Fiction Factory

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Fiction Factory
Origin Scotland
Genre(s) Synth Pop, New Wave
Years active 1984-1987
Label(s) CBS Records
Former members
Kevin Patterson
Chic Medley
Graham McGregor
Eddie Jordan
Mike Ogletree

Fiction Factory were a British band from Perth, Scotland, formed in the mid-1980s.

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[edit] Band line-up

[edit] History

Before they started their project Fiction Factory, Kevin Patterson (vocals) and Eddie Jordan (keyboard) were playing in a band called The Rude Boys. Later on they left that band and they started writing with new band member Chic Medley (guitar). They were contacted by CBS Records and got a contract with the label. They were soon joined by Graham McGregor (bass) and Mike Ogletree (drums and percussion), a former drummer of the band Simple Minds.

[edit] Discography

They had two hits in the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 6 in 1984 with "(Feels Like) Heaven". It was also a No. 1 in Switzerland. Follow up single "Ghost of Love" reached number 64 in the UK the same year. The band released an album Throw the Warped Wheel Out, also in 1984.

[edit] Albums

  • Throw the Warped Wheel Out (1984)
  • Another Story (1985)

[edit] Singles

From Throw the Warped Wheel Out
  • "(Feels Like) Heaven" (1984) — UK #6
    b/w "Everyone But You" / "This Is"
  • "Ghost of Love" (1984) — UK #64
    b/w "The Other Side Of Grey" / "Old Game Blue Flame"
  • "All or Nothing" (1984)
    b/w "Dreaming of Someone"
From Another Story
  • "Not The Only One" (1985)
    b/w "Let Me Be a Part"
  • "No Time" (1985)
    b/w "Tension"
  • "Time Is Right" (1986)

[edit] Trivia

Their hit, "Feels Like Heaven", was used in a 2008 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercial.

[edit] Audio sample

Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven excerpt

An excerpt from "(Feels Like) Heaven)"
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