you have the change to talk to 10,000 members of one of your biggest fan club, why not? But I know Mike might not be able to do 10% of what he would love to do also.. but he'll enjoy his day :D

My point being that he already givs interviews to the web, on the other site, so may feel that he doesn't need to give any more. And the best reason for not wanting to talk to 10,000 members of your biggest fan club is the fact that there are 10,000 of them supposedly hanging on his every word. They don't play these US media games, and are likely to refuse for all the reasons that tell you that they should accept !

Ask him (advice him...) if New Order ever thought to put the never played songs in the setlist. I think a cult band with 26 years of history should have played live not all their songs, but at least... you know what I mean...

I find it 'interesting' that the person selected to do this interview hasn't even heard the Hybrid album (which is excellent). I assume the interview is on the back of THEIR album which features Hooky on 2 tracks (and their current live dates promoting same), and I would imagine any potential interview would be with THEM + Hooky (probably through their record label Distinctive). Consequently, I really can't see much point in asking any questions about NO or JD, and I'd be surprised if the current crop of questions would win much interest in a 'bidding war' for an interview with them.

If you do get an interview (or questions that might possibly entice them/him to give you an interview); I'd ask them:

(a)about the masses of material they mention they recorded with Hooky at the same time as he did the stuff for their album (this is mentioned on the DVD which comes with the album). When's it coming out? In what form?

(b) given Hooky's obvious enthusiasm for playing, and the empathy between him and Hybrid should he/they not consider doing a Hooky based (solo) album?

(c) What NO tracks would they like to remix?

regarding the tracks Hooky contributed to ask Hybrid how he fitted into the writing process, did he co-write songs with them from scratch or did he add his distinctiveness to existing compositions? Also ask Hooky if he uses the same bass rig as he does with NO? Hooky will most likely tell u to f*** off but it's worth a shot :p

Originally posted by Spotnick But Martin.. this is NEWORDERonline, so they expect us to be there and ask them questions on behalf of New Order fans, not Hybrid fans...Mike will listen to the album before going, don't worry...

..and watch the DVD?!:)?

(Anyway thanks for putting my mind at rest)

In that case:

When's the next album from NO? :)

What's his fave remix of NO stuff?

Who's been eating all the pies?

ask Hooky does he still lick his fingers after finishing a bag of crisps? ;)

Is that how gets his distinctive bass sound :)

Originally posted by Martin Fenner Is that how gets his distinctive bass sound :)

yup (in addition to driving Barney crazy) ;)

You could ask them/Hooky when the next single "Higher Than A Skyscraper" (also featuring Hooky) is out?

(Remixes by The Orb, Dub Pistols, Freq Nasty and Hybrid themselves)

Well, at least it's Hybrid & Hooky related! :D

l8rs,

Nick ;)

Originally posted by Spotnick > Originally posted by Distant Sun> ask Hooky does he still lick his fingers after finishing a bag of crisps? ;)

Are you related to Huntsman??? no idea who that is

well to be honest up to seing hybrid on this site i had no idea who they are ect,(are they any good)?.

i wouldnt like to ask a question of them based on that basis. i would however like to ask hooky if anyone from new order or one of their minions visits this site from time to time and do they take a blind bit of notice of anything thats said. id like to think they cared enough about their fans to at least listen once n awhile.;)

Andy Robinson's read this site in the past, dunno if he still does. There's a lot to get through, isn't there, and quite hard to sort the wheat from the chaff. He's probably wondering why everyone keeps talking about the Cure and Depeche Mode?!

amen to that.

confess to not having yet heard Hybrid (funds-related) but will, so general question, are they planning on growing the live project internationally? Have they had feedback from Europe club scene etc. How's it looking? Wish 'em the best of luck too.

Originally posted by mike powell well to be honest up to seing hybrid on this site i had no idea who they are ect,(are they any good)?.

Yes, they are. I haven't heard many of their original tracks but their single being promoted in the US, True To Form, is a pretty good track with Hooky's bass prominently displayed.

They have also made some stellar remixes for artists like BT, Moby, Crystal Method, and Sarah McLachlan. Not to forget one of the best remixes last year, Tears From The Moon with Conjure One & Sinnead O'Connor.

Ask them if the fans can expect hear a good Hybrid-remix of a New Order track with Hooky's bass kept intact...

Also tell Hooky to come down to Orlando and I'll buy him a beer or two... ;)

/TLV