Peter Hook

Peter Hook is an English musician, best known as the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Joy Division and New Order. Hook often used the bass as a lead instrument, playing melodies on the high strings with a signature heavy chorus effect. In New Order, he would do this, leaving the actual basslines to keyboards or sequencers.

13 February 1956

Born on the same birth day (13 February): Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine • Faiz Ahmad Faiz • Francis Pym • Georgy Beriev • Géza Csáth • Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber • Mike Krzyzewski • Peter Gabriel • Sarojini Naidu • Somdev Devvarman • Virgilijus Alekna

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