The sleevenotes further elaborated on The JAMs' inspiration: "Through the downpour and diesel roar, Rockman and Kingboy D can feel a regular dull thud.
Graffiti reading "It's Grim Up North" had, since the early 1970s, been visible to northbound travellers on a bridge spanning the M1 motorway, and at one point led to a question about "regional imbalance" being asked in the House of Commons [REF].