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Peter Hook Promises "Freebass" Supergroup Album Or Death By March

Freebass, a collaboration between New Order bassist Peter Hook, Primal Scream/Stone Roses bassist Mani, and Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, has had an album in the works since late 2005. But Hook swears they will put out an album by March, or he'll guarantee its presence on the marketplace by killing himself. "It's going to be out next March or I am going to fucking top myself," he told Billboard, "I'm fucking sick of talking about it. I just want to give someone some music. I said to Mani and Andy Rourke: 'It's coming out and I don't care how rough it is. Fuck it—let's do some gigs.'" The album contains tons of alt-rock guest stars, including Mani's once and former bandmates Ian Brown and Bobby Gillespie. Morrissey and Bernard Sumner, however, may not have even been called.
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4:45 PM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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Latest by davidm: Some friends and I had an idea for a 3 bass band in 1997, and we were going to call ourselves Freebass. We never got past a 2 bass practice. No, I'm not joking. more »

fake can be just as good

The Coachella Of Tribute Acts Hits Southern California

Sure, I guess you could insist on seeing the actual bands instead, but if you enjoy low ticket prices and remarkable simulations of your favorite '80s New Wave acts, you may want to visit the Los Angeles-adjacent Gibson Amphitheater on June 21 for the Save New Wave festival. What you're saving "new wave" from is debatable (irrelevancy? active rock?), but some of these fake bands aren't that bad. More »

4:30 PM on Fri Jun 6 2008
By Dan Gibson
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contentious arguments

The Bestest Song Ever? (Well, It Could Be.)

Aside from the delightful domestic abuse of The Jacksons: An American Dream, seeing Control this weekend also reminded me that I had yet to do the flip to my post on the worst song of all time. I doubt this will engender as much solidarity as you all showed in hating 4 Non Blondes. But it's a pretty friggin' good song. More »

2:00 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By jharv
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disorder

New Order: The New Faster Pussycat?

After the glam band Faster Pussycat resolved its dispute over which members had naming rights, there was a void in the "claim to name" sphere that afflicts so many vintage outfits in these reunion-crazy times. Which band would be next to engage in an ugly war of words about who really deserves to have ownership of the name? From a posting on his MySpace blog over the weekend, it would seem that former New Order bassist Peter Hook, who's irritated by recent statements by his ex-bandmates indicating that they're going to carry on using the name without him, is ready to heed the sirens' call: More »

1:33 PM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By mjohnston
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Latest by N/A: ummm...Gillian was with them from "Ceremony" on, and they didn't stop using the New Order name when she bolted. they're all being typically drama-ridden, spoiled twats about the whole thing. more »

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Liner Notes: This New Order Rumor Doesn't Have A Whole Lot Of Substance

- New Order has allegedly split up, for the blimpteenth time; meanwhile, London-based children's-rock outfit Gnu Order is still available for birthdays and picnics. [NME]
- As we predicted yesterday, John Mayer will play Time magazine's "Most Influential People Or Some Shit" party in New York City next week. We can't wait for the special version of "Your Body is A Wonderland" dedicated to Beijing Communist Party Secretary Liu Qi. [Page Six]
- Prince was all set to appear on The Simpsons, but then his chauffeur got in the way. But not for any sexy reasons. [Rush & Molloy, third item]

2:15 PM on Fri May 4 2007
By Brian Raftery
267 views, 2 comments

Latest by NickEddy: Where's the whole extra album they were mooting as "almost ready" ca. the last LP's press junket? And had they put "Hey Now, What You Doing" out as a single, world peace would have been established by now, cancer would be more »

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The Vault: Stuffing Your Stocking With Mash-Ups And Cheer

Every once in a while, we reach into our vast record-collection vaults for a feature we've imaginatively titled The Vault. Today, we're handing over the keys to friend-of-Idolator Jon Solomon, whose 19th annual 24-hour Christmas show for Princeton's WPRB begins at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday. Nineteen years of 24-hour shows add up to a lot of holiday music, and he's sent us a few Christmas-themed curios: both sides of the New Order Christmas flexi, which was given away at the Hacienda's 1982 Christmas Eve party (it's stamped with Factory number 51b, for those of you keeping track); a mash-up of dialogue bits from A Charlie Brown Christmas with "Linus And Lucy"; and a tune from the Christmas catalog of the classic Jamaican label Trojan Records. Wash it all down with some egg nog. More »

11:16 AM on Fri Dec 22 2006
By mjohnston
410 views, 4 comments

Latest by Jon Solomon: Thanks for including me on Idolator. Happy Holidays! - Jon more »

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