In the second part of our interview with Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order fame, the legendary bassist talks about DJing, playing bass in a band with two other famous bassists and the movie Control.

LWMB: Tell me about your new group, Freebass.

I’ve got a new group with two friends of mine in Manchester: Mani, who used to play bass in Stone Roses, and Andy Rourke, who used to play bass in The Smiths. We originally started it one drunken evening because we were all pissed off with our lead singers because they wouldn’t work. Thankfully it’s grown into something I am becoming quite proud of and it’s getting me quite excited about these days. We’ve got eight songs finished at the moment. Once we got over the hilarity of taking the piss of three bass players working together it’s actually worked so I’m delighted.

So do you think we can expect an album in 2009?

Expect something very quickly, actually. I’m determined to get rid of it! I’ve been really busy DJing, and I keep putting the project on the back burner while I DJ. Obviously, I still have to work to live so it’s difficult for me to commit full time to Freebass. But it’s getting there, slowly inching forward. We’ve been helped by our friends. Tim Burgess did a vocal for us, and we have a vocal from Howard Mark and Pete Wiley. Billy Corgan is doing one for us as is Ian Brown. It was easy to enlist a lot of our friends.

When I interviewed you before New Order's last album came out, you said you were DJing for a laugh. What’s your relationship like with DJing right now?

I take it much more seriously now than when I started. It’s a fantastic second job, and I’m very lucky. My first job is playing bass in a band. My second job is DJ and it doesn’t come much better than that.

I want to be you when I grow up.

Or you be a gynecologist. That would be a cool job.

Are you playing vinyl?

I toyed with the idea, but my arms are long enough! I couldn’t bare the thought of lugging all that shit around with me.

Before I let you go, what were your impressions of Control?

I love Control. I’m here in Los Angeles promoting the Joy Division documentary, which is our story told by us. It turned out far better than I ever imagined and is the perfect answer to Control. I was very happy with it. I have a surreal job and life and it fitted in quite well. I really enjoyed it. Anton [Corbijn] did a great job and it’s more factually correct that 24 Hour Party People.