I was reading this today..
As a band we don't talk about things. We never have. It's a northern male thing… the basis for a dysfunctional family.Ah, the past. Never far away with New Order....
Sumner has known Hooky since the late 1960s, when they went to Salford Grammar. They formed Joy Division together. I ask Sumner how things are in the band without his old friend, and he turns the question back on me:
“What is it that you miss?”
"The symmetry", I say. "The history. Also, I have a theory that the best bands are an argument-stroke-love affair between the two central characters. Usually the singer and the guitarist, but in this case, the singer and the bassist".
“Yes, but this was an argument-stroke-argument,” says Sumner. “Even at the mixing stage of Get Ready, all that time ago, it wasn’t right. And it got to the point where it was like a football team with two strikers, and one of them won’t pass the ball, ’cos he wants to score. But he keeps missing the goal. I don’t think Sir Alex would have stood for that, would he?”
"It’s still sad for fans, though. It’s like mummy and daddy arguing".
“There’s no point in staying together for the kids though, is there? Look, Hooky’s said some unforgivable things, disgraceful. Gillian wasn’t in the band for a bit and she never said anything bad. He was angry – he’s an angry man – and the anger was inside the band. And a lot of the anger was focused on me and that isn’t very nice to have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. He was jealous of me".
“He’s said it himself, he’d got to an age where he felt he couldn’t compromise. He wanted things done his way, or not at all. In a way, he was right to leave.”
Sumner smiles.
He doesn’t seem rancorous. He seems happy, no matter how much he’s toughened up.I also enjoyed the information on pernod and crystals...
Edited by user 28 September 2015 16:11:50(UTC)
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