Cuttings

Before I embark on the next stage of this blog, namely posts on concerts I attended with relevant clips, etc, I've taken the opportunity to update the following posts with better quality scans: New Order 1982 Feature Mist 1983 07 23 NME Feature 1983 07 The Face Feature 1984 06 Zigzag Feature 1984 08 23 Radio Times  1985 05 17 Powerhouse Melbourne 1985 11 16 NME Feature 1986 04 12 Sounds Feature 1986 09 06 Sounds Feature 1986 10 04 Melody Maker 1986 10 18 NME Feature 1986 10 Mix Feature 1986 11 The Face Feature 1986 Record Mirror Feature 1987 12 19 NME Feature 1987 12 19 Wembley Arena NME 1988 07 Sky Feature 1988 12 03 Melody Maker 1989 01 07 NME 1989 01 28 "Technique" NME Review 1989 01 28 NME Feature 1989 02 04 NME Feature 1989 04 01 Sounds Feature 1989 07 01 NME Cover Referring to FAC 227 1990 05 NME England Poster 1990 08 04 NME Hacienda 1992 01 Vox Tony Wilson 1993 05 08 Melody Maker 1993 05 Q Feature 1993 05 Q "Republic" Revie...

VIKINGDOM COME WITH THE RELEASE OF A NEW SINGLE, 'PINEAPPLE FACE'S BIG DAY' AND A FORTHCOMING ALBUM, PETER HOOK HOPES TO PROVE THAT REVENGE ISN'T JUST A NEW ORDER OFFSHOOT, BUT HIS WAY OF MAKING LIFE INTERESTING AGAIN. JON WILDE TALKS TO THE BASS PLAYER ABOUT THE MANCHESTER SCENE, HOW REVENGE STOPPED NEW ORDER GETTING INTO A RUT AND WHY HE'S A ROCK'N'ROLL VIKING WITH EIGHT SOLID INCHES THAT NEVER LET HIM DOWN. PICS: TOM SHEEHAN. PETER HOOK, THE WORLD'S NUMBER one phallic bass guitarist, is sitting at the bar in Sheffield's Leadmill, staring into his pint of Stella Artois, considering his grand revenge. "It's f***ing great to have this," he says. "It's a real kick in the arse for me. Basically, it's like starting all over again. I can count the three most exciting periods of my life: the start of Joy Division and Warsaw; the start of New Order; and the start of Revenge. "There's people out there waiti...

KNIGHT OF THE LIVID BASSHEADS Over the rotting remains of New Order and a half-consumed Chinese meal PETER HOOK whips out his new band REVENGE under the twitching nostrils of STEVEN WELLS. Clicking like crazy was cracked lensman STEVE PYKE. "HEY-YAH! CRAZEE!” All is turmoil. All is chaos. “And this one’s for Maureen who is a big one-eight TODAY!” Local TV personality and disc jockey Tony Wilson slams another of a seemingly seamless barrage of throbbing 125 bpm 12"ers on the turntable and screams: “MENTAL! MENTAL! TRANSCENDENTAL! And REMEMBER! What Manchester does today, London does TOMORROW!” Sparks fly as Jean Paul Gaultier-clad lads and lasses spark their clogs against the Hacienda’s defiantly modernist steel dancefloor. This is the North’s top disco. The music is incredibly loud. What little chatter remains uncrushed concerns the party at the far table. In the midst of a group of 13 heavy-duty casuals sits a man with his hair pulled tightly back in ...

NME - HOBBY WHORES REVENGE One True Passion (Factory LP/Cassette/CD) THOSE OF us no longer eligible for a Young Person's Railcard tend to regard the words 'solo project' with a suspicion bordering on downright fear. Once upon a time every major band would reach that stage in their careers when it was deemed necessary to 'take five' and 'do their own thing'. Invariably this meant that the keyboard player would produce some dire suite based around The  Hobbit , the singer would produce some tortured confessional about his divorce and the drummer would reveal a hitherto unknown fondness for reggae. That was then but this is now. Still, with the best will in the world and the strongest belief that Revenge are a bona fide band in their own right, there are bound to be legions of doubters to whom 'One True Passion' is no more than Peter Hook’s equivalent of DIY or embroidery; a diverting hobby. If so, who cares? The debut LP by Revenge contains ...