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Bad Lieutenant debut online

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Aug 20, 2009 Updated Aug 21, 2009

New Order's Bernard Sumner has unveiled his new band's first release.

The band, Bad Lieutenant, features Sumner on vocals and fellow New Order alumni Phil Cunningham on guitar, and the single, Sink Or Swim, has been uploaded to the band's MySpace page ahead of a September 28 release.

Bad Lieutenant's live lineup will also include former New Order drummer Stephen Morris, leaving former Order bassist Peter Hook the odd one out.

Hook, whose new band Freebass is set to go head to head with Sumner and Co with an album of its own in the coming months, said of the impending rivalry "It's a bit like a fat version of Blur and Oasis."

Source: NME.com external link

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Bad Lieutenant are an English alternative rock band formed in 2007 following the breakup of New Order. The band consists of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans and Tom Chapman. The name of the band is taken from the 1992 film Bad Lieutenant directed by Abel Ferrara. History In May 2007, New Order's Peter Hook was interviewed by British radio station XFM and asked if New...

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