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" Any coalition, especially where one party is more powerful than the other, it's always bound to have a pecking order. "
Peter Hook
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" I've watched so-called 'New Order' playing in Auckland, and Tom Chapman is miming along to my bass on tape... He's got his fingers on the low, and you can hear my high bass in the background. So he's miming. "
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