Bassist Peter Hook admits that he was very unhappy at first when he split from his longtime band New Order. But when he revisited the group's earlier albums for an upcoming back catalog release, Hook gained an appreciation for the work that he and his former band mates have done for almost 30 years. "When I listened to [them]," he tells Spinner, "it made me realize that petty squabbles apart, you did actually achieve quite a lot."

Now New Order's music is being celebrated with the upcoming Rhino reissues of their first five albums that were originally released on Factory Records. Due out in the U.S. on November 11, each of the albums is augmented with a bonus disc of non-album singles, B-sides and remixes.

Now, Hook has a new band, Freebass, which includes a configuration of three bass players -- himself, Gary 'Mani' Mounfield (ex-Stone Roses and now in Primal Scream) and Andy Rourke (formerly of the Smiths). Currently the group is working on an album featuring a cast of guest vocalists, including the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and Primal Scream's Bobby Gillepsie.

Hook, who is also known as 'Hooky,' speaks to Spinner about those early New Order albums, his current projects, including a book called 'How Not to Run a Club,' and the legacy of his former bands. He also reveals that New Order wasn't all that serious and detached as the band's image conveyed.

Read the entire interview here.

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