READ THE RESULTS FROM THE FRANZ FERDINAND FANNISH INQUISITION! Part 2
LAURA: Paul When did you decide to grow a mini-moustache? And how much time do you spend grooming it each day?
Paul-: The moustache has since perished, while I was trying to trim it on the tourbus , whilst driving through the Alps. I didn't spend much time on it really, although I will say Gillette Mach 3 blades are useless for trimming pencil moustaches.
ME & ME SISTER: Do you like tractors and other farming things?
Alex: Nick does.
Nick: Yeah! So?
Paul: I once drove a tractor for a whole 10 seconds when I was Nine. My Dad's side of the family come from Wick and my uncle has a farm up there.
RONAN: If your champers and smoked salmon lifestyle (and making utterly exquisite music) ended tomorrow (or soon) what would each of you do with your lives? And what would Paul do with his moustache? I suggest becoming Private Walker in a new version of 'Dad's Army'.
Alex: I'm not sure. I'd still play music, even if I couldn't support myself through it. I like writing, so maybe I'd try that.
Nick: Go on a world trip.
Paul: For God's sake people, the moustache has gone, get over it. It's all about tattoos now.
Bob: Get a job to earn some cash, maybe in a kitchen, and get a studio to make work in.
RONAN: If you had to take Michael on a date where would you go?
Alex: Good question. I hear he likes to go to parties after Optimo. I'll ask him, next time I see him.
Nick: The legendary Polo Lounge in Glasgow
Paul: Disco X.
Bob: We'd start off in Stereo on Kelvinhaugh Street in Glasgow, then to The Variety on Sauchiehall Street, then to Optimo, then the house party after Optimo, then The Cran on Argyll Street.
TONY BENN:What would you do to make Britain a better place to live?(Culturally, architecturally etc.) Yours insincerely, Britain's greatest living Parliamentarian.
Alex: I'd replace Tony Blair with you, the far superior Tony.
Bob: Print more money.
BECCA, 17, CT USA: Have any of you dyed your hair, and what colour(s)?
Alex: I dyed my hair purple when I was about 14. It didn't look good.
Bob: No.
ANDRES: Who´s your favourite new or still-existing band?
Alex: I don't have a favourite. Possibly The Smiths, The Specials, or Sparks.
Nick: The Beatles.
Bob: Belle And Sebastian.
COLIN: Was it my fault that I lost my wallet at the NME Brixton show or was it yours?
Alex: It was Nick. He's a notorious thief.
Nick: Yeah! So?
NAV: In your video for 'Matinee' I noticed that all band members possess great dancing skills. Is this something you were trained for, and do you not feel that there are not enough dancing rock bands these days?
Alex: We've never been trained - we just dance in our own spazzy way. Dancing is fun, let's face it. Of course there should be more of it.
WADEY: Are you happy to have spearheaded a 'tucking your shirt in' revival? And what's your favourite Morrissey song?
Alex: I hadn't thought of that. I like to think that people are aware that it's way cooler to look sharp, than to look like a slob. My favourite Morrissey song is either 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want' or 'What Difference Does it Make?'
Nick: I just remembered how much I preferred having my T-shirt tucked into my underwear when I was a kid and I thought 'Hold on, why not try it with a shirt as well?' I think maybe we made people realise how much cosier it feels.
GARY: Starsky or Hutch?
Alex: Come on, they're a team. As individuals there is no chemistry and no magic.
ALAN: Alex, my mate David at work used to have dead long hair, and has just had it cut like yours. But he has a full beard, hence looks daft. Can you give him your advice on the matter as I know he will be reading!
Alex: I have two words for you - Mach Three.
MATT: After your performance in the X-Tent at T In The Park last year, how does it feel to be one of the first bunch of acts to be confirmed for this years T?
Alex: It feels amazing. T in the Park always has a fantastic atmosphere. We can't wait until we play there.
BELINDA, 20, NZ: What were the first bands each of you ever saw live?
Nick: My brother's hardcore band MELT. Major McCarthy's Erotic Lifetroopers. Fucking best band I've seen to date.
Alex: My friend Andrew got me tickets to see Huey Lewis And The News when I was a kid, as he knew that 'Back To The Future' was my favourite film.
Paul: Iron Maiden at the Edinburgh Playhouse, that was a proper show, as I'll never see Queen in this life, I'm quite satisfied with Maiden.
Bob: David Devant And His Spirit Wife at Bradford University.
REBECCA, Bridgewater: What's the strangest thing a fan has done and where did this incident occur?
Bob: These girls in Brussels turned up at our gig waving home-made placards featuring Franz Ferdinand in a kilt with a clipart guitar. Hang on…
Alex: Blew in my face. Yesterday five o'clock.
Paul: We all were asked to sign someone's forehead in Manchester.
JUSTIN: About this new boy Terry Wogan - do you think he'll become as big a success as you guys have?
Alex: I've heard that he shows a lot of promise, could be the Irish Interpol.
ANDY, 18, Argentina: I sing in a rock band and we were thinking about a name. We have to choose between two, Richard III or Louis. Which do you think?
Alex: Richard III has interesting rhyming slang connotations, so if it had to be either, it should probably be Louis.
Nick-: How about Louis XIV of France or Ludwig II of Bavaria? They were all hilarious historic characters.
DAN, Dublin: Celtic or Rangers? Or dare I say, Partick Thistle?
Alex: Paul is Celtic, at a push I'd have to be PTFC.
NICK: Do any of your dads own an allotment?
Alex: No, but I wish he did. Allotments are great.
Paul: We were fortunate enough to have a tree in the front garden, until my Dad took a chainsaw to it. I made a bivouac out of the wood.
JENNIE: If you guys were stranded on a desert island which of you would you choose to eat first, why, with what meal and would he sacrifice himself?
Alex: We'd probably eat Bob, as he's the youngest and would have the softest, sweetest flesh. I think he'd be good served rare with potatoes Dauphinoise and a spinach salad. Bob's a very kind hearted selfless person, so of course he'd sacrifice himself.
Nick: I couldn't agree more.
Paul: Mmm Bob, yummy.
Bob: Cunts.
JONNY: You're all fairly dapper now, but have any of you ever owned a shell suit?
Alex: I haven't.
Nick-: I haven't.
Paul: I haven't.
Bob: I haven't
ELENA, 22, Russia: Has 'Love And Destroy' has anything to do with the book 'Master and Margarita' by the Russian writer Bulgakov?
Alex: Yes, it does. 'The Master And Margarita 'is one of my favourite books. The song is based on the chapter where Margarita flies over Moscow, wreaking revenge on the enemies of her lover on her way to the ball of the dead with you-know-who. The passion and imagery are so intense.
Nick: I read it too and can't wait to go to Moscow, where we have just been invited to play, and check out the legendary sites of in the book.
CASEY, 23, Dundee: At your gig at the QMU, I threw my bra at you. It came undone in the crowd with all the dancing, and I lost all inhibitions and threw it on stage! What became of my bra?
Alex: Glen, our tour manager, is wearing it as we type...
PAUL: In quiet, tender moments, what brings tears to your eyes the most?
Alex: Remembering actions that I regret.
Nick: A lovely song ( you were always on my mind) and thinking of my beautiful girlfriend.
Paul: Pet rescue.
Bob: Boys don't cry.