“We were very young and full of energy,” Hook told Bass Player back in September 2017. my immediate retort is, ‘Why don't you just fuck off?’ I think I'm allergic to playing low bass! “With Joy Division it was actually lan that picked out the riffs. Hook eventually found the confidence to sing the songs himself, and recruited his son, Jack Bates, to augment and anchor the bass parts. He's a very good bass player.