Glasgow's very own Baby Strange are back – and trying to help stop other bands being ripped off by dodgy promoters.

The local rockers are one of the city’s best bands, and hit the Garage tomorrow night to promote their recent Extended Play EP.

After last year’s terrific debut album Want It Need It, the trio are going places, but they also run their own monthly club night at the Priory, where they hope to give young acts a helping hand.

“When we were younger and in other bands, I got ripped off constantly,” says singer Johnny Madden.

“Because these guys are putting you in a decent venue with a good name, you think they are doing you a favour, because you’re just buzzing to be standing in one of those places, where there’s a PA and lights and you’re thinking ‘wow’.

“Now I think back and I can’t believe the amount of money we were giving those guys. With Club Sabbath we want guys walking away from things thinking it was beneficial, not that they were ripped off.”

Johnny has also set up Public Records, where he has teamed up with Conor Goldie, who used to run Dead Beet Records. They’ve already brought out the new Baby Strange EP, and intend to release more material in the next several months.

On top of all that, he’s also served as a judge for the T Break contest taking place as part of this year’s Tenement Trail festival. However his own band aren’t taking a back seat.

Extended Play features tracks like Mess and Young Team, songs that take the band’s dark, intense rock n’ roll to new places, while Play Me takes a scathing look at some of the A&R men from London who tried to sweet talk the band into signing with them.

“We wanted the EP to be a bridge between our first and second albums,” says the frontman.

“Once the album came out in September we wanted to move with a bit of speed, so that’s why we were back in the studio in January. We acted on impulse, because if something is not really working we’ll usually just scrap it, rather than sitting around trying to fix it or toy with it. We always go with our gut.

“With Extended Play the songwriting’s a bit smarter and more sparse. It’s not just lots of guitar from start to finish, there’s a lot more space there.”

Want It Need It was the culmination of years of hard work for the lads – Johnny, bassist Connaire McCann and drummer Aidan McCann – and it has sent them in surprising directions.

Earlier this year they heard from the legendary photographer David Bailey, and found themselves modelling for the Valentino clothing company.

“It was pretty surreal,” admits Johnny.

“We got a phone call and were told that David Bailey had seen a photo of us and liked the way we looked, so did we want to be in the new Valentino campaign. Meeting him was ridiculous, and having him film us as we played was a very cool experience.

“We’ve had a couple of modelling offers since then, but knocked them back. If we’re going to do that we want it to be something we’re actually behind – we liked the clothes, the people and obviously we loved the photographer.”

There is a DIY ethos running through Baby Strange that has served them well. They are doing things their own way, and it has paid off.

“We’re going down to London to put on the club night there – who’d have thought we’d ever do that?,” says Johnny.

“What you need to do is think outside the box. Don’t just be saying we’re a band and we write songs – make your own T-shirts, put on your own shows and do things like that.”

Baby Strange, Garage, tomorrow, £11, 7pm