Peter Hook

@Singers, Birthday and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Peter Hook is a musician who serves as the front man for the band Peter Hook and The Light British Musicians Aquarius Celebrities Best known as the founder of the rock band Peter Hook and The Light,this versatile musician dons many hats. He is also the lead vocalist and bassist of the band which he had formed in 2010. Hook had earlier worked with the post-punk band Joy Division which he had co-founded along with Ian Curtis and others. Joy Division was a critically acclaimed band that was achieving great popularity when the lead vocalist Ian Curtis committed suicide forcing the band to dissolve. The distraught surviving members recruited some other musicians and reorganized the band as New Order. The band played a combination of new wave and electronic dance music and became one of the most famous and critically acclaimed bands of the 1980s. Hook played bass with the band and also worked on other projects simultaneously. He formed his own band, Peter Hook and The Light after his departure from New Order. His new band, which also features his son Jack, is famous for playing the albums of Joy Division and New Order live on tours. A well respected musician with a career spanning over thirty years, he has enriched the world of rock and roll with his seminal hits like ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’, ‘Thieves Like Us’, and ‘Ceremony’.

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Birthday: February 13, 1956 Nationality: British Famous: Singers, Musicians Nick names: Hooky Spouses: Caroline Aherne (m. 1994–1997) Known as: Peter Woodhead Childrens: Heather Hook, Jack Hook, Jessica Hook Information Detail Birthday February 13, 1956 Nationality British Famous Singers, Musicians Nick names Hooky Spouses Caroline Aherne (m. 1994–1997) Known as Peter Woodhead Childrens Heather Hook, Jack Hook, Jessica Hook Founder / Co-Founder post-punk band Birth Place Salford, Greater Manchester Gender Male Father John Woodhead Mother Irene Hook Net Worth $20 Million as of Jan 2017 Sun Sign Aquarius Born in Salford, Greater Manchester Famous as singer

Salford, Greater Manchester

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He was married to comedian Caroline Aheme from 1994 to 1996. Unsplash Personal Life

He launched a new Masters Degree Program in Music Industry Management and Promotion at the University of Central Lancashire in 2012. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born to Irene and John Woodhead. His parents divorced when he was three years old. He was raised by his grandmother till his mother remarried and took him with her. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His stepfather’s name was Ernest W. Hook and the young boy officially took his surname. Ernest’s work took the family to Jamaica for some years before returning to England. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Peter Hook along with his childhood friend Bernard Summer recruited a vocalist cum lyricist called Ian Curtis and formed a band called Warsaw in 1976. The band played their first gig at the Electric Circus in 1977. Unsplash Career

The band was renamed as Joy Division in 1978. The band self-released its first Extended Play (EP) ‘An Ideal for Living’ the very same year. It featured the single ‘Warsaw’. Unsplash Career

Joy Division gave their debut television performance on the local news show ‘Granada Reports’ hosted by Tony Wilson in September 1978. Unsplash Career

The band’s debut album, ‘Unknown Pleasures’ was released in 1979 with Martin Hannett as producer. He experimented with a number of unusual sound effects on the album including the sound of a bottle smashing and sound of someone eating crisps. Unsplash Career

The band’s vocalist Ian Curtis had epilepsy and suffered from frequent seizures. Joy Division went on a European tour in January 1980 during which Cutis suffered two seizures. Sick and depressed, Curtis committed suicide in May 1980. Unsplash Career

Peter Hooks has been associated with three highly acclaimed and commercially successful rock bands so far: Joy Division, New Order, and Peter Hook and The Light. The fact that each of the bands he founded or co-founded went on to achieve great popularity is a testimonial to the talent and passion of this great musician. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	February 13, 1956
Nationality	British
Famous	Singers, Musicians
Nick names	Hooky
Spouses	Caroline Aherne (m. 1994–1997)
Known as	Peter Woodhead
Childrens	Heather Hook, Jack Hook, Jessica Hook
Founder / Co-Founder	post-punk band
Birth Place	Salford, Greater Manchester
Gender	Male
Father	John Woodhead
Mother	Irene Hook
Net Worth	$20 Million as of Jan 2017
Sun Sign	Aquarius
Born in	Salford, Greater Manchester
Famous as	singer

Peter Hook

British

Feb 13, 1956

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Salford, Greater Manchester