Andrew Fletcher (musician)
In recent years, Andy Fletcher has founded a record label, Toast Hawaii, the same name of his supposed lost album, in order to promote the band Client. In October 2006, Side-Line Magazine announced that Client had left the Toast Hawaii label which makes the future of the label quite unsure.
As well as this, he also DJs sometimes. Most of his DJ gigs happened, while on tour with Client. His style has been in the standard "Bedroom DJ" format; picking songs and creating a set list; however, some recent internet videos show Fletcher's skills improving, as he experiments beat mixing and sampling, instead of only going from track to track. Many people have argued that his technical DJ skills are at beginner level, but the crowds that he has DJed for have enjoyed the sets that he has done, especially when he plays a Depeche Mode track or anything related to Mute Records. One such event that he DJed was documented in "Andy Fletcher: One Night in Warsaw." As of October 2007, Fletcher is touring clubs in Europe and South America.
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Personal life
Fletcher has been married to Grainne (an Irish name pronounced 'Graw-nyuh') for 14 years and has two children, Megan and Joe. Fletcher's parents are Joy and John. He has three siblings; Susan, Karen and Simon, and is the eldest. He dated English actress Jennifer Saunders for almost a year in the early 1980s. This has been denied by Jennifer Saunders on Parkinson 03/11/2007.
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Trivia
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- His favourite Depeche Mode song is "World in My Eyes".
- He supports Chelsea FC, though he is not from London.
- Fletch is responsible for the title of documentary on the remastered versions of Violator and Music for the Masses. The titles were taking from phrases that he had said during the interviews.
- A light-hearted parody of Depeche Mode's "Somebody", entitled "Some Valium for Fletch" was released on the internet, and features lyrics alluding to - among several other things - Fletch's breakdown during the Devotional Tour.
- Fletch is often seen smoking on stage and his favourite cigarette brand is Marlboro Light.
- Fletch's voice can be heard on the interlude "Crucified" on Violator. His only line "Crucified" (and the only line of the song) is distorted. The song plays at the end of "Enjoy the Silence". He also sings prominent backing vocals on "The Sun and the Rainfall" during the final refrains.[citation needed]
- Has to this day remained close friends with former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke.
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