Black Lips pucker up to Ronson

The underground punk band and the hit producer repeat their unlikely pairing, says Ed Power

JARED SWILLEY didn’t believe it. His record label had phoned to say one of the biggest producers in pop wanted to work with his alt.punk band, The Black Lips. A committed underground rocker, since the age of 14, the singer and bassist was in shock.

“The folk at the label kept badgering us to collaborate with someone outside the group,” says Swilley.