Revenge was a side project of New Order bassist Peter Hook (vocals, bass, keyboards). Other members were Chris Jones (keyboards) and Dave Hicks (guitar), who was later replaced by David Potts.

Revenge was formed after New Order's hiatus in 1989-1990 and played their final gigs in January 1993. It has often been speculated that the band's name referred to Hook seeking revenge on Bernard Sumner for the latter's formation of the band Electronic with Johnny Marr. In May 1991 the band recruited new members Brian Whittaker (bass and guitar) and Mike Hedges (drums) who debuted at the Cities in The Park Festival. After completion of touring and promoting New Order's 1993 album Republic, Hook returned to Revenge with the intention of recording a new LP. However, the band soon disintegrated and Hook retained the talents of only David Potts to form Monaco.

In 2004, Revenge's one and only full album, One True Passion (1990), was re-released with a second CD and a total of 23 additional tracks, more than triple the size of the original album release.

In 2005, an album of live material from 1991 was released, entitled No Pain No Gain.

• The name of the band came from the name on a leather jacket worn by (as a bearded Hooky aspired to be) George Michael in his video Faith.

External links

• Bio by Claude Flowers
• Bio from the fan run site "World in Motion"
• Bio from the fan run site "neworderonline.com"