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135: 25: 310:. In 1980, their first release, eponymously titled "Modern Romance", was unsuccessful. After a second unsuccessful single, "Tonight", the band then opted to lessen the predominantly electronic sound in favour of a Latin-American dance style with emphasis on bass, percussion and brass. They recruited trumpet player John Du Prez into their new line-up. The band released a new single, " 365:" (UK No. 7). Both "Best Years of Our Lives" and "Walking in the Rain" earned Silver discs. Despite being regularly featured in teen pin-up magazines, the band's commercial hot streak waned and further singles were less successful. The band released a compilation album for the Christmas 1983 market entitled 557:
In 1999, Andy Kyriacou reformed Modern Romance with a new line-up, joining the burgeoning British 1980s revival scene. The new line-up features no original band members (Kyriacou himself had first appeared on the Modern Romance single, "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey", although he had remained their drummer
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In 2019, Kyriacou successfully defeated an attempt by Geoff Deane to appropriate the band's name by trademarking it, despite his absence from the band for 36 years. The Intellectual Property Office ruled that Deane's involvement with the band ended in 1982 and with it any claim to the name.
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The band split up in 1980 though Deane and Jaymes continued working together, embracing the burgeoning electronic style of dance music that was becoming popular in London clubs at the time. They found a new manager and created a limited company called Business Art Productions, and signed to
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in 1984. This brought about a change of image – from bright coloured suits and wedge hairstyles to long hair and leather jackets. The band released a new single, a cover of The Temptations' 1971 hit "
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reappeared in 1983 as 'Geoff Deane & The Valley Girls' to release the single "Navy Lark", then again for the solo "What About Romance", and he also wrote "You Think You're A Man" for
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Andy Kyriacou (born 18 April 1958, London) (1981 - 1985) - drums (played on all recordings except "Modern Romance", "Tonight" and "Everybody Salsa")
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David Jaymes has since moved into the management and consultancy side of the music industry. He worked as the music supervisor on the film
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is a British pop music band that found popularity in the early 1980s. Formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier group, the
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took over the mantle of lead vocalist, and their next release saw the band reach their highest UK chart position with "
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Andy Kyriacou of Modern Romance performing at Let's Rock Liverpool, 31 July 2021. Photograph by Andrew D. Hurley
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chart with "Can You Move", a mostly rap variation of "Everybody Salsa". After further UK Top 40 hits with "
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Tony Gainsbrough (1980 - 1981) - drums (played on "Modern Romance", "Tonight" and Everybody Salsa")
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then left the band, and after disagreements with their record company, WEA, the band signed with
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formed Modern Romance in 1980, having previously been the mainstays of the punk parody band the
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hit from earlier that year – and an anthology mix of their biggest selling songs titled "
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until the band split in 1985). In 2002, the new line-up released the album
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Queen of the Rapping Scene (Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan)
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They followed this later in the year with similarly themed "
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Robbie Jaymes (born 3 October 1961, London) - keyboards
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Paul Gendler (born 11 August 1960, London) - guitar
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