Despite years of denials, New Order really is over.
In a statement, founder Peter Hook said "You know in a marriage or in a relationship when a few years after you get together you look 'round and see a stranger?", he said. "It was just a change of attitude, really. I mean over the years we (in New Order) developed different tastes and different attitudes. Being in a group is all about compromise and the more you compromise, each of you, the better that group works ... Basically it just got to the point where I thought I had compromised enough. What surprised me is that I didn't think Bernard was bothered about New Order. It was only after we split up that I found out he was."Bernard Sumner said that after Hook left the band would continue without him but that is now not the case. Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris have formed a new band called Bad Lieutenant.
Bad Lieutenant was the name of the band Sumner and Morris were using during the “divorce” from Hook but it is now their full-time commitment.
Joining them is ex-Blur member Alex James.
Bad Lieutenant is now recording their debut album in Manchester. It is expected to be released later this year.
