Don't Kiss Just Talk
Interview by Deborah Tate
Photograph by Steve Cook
Oringally Printed in STC Issue 22 (April 1st 1994)
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By Now, Most (All?) of you Should be aware of the Eagerly awaited Sonic 3, which is now on Sale. However, how many of you hard-nosed Boomers have spotted the pop group Right Said Fred in Sega's recently launched Pirate TV advertisements?

STC was comanded to meet the band and Deborah Tate was sent to find out their Preferences... for hair remover and Video games.

I arrive to find Right Said Fred, the band who have shared equal success with hits like I'm too Sexy and Deeply Dippy, siging photographs. Someone, who i assume must be their manager (and who bears an uncanny resemblance to England Rugby Captain Will Carling), is standing beside lead singer, Richard Fairbrass: 'I'm his personal fitness Trainer. Taught him everything he knows - about hockey'. The 'manager' makes his way towards the door. It transpires there's a good reason why he's a Will Carling lookey-likey. It is him.

According to R.S.F., Sega - looking for a band with similar 'street cred' image to theirs - approached them to come up with a reputable song to promot the launch of Sonic 3. R.S.F. and their Management, possessing more than an inkling of what makes the public part with their money these days, rewrote a song called Wonderman. The track originally featured on their second album Sex And Travel, but with the addition of dance commandos The Beatmasters, Wonderman Mark II (released on 7th March) has successfully steered clear of becoming another jingle-single, offering R.S.F. further success with their first release this year. R.S.F. reveal that they succumb to the pleasures of playing video games when travelling and have a preference at the momment for: Cool spot, Ecco The Dolphin, PGA Tour Golf, Sonic 2, and most puzzle games, such as Columns. The topic of conversation switches to what sounds more like a biology lesson than a promotion for their single. 'Symbiosis?' Is that a new video game? I later discoveer that Richard used to get nervoud doing interviews. He obviously shook this off a while back. Fred Fairbrass (the lyricist with the sense of humour) suggest that the collaboration between video gamers and the music industry is a natural marriage.

When STC's brief photo-shoot is over the Fairbrass brothers offer a firm handshake as they rush off. Meanwhile, continuing in the vien of the biology lesson, guitarist Rob Manzoli shows us a photo or two of a fan with the band's name tattooed on her anatomy. Hope she looks out for the free gift in this issue. Forget the Braun trimmer, it's only a matter of time before the latest rock and roll accessory becomes a Sonic tattoo transfer!
Manic Man's Notes The year is of course 1994, and the Free Gift on that issue of STC was a set of Sonic tattoo transfers. This about about the only facts you might need to know for some of this...