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TUESDAY DECEMBER 5 2006 3:00 AM

Members of New Order, The Smiths, & Stone Roses Form Supergroup

Submitted by Aaron_Detroit

Edited by Rahodeb

Tags: New Order, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Freebass

You say you like Bass? Well then you might want some Freebass. That's what New Order's Peter Hook, The Smiths' Andy Rourke, and Gary "Mani" Mounfield of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream fame have dubbed their new supergroup. Alright, I'll give you a second to writhe in agony a little while over the name before we move on. Ready? Okay.

In a reported interview with Filter magazine, Hook reveals the band was first conceived as a drunken joke, and not as a serious venture. However, the trio of Mancunian veteran bassists began working on songs and soon found themselves looking for a singer.

"We have about 19 ideas,twelve of them are ready for vocals. Weve had a problem finding a vocalist. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone thats not good well obviously be slated! Youve got Ian Brown, bloody Bobby Gillespie, Ian Curtis, Bernard (Sumner) and Morrissey. Those are big shoes to fill, especially collectively. We want someone young with something to say. Someone new. We dont to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup".

So how are these low-end giants working the room for three? Aces, apparently. Hook reveals the roles of each player:

All of the songs...they all have three basses. Mani does the low part, Andy Rourke in the middle and I do the high bitit works out quite well.

There's yet to be a progress report on the trio's search for a front person.

Who would you cast your vote for?

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Comments

treasurerats

Cambridge, MA

December 2004

DEC 05, 2006 05:02 AM

My vote: Les Claypool. I mean, why stop with three. I can't imagine what this is goanna sound like.

filmjedi

Brighton, MA

June 2004

DEC 05, 2006 06:39 AM

sting plays bass......

my vote is for the guy who is playing ian curtis in control...that would be neat.

or jared leto, man, he was hot in my so called life, soooo hot. ahahaha

cop_n_blow

USA

July 2004

DEC 05, 2006 07:27 AM

i would vote for me, but i'm old and have nothing to say; except "bollocks." but, that's been done before.

so, with a name like "freebass," they should go with pete doherty.

King_Mob

I'm lost

September 2005

DEC 05, 2006 07:36 AM

Jesse from Death From Above 1979... But that might just be me mourning that bands demise.

VonBismarck

I'm lost

January 2006

DEC 05, 2006 07:41 AM

Nick Cave.....or Polly Jean Harvey.
Either would be fun and fittting. But I just like to listen to them regardless.

If they wanted to go for the perfect cocky swager of late 80s mid 90s britpop....
Jarvis Cocker

IF they wanted the band to only record one record, and break up amidst a massive fistfight while playing a festival show.....
Mark E. Smith.