NEWS: Mani Apologises To Peter Hook For Outburst

Gary Mounfield AKA Mani (The bassist formerly of The Stone Roses and currently in Primal Scream) has apologised over his recent outburst on popular micro blogging service, Twitter. He accused Peter Hook of 'living off Ian Curtis' blood money'. The tweet has now been deleted.

Mani and Peter Hook played together in Freebass although the band has now ceased.

Mani said: "I wish to apologise unreservedly to Peter Hook and his family regarding comments made on a social networking site which was totally out of character for me. It was a venomous, spiteful reaction to a lot of things that are going on in my life right now and I chose to vent my frustrations and anger at one of my true friends in this filthy business, and ventured into territory which was none of my concern."

"The Freebass thing has tipped me over the edge and became the focus of my bilious rants. Twenty-two years of being tripped up, face down in the mud and being kicked in the face with an iron boot will do that to the most stable of men. I hope I haven't blown a great friendship forever. Sorry Pete."

Later, Peter Hook accepted Mani's apology in the following statement "Mani is a great friend of mine and he always will be. I have the utmost respect for him as a person and musician. Have none of you ever fallen out with somebody you love?"

- Quotes from NME.com