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Well we all know about the infamous "splitting up" rumours which have been around for donkeys years and really came to a head in the early 90's
But what other tabloid type rumours have you heard down the years about our great band and from what source??
C'mon im sure all bands are subject to a bit of scandal during their history eh!! 
Well....have you heard the one about the two lambs,some black robes, candles and a large knife....
Originally posted by Dufford Charleywood Well....have you heard the one about the two lambs,some black robes, candles and a large knife....
Funnily enough yes.......party nights at Rocket's house:D
New Order headlining the Phoenix festival was a good one;)
Originally posted by ShugZV > Originally posted by Dufford Charleywood> Well....have you heard the one about the two lambs,some black robes, candles and a large knife....
Funnily enough yes.......party nights at Rocket's house:D
New Order headlining the Phoenix festival was a good one;)
I also heard "Hookey" use to be skinny & have a moustache !
Originally posted by ShugZV > Originally posted by Dufford Charleywood> Well....have you heard the one about the two lambs,some black robes, candles and a large knife....
Funnily enough yes.......party nights at Rocket's house:D
New Order headlining the Phoenix festival was a good one;)
PHOENIX...never bloody booked that shite.....BRIAN POTTER:D
Originally posted by Dufford Charleywood Well....have you heard the one about the two lambs,some black robes, candles and a large knife....
Thought that was Royal Family and the Poor!
there was that one about Barney dying in a car crash...right after the first electronic album!!!!
Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the mad mystic of Petrograd there was that one about Barney dying in a car crash...right after the first electronic album!!!!
where did that one appear?
Hooky to join the Stockholm Monsters caused he was p*ssed off with Barney playing the arse on stage.. .
The "Before & After UK release 15th July" rumour wasn't too bad. One trip into town and a few enquirys in the local record emporiums later and I relised I'd been had. The source of the rumour? Answers on a postcard to NOOL please.
"New Order will release a boxed-set called "Recycle" this Christmas" ... as written in several music mags and sites, Spring, 1999
Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the mad mystic of Petrograd there was that one about Barney dying in a car crash...right after the first electronic album!!!!
I remember 'Robert Smith' saying he wished 'Bowie' died in a car crash after recording Low/Heroes'
Originally posted by Dufford Charleywood > Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the mad mystic of Petrograd> there was that one about Barney dying in a car crash...right after the first electronic album!!!!
I remember 'Robert Smith' saying he wished 'Bowie' died in a car crash after recording Low/Heroes'
Who's Robert Smith? 
Originally posted by Knight of Ni > Originally posted by Dufford Charleywood> > > > Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the mad mystic of Petrograd> > there was that one about Barney dying in a car crash...right after the first electronic album!!!!>
I remember 'Robert Smith' saying he wished 'Bowie' died in a car crash after recording Low/Heroes'
Who's Robert Smith?
Some weirdo who plays in a tribute band......lol..lol'
Originally posted by Knight of Ni > Originally posted by Dufford Charleywood> > > > Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the mad mystic of Petrograd> > there was that one about Barney dying in a car crash...right after the first electronic album!!!!>
I remember 'Robert Smith' saying he wished 'Bowie' died in a car crash after recording Low/Heroes'
Who's Robert Smith?
BOB SMITH'S son:D
Originally posted by snucker > Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the mad mystic of Petrograd> there was that one about Barney dying in a car crash...right after the first electronic album!!!!
where did that one appear?
right after the release of the first Electronic album here in the states...Wendy Naylor came on 94.5 KDGE, and announced that there were reports coming out of England that Barney had been killed in a car wreck...obviously, this was a very well kept secret, and a rumour that was circulating only in the Dallas area...
Rocket Mick probably had something to do with it!!
He's not a nice boy...charging Shugz 4.25 for a can of Stella!!!! 
Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the mad mystic of Petrograd > Originally posted by snucker> > > > Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the mad mystic of Petrograd> > there was that one about Barney dying in a car crash...right after the first electronic album!!!!>
where did that one appear?
right after the release of the first Electronic album here in the states...Wendy Naylor came on 94.5 KDGE, and announced that there were reports coming out of England that Barney had been killed in a car wreck...obviously, this was a very well kept secret, and a rumour that was circulating only in the Dallas area...
Rocket Mick probably had something to do with it!!
He's not a nice boy...charging Shugz 4.25 for a can of Stella!!!!
I can't drive and if it was YOU it would cost you $15:D
when we got down FINSBURY there was a rumour circulating that it was gonna be cancelled cos barney had meningitis.. then we heard em soundchecking and realised it was bollox
anyone else hear this?
I heard one about another album to be released in tandem with Substance called Sunstance full of remixes....
that no would be playing Cannes to 'promote' 24HrPP screening this year...
Didn't I once read on here something along the lines that Hooky was married to Gillian and Bernard was gay?
Originally posted by Kez-bah Didn't I once read on here something along the lines that Hooky was married to Gillian and Bernard was gay?
Ah, wasn't that from our good friend Chris Z?
Funny you two should mention our dear friend Chris, because I tried out the search function yesterday just so that I could read THAT concert review again.
Didn't he also think that Billy Corgan was Barney's son?
Originally posted by Al Jarvis > Originally posted by Kez-bah> Didn't I once read on here something along the lines that Hooky was married to Gillian and Bernard was gay?
Ah, wasn't that from our good friend Chris Z?
Yes! Surely one of the classic moments in the history of this message board? :D
my favorite rumour from the band was that Gillian could not play the guitar before joining new order. i just watched the fact77 video, and you know, there my be some truth to that.
a knife and a fork, a bottle and a cork, thats the way you spell new york
I've heard that Gillian still doesn't know how to play guitar...so what's new????
besides...Mick assures me this is no rumor...but the honest to goodness truth!!!!
I heard way back when I was first learing about JD that Barney and Hooky had been angling for the guitar-playing, and Barney got his hands on a guitar first so Hooky had to settle for bass. Dunno if it's true or not, but it might explain why his style is very lead guitar-ish.
A rumour I heard is that Barney & Johnny Marr were gays.. it turns out both have families, those nasty bastards back in 1990 who told me ths 
I'm sorry if you've seen rumours on this site, but the one rumour that beat them all is Sébastien's tracklisting of Get Ready 2 years before its release, it was published everywhere and everybody was sure it was true... he did that just to bug some people, but it was indeed very funny.
I heard a rumour that they weren't going to change their set list throughout their European Tour and then, well, fuck me with a barge pole..........
I know. The lowest form of wit.
Originally posted by Jim Reilly I heard a rumour that they weren't going to change their set list throughout their European Tour and then, well, fuck me with a barge pole..........I know. The lowest form of wit.
No that is SHUGZV! :D
huh huh-huh huh-huh....Jeff said, "Wendy Naylor". Cool................
Wasn't that when the Edge actually played "alt. rock"? Those sodding sods wouldn't know "alt. rock" if it kicked them right square in the nuts.
Speaking of being kicked in the nuts, remeber the episode of South Park when Robert Smith came to town to defeat the awful and diabolical MegaStriesand?
Roshambo!
Originally posted by Taboo # 7 I heard way back when I was first learing about JD that Barney and Hooky had been angling for the guitar-playing, and Barney got his hands on a guitar first so Hooky had to settle for bass. Dunno if it's true or not, but it might explain why his style is very lead guitar-ish.
i heard that too, cuz barney owned a guitar (had it since he was 16 i think) and hooky didn't, so hooky had to settle for a bass guitar.
