On 29 August 1982 new bassist Pete Jones (also of Department S and Brian Brain) joined the band in the studio, the new line-up played its debut concert four weeks later (28 September 1982 in New York City).

In early November 1982 PiL announced the imminent release of a new single "Blue Water" and a six-track mini album You Are Now Entering a Commercial Zone on their new label.

The remaining members, John Lydon and drummer Martin Atkins hired session musicians to fulfill touring commitments and carried on under the PiL name.

[1] The first limited pressing of 10,000 copies for which Levene paid $8,500 out of his own pocket[2] was self-distributed to record shops around New York City and heavily imported to the UK and European market.

A second pressing (with the track listing changed around and a shorter mix of "Bad Night") followed in August 1984 in an edition of 30,000 copies, to compete directly with the official re-recorded album This Is What You Want...

Tim Peacock of the Record Collector Magazine said of Levene's Commercial Zone 2014 "It's primarily instrumental in design, veering from the chilled, scene-stealing Behind the Law to the synth-heavy Kraftwerk-ian noir of They Came to dance..." https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/commercial-zone-2014 "Love Song"/"This Is Not a Love Song": "Mad Max"/"Bad Life": "Solitaire": "The Slab"/"The Order of Death": "Lou Reed Part 1 & 2"/"Where Are You?

This Is What You Get the following songs were re-recorded: Ken Lockie was a member of PiL during the initial recording sessions, playing keyboards, but was dropped from the line-up in September 1982.