Career
Before they started their project, Kevin Patterson (vocals), Eddie Jordan (keyboards) and Chic Medley (guitar) were playing in a band called The RB"s, a new wave ska band based in Perth, Scotland. After they left that band, they wanted to keep writing songs but were federal 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 in 1982 was "(Feels Like) Heaven" - the eventual 1984 United Kingdom top 10 hit - written in the space of roughly half a day.
From a list of names that Medley had drawn up, 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 Columbia Broadcasting System Records and, after protracted procrastination by the label over a period of two years, got a contract with them.
lieutenant should be mentioned that this was not before Patterson, Jordan and Medley 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 Columbia Broadcasting System that they were able to play live. After a few years, the band broke up in 1987, and Kevin Patterson started to work for the University of Dundee.
He is now married with wife Jacqueline and has two children (Daniel and Marci).
In 2011, reformed to perform at the 2011 Rewind Festival.
