Fiction Factory
| Fiction Factory | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Perth, Scotland |
| Genres | New wave, synthpop |
| Years active | 1983–1987, 2007, 2011 |
| Labels | CBS |
| Past members |
Eddie Jordan Graham McGregor Chic Medley Mike Ogletree Kevin Patterson Grant Taylor Paul Wishart |
Fiction Factory was a Scottish new wave band from Perth. Formed in 1983, they are known to mainstream audiences solely for their debut single "(Feels Like) Heaven", which peaked at #6 on the UK Singles Chart.
History
Before they began Fiction Factory, Kevin Patterson (vocals), Eddie Jordan (keyboards), Grant Taylor (trumpet) and Chic Medley (guitar) played in skinhead ska band The Rude Boys (later shortened to The RB's). Asked by CBS to create a concert-playing band, they enlisted Graham McGregor (bass) and Mike Ogletree (drums and percussion), a former member of Simple Minds and Café Jacques. The band's single "(Feels Like) Heaven" became a UK Top 10 hit in 1984 (also reaching the Top 10 in Germany and Switzerland).
Fiction Factory disbanded in 1987 after the release of their second album, and Patterson left the music industry soon afterwards. He currently works in the IT department of the University of Dundee and is now married to wife Jacqueline, with who he has two children named Daniel and Marci.[1][2] Patterson and Jordan reunited to perform "(Feels Like) Heaven" with a backing band at the latter's wedding in August 2007.[3] Medley went on to work with the Scottish world music project, Mouth Music.
In 2011, Patterson, Medley, McGregor and Jordan reformed the band for the first time since 1987 for their performance at the 2011 Rewind Festival.[4]
Line-up
- Kevin Patterson: vocals (1983–1987, 2011)
- Chic (Charles) Medley: guitars (1983–1987, 2011)
- Graham McGregor: bass (1983–1987, 2011)
- Eddie (Edward) Jordan: keyboards (1983, 2011)
- Mike Ogletree: drums and percussion (1983–1987)
- Grant Taylor: trumpet (1983–1984) (played on first album)
- Paul Wishart: keyboards (1985–1987) (played on second album)
- Graham Weir: trumpet (1985) (played on second album)
- James Locke: drums and percussions (1985–1987) (played on second album)
- Pim Jones: guitar (1985) (played on second album)
- Marwenna Laidlaw (1985) (backing vocalist on second album)
Discography
| Fiction Factory discography | |
|---|---|
 Cover of debut album Throw the Warped Wheel Out | |
| Studio albums | 2 |
| Singles | 6 |
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [5] |
GER [6] |
SWE [7] |
SWI [8] | |||||||||||
| Throw the Warped Wheel Out |
|
98 | 57 | 34 | 23 | |||||||||
| Another Story |
|
— | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] |
AUT [10] |
BEL [11] |
GER [12] |
IRE [13] |
ITA [14] |
NED [15] |
NZ [16] |
SWE [17] |
SWI [18] | |||||
| 1983 | "(Feels Like) Heaven" | 6 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 2 | Throw the Warped Wheel Out | ||
| 1984 | "Ghost of Love" | 64 | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "All or Nothing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | "Not the Only One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Another Story | ||
| "No Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Standing at the Top of the World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
References
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- ↑ "Fiction Factory - feels like heaven". YouTube. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ↑ "Rewind Festival". Rewind Festival. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ↑ "Canadian Albums" (PDF). RPM Magazine. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "German Albums". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Swedish Albums". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Swiss Albums". hitparade.ch.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "UK Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Austrian Singles". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Belgian Singles". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "German Singles". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Italian Singles". hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Netherlands Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "New Zealand Singles". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Swedish Singles". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ↑ "Swiss Singles". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-06-11.