Wouldn’t Iron Council be the perfect name for a Godspeed-You-Black-Emperor-style agit-prog collective? All the band members would have to call each other “Jack”, or “chaver” (Hebrew for “friend” - hence “chaverim” as the plural - but hinting at “chav” as an abbreviation - I like what Miéville’s done there…), and maybe some of them could go about sporting outlandish fReemade costumes, all grafted animal heads and steam-belching funnels…