Questions for NewOrder (Final List?)

In fact we tried for 20.. we'll see what happens.

Remember this CAN be a long process, so please be patient.

Here are the selected questions, please don't flame us if your wasn't selected, it was VERY hard to do a selection...

QUESTIONS FOR THE BAND (ANYONE OR ALL OF YOU CAN ANSWER)

1. Why do you play the same set every night?

Brian Geoghagan Seattle, Washington, USA

2. Is there a reason why there's no song from Technique and Low Life played on the current tour ?

Geoffroy Klompkes Brussels, Belgium

Seb Briggs London, England, U.K.

3. What happened to songs like The Happy One or the 17 minutes version of Elegia? Is there a vault somewhere containing lots of unreleased songs and if so will they ever see the light of day?

Sébastien Boisvert Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Muffy Muffland, near the Honey Pot (Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.)

4. 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) ???

Marco Pleil Frankfurt, Germany

5. 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

6. 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? What would you say to re-recording some of your early stuff with today's sounds, technology and instruments? Have you ever considered releasing an album of Joy Division songs recorded by New Order?

Benoit Codrons Brussels, Belgium

Jason St. John Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Nicolas LeBlanc Montreal, Quebec, Canada

7. Would you consider releasing an unplugged or live album?

Robert Roy Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Nicolas LeBlanc Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Brian Geoghagan Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

8. You released a DVD named "New Order 3 16". What does 3 16 means?

Nicolas LeBlanc Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sébastien Boisvert Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Maria Jonsson Stockholm, Sweden

And basically everyone on the website!

9. You´re playing again Joy Division songs, is because the ghosts finally disappeared or because the scary ghosts became more friendly?

Alejo Parella Buenos Aires, Argentina

10. What happened at the second Glasgow Barrowlands gig? Why didn't you do the encore?

Yuki Tsujikawa Kyoto, Japan

Zico Somewhere

11. After all these years of making music, do you have any major ambitions or goals you want to achieve?

John Harlington Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

QUESTIONS FOR BERNARD SUMNER

12. 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.

Heather Kim Seoul, South Korea

13. Which song that you have wrote are you most proud of?

Steve Turner Sheffield, England, U.K.

14. 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 (a.k.a. CandyTheDog) Melbourne, Australia

QUESTIONS FOR PETER HOOK

15. Hooky, what tracks have you heard and thought "I wish we'd done that"?

Rob B Manchester, England, U.K.

16. 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, U.K .

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

Trevor Seigler Walhalla, South Carolina, USA

QUESTIONS FOR STEPHEN MORRIS (AND GILLIAN GILBERT)

18. 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 (a.k.a. Morris Fan) Berkeley, California, USA

19. 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.

Mauricio Fernandes Garcia Sao Paulo, Brazil

20. Steve, do you still have all your synth equipment from New Order's previous albums? Emulators, etc.

g05 Los Angeles, California, USA

Thank you! :)

I hope that the people who didn't get a question selected won't get offended... I nearly ripped off the hair off my head when I proceeded to select these 20 questions (and we were asked a maximum of 15, so we'll see what happens). There were over 200 questions asked, so I did the best I could to "merge" some questions who were very similar in order to satisfy everyone.

Also, like I said in my first statement, I tried to represent the questions coming from all around the world, and also to cover a wide variety of subjects.

I'm sure the answers will be very interesting to read!

If we do this next time, maybe the best way would be to FORCE people to come up with only ONE question, the best they can think of... it would certainly make it less painful. But then again, some people (hello Taboo #7) had SEVERAL very good questions IMHO. These were not easy to cut off!

Seb.

Thanks again Jimmy!

(again, because of whay you said, being sorry for the Expos)

S.