New Order's Bernard Sumner talks Peter Hook

New Order's Bernard Sumner has revealed to the Telegraph why original bassist Peter Hook wasn't asked to take part in the reunion. Sumner says he was very upset after learning about Hook's plans to perform Joy Division albums live, and that led Sumner to reform New Order without Hooky. Read a few choice comments from Sumner below and read the whole interview here:
"Were we cool with him touring (Joy Division albums)? No. God knows, if he hadn't done that, whether we'd be doing this now," Sumner says.

"It seemed disrespectful to other members of the band. We weren't consulted about it. We had no intentions of (touring again). Truth be told, we thought 'F--- it, if you're going to do that, what are we holding back for?' As Winston Churchill said: let him do his worst and we'll do our best.

"He said he'd work his way through the New Order albums after the Joy Division stuff, so we thought we'd head him off at the pass, really."

"He's saying we shouldn't use the New Order name. He shouldn't be using the Joy Division artwork. It's OK for him to benefit from the Joy Division heritage but not for us to benefit from it or the New Order heritage? In Peter Hook World I guess that makes sense but in no one else's world does it make sense. And fortunately for us in the legal world I don't believe it makes sense either. If he wants a fight we're ready for a fight... "

Read the entire interview in The Telegraph here.