Starting life in a different guise as ska outfit The Rude Boys, reconfigured Scottish sextet Fiction Factory tasted overnight success when their debut single, (Feels Like) Heaven, peaked at #6 in January 1984.
Curiously, though, while the song’s melancholic appeal and singer Kevin Patterson’s chiselled good looks fitted the charts like a glove, follow-up single Ghost Of Love barely scraped the Top 75, rapidly curtailing Fiction Factory’s brief run-in with fame.
The Perth boys’ debut LP, Throw The Warped Wheel Out, also failed to chart, despite an expansive production.
Their inability to create anything quite as drop-dead gorgeous as (Feels Like) Heaven ultimately killed their chances (and their career) stone dead.
Kevin Patterson
Vocals
Charles ‘Chic’ Medley
Guitar Eddie Jordan Keyboards Graham McGregor Bass Mike Ogletree Drums
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