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Monaco

Real Name:Peter Hook & David Potts
Profile:Monaco was a side project of New Order bassist Peter Hook. Together with David Potts, the only remaining member of Revenge, the band was formed in 1995. The group found success with the 1997 single "What Do You Want From Me?" and the album it was pulled from, Music for Pleasure, sold over half a million copies; success largely attributed to the band's similar sound to New Order, and that group's absence in the mid 1990's.

In 1999, Polydor Records rejected Monaco's follow up album, the self-titled Monaco, due to the radically changing trends in music at the time. Papillon Records agreed to pick up the album, though the planned single release of "I've Got A Feeling" was recalled in the UK due to sample clearance issues. Despite favorable reviews, the album was released with almost no promotion at all; it is now sought after as a collector's item and fetches fairly high prices on sites like Amazon.com and eBay. Tensions were mounting, and in 2000, following a "disastrous gig at the Eclipse Festival", Potts and Hook parted ways. Potts would go on to form RAM, and Hook would join a reunited New Order.

Despite the split of 2000, Hook and Potts have remained on good terms and since reformed Monaco more than once in support of one-off charity events. On 21 March 2007 they performed a selection of Monaco, New Order and Joy Division tracks in support of the Nordorff-Robbins charity at the Hard Rock Cafe, Manchester. Later that year and most recently, they played a similar set in support of Oxfam's "Oxjam" event at the The Ritz, Manchester on 28 October. On both occasions they were joined by Rowetta of Happy Mondays on vocals for the Joy Division track "Insight" and Hook's son Jack on additional bass.
URLs:http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/monaco.html
Members:David Potts, Peter Hook
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Releases:
Dubstar / Monaco Sampler (Cass, Smplr, Promo)   Polydor 1997
Music For Pleasure (Album) ◄ (13 versions)   Polydor ... 1997
Shattered (12", S/Sided, Promo)   Polydor 1997
Shine (Someone Who Needs Me) (Single) ◄ (7 versions)   Polydor 1997
Sweet Lips (Single) ◄ (15 versions)   Polydor ... 1997
What Do You Want From Me? (Single) ◄ (10 versions)   Polydor ... 1997
In Concert 743 (CD, Promo)   BBC Radio International 1998
I've Got A Feeling (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Roadrunner Records ... 2000
Monaco (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Roadrunner Records ... 2000
See Saw (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Papillon Records 2001
Tracks Appear On:
Absolute Dance Opus 17 (CD, Comp) Sweet Lips EVA Records (Denmark) 1997
CD Collection 174 (CD, Comp) Sweet Lips DMC 1997
Haute Couture (CD) Happy Jack Vox Magazine 1997
Kiss Mix 97 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Sweet Lips (Tony De Vi... PolyGram TV 1997
Now That's What I Call Music! 36 (2xCD) What Do You Want From Me? EMI Records, Virgin, Polygram 1997
Shine - Best Of 97 (2xCD) What Do You Want From Me? PolyGram TV 1997
Surfin' The Buzz - Pop / Rock (CD, Smplr, Car) What Do You Want From Me Polygram 1997
The Megamixes 174 (2x12") Sweet Lips DMC 1997
What Do You Want From Me? / Nothing Lasts Forever / Ashes To Ashes (CD, Smplr, Promo) What Do You Want From Me? PolyGram 1997
Zoo Magazine CD Sampler 08 (CD, Smplr) What Do You Want From Me Zoo Magazine (DK) 1997
Bee Gees Tribute Album - Gotta Get A Message To You (CD, Comp) You Should Be Dancing Polydor 1998
Streetwise (3xCD, Comp) Buzz Gum (F.C. Kahuna ... K-Tel 1998
Trigger Happy TV - Soundtrack To The Series (CD) What Do You Want From Me? Channel Four Music 2000
Miss Moneypenny's Going Global - The Global Funky House Groove (2xCD, Mixed) See Saw (Lab Rats Dub) Beechwood Music 2001
Music For The Masses - Visions Of Future Pop (2xCD, Smplr, Dig) What Do You Want From Me? BMG Ariola München GmbH 2003
True Nineties (3xCD, Comp) What Do You Want From Me? Spectrum Music (2) 2006
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