Jun 15 2009
Goodbye New Order, Hello Bad Lieutenant
http://www.nme.com/news/nme/45351
Former New Order members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham have formed a new band without ex-bassist Peter Hook.
The collective, Bad Lieutenant, features Blur’s Alex James on bass duties, Sumner told BBC Newsbeat that they have already completed recording an album, set for release in October.
“I’m very proud of it, it’s a very good album,” Sumner said. “It’s pretty guitary too because we’ve got three guitarists in the band.”
New Order split last summer, with Hook falling out with his former bandmates.
“We split into two factions, there’s me Steve and Phil,” Sumner added. “The other is Peter Hook. Basically he left the band, that’s all I want to say about it.”
Last October Hook discussed the last days of New Order, calling the band an “empty shell”.
I’m sad that New Order is no more (or just inactive), but I’m excited that Sumner is continuing with making new music! New Order is probably my favorite band ever- I listened to them nonstop in high school and saw them live in 04 (I think). I got into them through repeated listenings from my brother when I was a kid. I hope Bad Lieutenant won’t be a big departure from the most recent New Order stylings despite Sumner saying it’s ‘more guitary’ since Siren’s Call was already very guitary.
