The Beat’s Paul Collins on his tour with former Nerves bandmate Peter Case

In addition to his work with groundbreaking power-pop act the Beat, Paul Collins has paired with a pre-Plimsouls Peter Case in the Nerves. While that act is best known for the fact that Blondie covered their remarkably catchy “Hanging on the Telephone,” it’s astounding to think that just two men could be part of three seminal acts. Such is the reason that Collins and Case are touring as a pair, playing songs from the Nerves, the Beat and the Plimsouls. That show stops at RecordBar tonight, and Collins recently took some time to talk with us by e-mail regarding the tour.