Kevin Patterson (singer)

Kevin Patterson (singer)

Infobox musical artist

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Name = Kevin Patterson
Background = songwriter, singer
Origin = Scotland
Genre = Synth Pop
Years_active = 1984-1987
Label = CBS Records
Associated_acts = Fiction Factory
URL = Unknown

Kevin Patterson is a Scottish songwriter and singer known for his work in Fiction Factory, a New Wave band with heavy Synth influences active during the 80s.

Fiction Factory

Before they started their project Fiction Factory, Kevin Patterson (vocals), Eddie Jordan (keyboard) and Chic Medley (guitar) were playing in a band called The RB's, a skinhead ska band based in Perth, Scotland. After they left that band, they wanted to keep writing songs but were fed-up with live performances (the RB's were one of the most prolific live performers in Scotland at that time). With no name for this project, the first song Kevin and Eddie wrote for it was "(Feels Like) Heaven" - the eventual 1984 UK top 10 hit - in the space of roughly half a day.

From a list of names that Chic had drawn up, Fiction Factory was chosen: firstly, because of the perceived falseness of the music scene and its reliance on pretty faces the project was originally going to be fronted by nice-looking people who had nothing to do with the songwriting or performance of the music; secondly, the hope was that they would write music for themselves, other artists and maybe even films. They were contacted by CBS Records and, after protracted procrastination by the label over a period of two years, got a contract with them.

It should be mentioned that this was not before Kevin, Eddie and Chic were forced to create yet another live band with Graham McGregor (bass) and Mike Ogletree (drums and percussion) - a former drummer of the band Simple Minds - to prove to CBS that they were able to play live. cite web | author=Mike Ogletree | year=2000 | title="Fiction Factory" | url=http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe80s/bbs9/webBBS_9509.shtml | work= [http://www.inthe00s.com/ Inthe00s] | accessdate=2007-03-02]

Later Years

Some years after the band broke up in 1986,cite web | author=Rate Your Music | year=2007 | title="Rateyourmusic" | url=http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/fiction_factory | work= [http://rateyourmusic.com/ "Rateyourmusic"] | accessdate=2007-03-02] Kevin Patterson started to work for the University of Dundee.cite web | author=University of Dundee | year=2007 | title="Departmental Administrators" | url=http://www.dundee.ac.uk/itservices/netimprovement/projects/edirectory/departmentalAdmins.html | work= [http://www.dundee.ac.uk/ "University of Dundee"] | accessdate=2007-03-02] He is now married with wife (Jacqueline), child (Daniel) and cat.cite web | author=University of Dundee | year=2007 | title="University of Dundee: Contact Magazine 2002" | url=http://www.dundee.ac.uk/pressoffice/contact/2002/feb/popstars.htm | work= [http://www.dundee.ac.uk/ "University of Dundee"] | accessdate=2007-03-02] cite web | author=tarzanboy | year=2006 | title="Queridos Anos 80" | url=http://dear80s.blogspot.com/2006/08/fiction-factory.html | work= [http://dear80s.blogspot.com// "Dear 80s"] | accessdate=2007-03-02 | Language: Portuguese]

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