Fiction Factory were a British band from Perth, Scotland, formed in the mid 1980s. Before they started their project Fiction Factory, Patterson (vocals), Jordan (keyboard), Taylor (trumpet) and Medley (guitar) were playing in a band called The Rude Boys later shortened to The RB's, a skinhead ska band based in Perth.
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 Patterson and Jordan wrote for it was "(Feels Like) Heaven" the eventual 1984 UK Top 10 hit. From a list of names that Medley had drawn up, Fiction Factory was chosen. The members were requested by CBS Records to create a concert playing band, and they enlisted McGregor (bass) and Ogletree (drums and percussion) a former drummer of the band Simple Minds to play live. However, "(Feels Like) Heaven" was recorded by the drummer Iain Garrie. After their second album, Fiction Factory disbanded. Patterson eventually left the music industry and currently works in the IT department at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He has a wife and two children. Patterson and Jordan reunited to perform "(Feels Like) Heaven" with a backing band at Jordan's wedding in August 2007, in Perth. "(Feels Like) Heaven", was used in a 2008 television advertisement for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
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