On the back of their rambunctious debut album, Geek Maggot Bingo surely have exciting times ahead. Certainly no less than playing as part of the Franklin Fest afternoon showcase at Leith Depot (from 1.30pm, lest you forget).

Debbie: Please feel free to sell yourselves... 

Andy: We’ve just released our debut album, 'This Is This. This Ain't Something Else. This Is This.'

We'll have copies with us at Leith Depot on the 25th. You should all buy it. It will make you happy and not sad. We may even play a couple of songs from it in between all the songs from the next two albums.

And we recently recorded a few more songs and plans are now afoot to shoot a video.

We're also looking at how soon we can get back into the studio to record the next album (or two).

Johnny: We released our first album a couple of weeks ago. It's a festival of garage rock n roll joy and everyone should buy a copy.

Pease tell us a bit about the band (interesting and maybe irrelevant facts - all are welcome!)

Debbie: What are Geek Maggot Bingo - aspirations and dreams... 

Andy: We're a three-piece rock 'n' roll band, just trying to make the world a better place, one song at a time.

I’d really like us to appear in an episode of Doctor Who. Preferably one featuring Cybermen. So if anybody has an in, let us know.

Will: I just read Reg Presley’s Wild Things They Don't Tell Us and you should too.

Debbie: Why should we, the people, come and see you play at the Franklin Fest? 

Andy: I'll be putting new strings on my guitar. Second time this year. Come along and see them sparkle.

Debbie: Fair do's...

Johnny: The Franklin Fest has a ton of amazing bands this year so you can be pretty sure all of them are worth seeing. We will be doing our thing on Saturday afternoon. You may well find that our thing is your thing too. I look forward to every gig with these guys and Franklin Fest is no exception. People seem to like what we're doing and we love doing it, so it's always a thrill to get up and play. Add in a bunch of other great bands to watch and I reckon if I can't get inspired and excited then it would be time to chuck in the towel!

Debbie: Well said... 

Will: I like Les Grys-Grys a great deal! 

So, if that's not good reason enough to drag yourself along, then I can only suggest that you check your pulse.

Tickets for the Franklin Fest can be found here tickets-scotland.com & here... https://www.facebook.com/events/887127007990280/ ... More info on the Geeks here... https://www.facebook.com/GeekMaggotBingo/?fref=ts

The fnormidable (groan...) Fnords will be playing at the Franklin Fest 2016 afternoon showcase on Saturday 25th at The Leith Depot from 1:30pm with other Scottish based bands The No-Things, Fanny Pelmet & The Bastard Suits, Geek Maggot Bingo, and the mysterious The Nettles. I spoke with the band to check out excitement levels, and take a wee peak into their secret psychic world...

Debbie: What's imminent for The Fnords?

We're still working towards the notoriously difficult second album.  Fnordstime runs at a much slower pace than reality, so it's to be expected that it's us taken a long time, but we've got enough new material written now (about soviet spysex, horror movie icons, victorian seance tricks and some other stuff...) that we're gonna be thinking about recording soon (hooray).  Whatever soon means... Gigswise, we've playing at the Flying Duck in Glasgow on July 23rd, and we're playing with teen riot grrrl sensations Bratakus in Elvis Shakespeare on August 14th!

Debbie: What makes The Fnords, The Fnords? (please show answers numerically)  

Number of Fnords: 3 - Caz, Derek, Sarah

Number of years together: 10

Number of cats owned by various Fnords: 4

Number of Fnords albums: 1 (Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Fnords, 2010, Kovorox Sound)

Number of gigs played: over 100, skewed by the fact that we only played once in the first 2 years in a village hall in darkest Stirlingshire.  On bonfire night.  We ate in a hotel that looked like the Overlook, but with added taxidermy.  Spooky.

Number of horror films seen by various Fnords - at least 2000 (probably)

Number of mistakes in the average Fnords show: 5

Number of fucks given about said mistakes: nil

Debbie: Have you been rehearsing tirelessly for your stint at the Franklin Fest?

We may rarely rehearse (it keeps us 'fresh'(ahem)), but we have been in special psychic training as part of a secret governmental control scheme.  We'll know if you don't come and see us, and will instigate a bizarre form of telekinesis that will cause you to lose small but important objects from your home.  This will prove annoying.  So it's probably in your own interest to come and watch us play.

Debbie: Big up the organisers...

Franklin Fest is putting on some of the best current wave of garage bands, it will be a joy and a pleasure to be part of it this year. Plus, it's always good to catch up with friends in Edinburgh!

Main photo copyright Liz Tainsh 2016

With many thanks to The Fnords for their contribution. I can't exactly remember the price of the afternoon show as a separate entity, but you can buy tickets for the whole weekend here... tickets-scotland.com details of further upcoming shows can be found on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/The-Fnords-182418645133589/