Peter Hook Promises “Freebass” Supergroup Album Or Death By March
Hook explained that the band, which also features Gary Briggs, the former singer with Manchester-based band Haven, have completed eight songs that, rather unsurprisingly sound like, “a cross between Joy Division, New Order, The Stone Roses, [The] Smiths, Primal Scream with a load of reggae and northern soul thrown in.”
As previously reported, the likes of Liam Gallagher (Oasis), Ian Brown (The Stone Roses), Tim Burgess (The Charlatans), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) and Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream) have all been previously mooted by Hook as guest vocalists for the project.
Sadly, the one Freebass live clip available, which features Badly Drawn Boy joining them for “Love Will Tear Us Apart” at a Manchester cancer benefit, doesn’t give you much opportunity to discern how the bassists interlock. Still, this might wind up more interesting than a Revenge reunion. Or a Monaco reunion.
Hook Sets Freebass Release Date [Billboard.biz] Versus Cancer 2008 – Love Will Tear Us Apart [YouTube]