Lunatic Lucy To Reform?

The music world is once again afloat with rumours of an imminent reformation of the 90’s rock band “Lunatic Lucy”

Lunatic Lucy shocked the music world when, in the mid nineties, announced that they were to split at the height of their stardom. The cracks had begun to appear in the band with the departure of drummer and founder member Mark Greenleaf after what the band have only ever referred to as “The egg whisk incident”. The band continued with replacement drummer Lucy Randall and a string of lead singers but many claimed never quite regained the magic of the original line up.

The four founder members Alastair, John, John and Mark have been sighted together recently in Kent, sparking rumours that they are planning a reunion, possible tour dates and even new material. Having given the music industry such treasures as “Carousel”, “Paraphernalia” and “Face the Music” any new material would be a welcome boost to recession hit music sales and some predict could single handedly save the British and global economy.

Using earnings from their success after the split the four members went on to have many ill fated business endeavours. Notably “The John Coombs School of Teaching Bass Tuition School” where John tried unsuccessfully to pass on his inimitable bass style to a new generation of bass players. John Collins disappeared early in 2001 claiming he was leaving the U.K. to start a Moisture Farm on Tatooine and has only recently reappeared amid claims of bankruptcy. Mark Greenleaf has reportedly lost huge sums of money in developing his signature musical instruments including “The Greenleaf Triple Bass”, a 15ft tall stringed instrument. Alastair Dracup has apparently faired better than his ex bandmates since the split and claims on his Facebook page "to be the proud owner of a Rover 75” although this claim has yet to be verified.

No one from the band has been available to comment on these new developments. Ex Take That member Robbie Williams, himself frequently the subject of reformation rumours and was once thought to have left Take That to follow a more credible rock direction and take on singing duties with Lunatic Lucy, when asked about the rumours of new Lunatic material said: “I have never heard of this band”. Music impresario Simon Cowell was questioned yesterday whether he would be interested in signing a reformed Lunatic Lucy stated, “How did you get this number? This is a private line, I’m calling the police if this harassment continues”. So it seems the music industry is remaining tight lipped at present.