Peter Hook on The 1975 - "they sound a bit like Hall & Oates"

The ex-Joy Division man has been speaking to Gigwise.com about his upcoming tour and while he was chatting away with them the interviewer mentioned that The 1975 are influenced by them, be responds in simply the only way Peter Hook can.

"The 1975 are a very interesting group, but to me, they sound a bit like Hall & Oates? Their music has that sort of American twang, which is quite interesting considering where they come from"

You can read more from the interview at GIGWISE.

Joy Division Twitter account angers Peter Hook

You may have seen that Joy Division now have a twitter account. Fans on Facebook were angry at the move, claiming that it "just isn't right to now try and fuel the sales of Curtis' thoughts", As one user commented. The post refers to the book "So This Is Permanence", containing Curtis' thoughts and diaries, which is out October 16th. Another person who wasn't happy with the move was Joy Division's bass player Peter Hook who took to Twitter to vent his anger: 

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