There's an interview with Jason Slater of Snake River Conspiracy in the latest issue of goth/industrial magazine Outburn which includes the following conversation on their "How Soon is Now" cover:

Q: Why did you choose that song? The original is so good, maybe that's a song that shouldn't be covered.

Jason Slater: We totally dropped the ball on that one. Our version of that song is a piece of shit. We were a song short for the record and the label was, "Do another cover." I didn't really want to do another cover, but I had four days to finish the record... So we're at the studio and I'm just throwing ideas around like, "'How Soon is Now' is a great song." Everybody jumped on it, and I was, "Fuck me and my big mouth." I started working on it and I hated it... It's such a direct copy of a great song, and to me I fucking ruined it.

From the July 21 issue of Gavin, the radio trade magazine:

From a brief interview with Tobey Torres, singer for Snake River Conspiracy:

Q: What has the response been to your single?
A: ... I think our single has been getting some good airplay. I also heard that Morrissey was quoted as saying that he thinks it's better than the original.

I wish Moz would just tell us if he really said that!