Video: Why an ex-journalist turned leader of Glasgow's newest indie band does not need Marilyn Manson fame

Both Tennant and Manson were journalists who went on to make waves in the world of pop and rock.

Fergus, a former journalist with ten years clocked up on Scots national and regional papers, who left to become a public sector communications officer is now ready to take the plunge as the front man of one of Glasgow's more intriguing new bands.

But this is very much a labour of love.

"Music for me is never going to be about money. I have to be honest with myself about that. I'd just love to be able to get music to people who don't know me and for them to say that it was cool. That's enough for me. I'm not doing it for a job. I don't need the money," said Fergus.

On Friday night he and his new three-piece combo The Wild Places will be playing in public for the first time in a free gig at The Old Hairdressers in Glasgow's Renfield Lane and to launch their debut four track EP You're The Bomb.

The four track EP reveals an eye-opening, captivating guitar-bass-and drums soft-loud assault; an unearthly fusion of The Bends-era Radiohead and early Bloc Party, with heart.

"Being a journalist is an absolute privilege, it is an amazing job, kids dream about doing it. It is a hard job that takes up your entire brain, at all times," said Fergus.

"I had been a reporter for 10 years, from local newspapers up and I thought it was time to do something else."

But that something else led to a desire to scratch a creative itch. Providing initial relief was Tim Berridge, who he discovered was interested in picking up the sticks again having played with multiple bands when growing up in Dundee.

Fergus the 38-year-old singer, guitarist and songwriter, Berridge, 50 and bassist Neil Plews, 38 are all dads, but made the time to be locked in rehearsal rooms for over 18 months on-and-off to work out their sound and create the songs that are now set to be unleashed. But it is definitely not dads' rock, they insist.

"It is a fact we are all parents. We all have two kids each, Tim's kids are grown up. But we had to do this," said Fergus who was given his first guitar by his grandpa.

"This is something I have always wanted to do, way before I met my wife, Emily. And here we are now having picked up these disparate loose threads and come up with this.

"I have never had a set plan, beyond wanting to make music that justifies itself. I'd love the idea that this EP would maybe pay for the next one. That's the indie dream, really. And I'd like to do an album next year, logistics, children, money and life notwithstanding. I think we have the bones of an album there.

"It is important for our kids to see that this is how it should be. You need to follow your dreams. It's not about success. It is about doing what I like doing. I really don't care if nobody turns up and nobody hears the record.

"It might sound cheesy, but I just want to make people's lives a bit better. If they like the music that's great, if they don't they will move onto something else. That's fine.

"I am not trying to change the world. I'm just trying to improve it. Slightly."

Plews and Fergus are lifelong schoolfriends and regular collaborators having played in bands since school and are now back together after a 15-year break.

The EP,  meanwhile, has been a homespun effort with tracks recorded mainly in Fergus's Bishopton living room with help from producer friend Steven Ward.

Fergus, whose first love was Nirvana added: “We have our heads screwed on and realistic expectations and we will need to strike a balance between keeping our day jobs and supporting our families, but our truth is we cannot ‘not play’. My head is constantly writing and re-writing music. We have played our title track to quite a few people - one of my favourite comments has been that you can hear that we are Scottish."

The Wild Places will be supported by indie singer Lower Depths and DJs Molotov Disco.