Andy Fletcher Collect-A-Page: Andrew (Look In, 1981)

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Collect-A-Page: Andrew
[Look In, 28th November 1981. Picture: Rex Features.]

Andy Fletcher provides some basic personal details and likes in this questionnaire from a children's magazine.

COLLECT-A-PAGE: ANDREW

Name: Andrew Fletcher
Birthdate: 8th July, 1961
Birthplace: Basildon, Essex [1]
Birthsign: Cancer
Height: Approx. 1.90 metres (6’ 3”)
Weight: Approx. 79 kgs. (175 lbs.)
Hair: Ginger
Eyes: Blue
Education: Nicholas Comprehensive, Basildon
Home: With parents in Basildon
Family details: Sisters Sue and Karen and brother Simon
Hobbies: Clothes, going to clubs, reading
Married: No
Favourite groups / artistes: Jonathan Richman, Simon & Garfunkel, Buggles, David Bowie, Roxy Music
Favourite food: Chicken Chow Mein
Favourite drink: Lager
Previous jobs: Insurance clerk
Previous groups: The Blood [2]
First record bought: Bolan Boogie, Marc Bolan
Favourite own record: Television Set [3]
Favourite TV show: Mr Benn, Thunderbirds, Tiswas
Childhood hero: Ian Hutchinson (of Chelsea F.C.)
Superstitions: None
Likes: Watching war films, reading
Dislikes: People laughing at me

[1] - Fletch was in fact born in Nottingham.
[2] - This is the only place I have ever seen Fletch mention The Blood: Jonathan Miller's 2003 biography Stripped, citing an early Information Service newsletter, claims the band's existence but goes on to quote Vince Clarke as saying "...knowing him [Andy], it was probably more a figment of his imagination! He probably had a concept, but I'm not sure if The Blood ever performed; I'm not sure who was in it, apart from himself!" (p. 22). Miller then adds that Andy has been reticent on the subject ever since.
[3] - An unreleased track, strictly speaking not their own record as it was not written by Depeche Mode, which was nonetheless performed a fair bit live in 1980 / 81. It is thus only available on bootleg of which at least two different performances exist (both of mediocre quality). For more information on unreleased tracks from the same era, you might find this article in Bong 24 helpful.

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Date: November 1981
Pays: Royaume-Uni