He reminds us that King Blank is Ian Lowery (he of the Folk Devils), and Motor Boys Motor were an early version of the Screaming Blue Messiahs (JP naturally preferred the former).
(JP: 'You may have read in the papers that the Swans have covered Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', and I was rather hoping that they would have done it kind of Swans style. As you can tell, they haven't, really.')
Swans: 'Love Will Tear Us Apart (7")' (Product Inc.)
(JP: 'Well, a bit of a disappointment to me, but I thought you'd be interested in hearing it....they should have done it in their usual style, slow it right down and make it really grim.')