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Monaco: Astoria, London

Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 23 September 1997

THERE'S A current joke that goes "Why haven't New Order spawned a tribute group? Because Peter Hook got there first." Boom boom, and indeed, booming bass lines. Jack Dee it ain't, but it does illustrate perfectly the nagging dilemma surrounding Hook's Monaco.

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