On first meeting Brian James in the corridor of Brighton’s 284 Recording Studio, Tobin Prinz didn’t know him as the slashing guitar avatar behind The Damned’s “New Rose” and a host of other defining punk moments, “At the time I just thought what a nice bloke. So I listened to Damned Damned Damned. I thought, fuck, this sounds great. That guy I bumped into in the studio wrote a classic album!”

When this battle-scarred but still frighteningly dynamic veteran (who has also worked with Iggy Pop, Stiv Bators and The Saints… not forgetting his formative stint in proto-punk almost-legends Bastard) announced his intention to cover “Usurper” – one of many standout tracks on Prinzhorn Dance School’s second album Clay Class – there was only one thing for Tobin Prinz and Suzi Horn to do: consign their earlier anti-covers stance to the dustbin of pop history.

“Doing a cover exchange with The Brian James Gang was an easy choice”, says Suzi: “A Gang and a School united, both with respect for each others music, shared ethics – just different eras – and a label willing to press the vinyl.”

That didn’t stop it being a challenge, though. “Covering Brian in our style was quite daunting”, she continues “I had sung the original in the car over and over, so trying to find my voice was hard enough. Then we heard Brian’s ‘Usurper’ and I thought how on earth can I sing like that!”