After leaving Modern Romance, former lead vocalist
Geoff Deane 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
Divine. Deane later became a scriptwriter and television producer, scripting for television programmes such as
Birds of a Feather,
Babes in the Wood,
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross,
Chef!,
Last Man Standing, and
A Many-Splintered Thing. In 2005, he wrote the film
Kinky Boots starring
Chiwetel Ejiofor, and a year later ''
It's a Boy Girl Thing'' for
Elton John's Rocket Pictures. David Jaymes has since moved into the management and consultancy side of the music industry. He worked as the music supervisor on the film
Fascination (2004) starring
Jacqueline Bisset and
James Naughton. He has also worked again with
John Du Prez, composing music for commercials and feature films. Jaymes has managed artists such as
Sinéad O'Connor,
Justin Adams, Miles Hunt of
The Wonder Stuff,
Republica and
Drum Club. He has also worked as consultant for
Harry Nilsson,
Jimmy Webb,
George Fenton, and
Chuck Mangione. In 2010, he worked with a host of musicians on the
Haiti earthquake disaster single (a cover version of "
I Put a Spell on You"), including
Shane MacGowan,
Nick Cave,
Chrissie Hynde and
Johnny Depp. 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 until the band split in 1985). In 2002, the new line-up released the album
Back on Track, which consisted mostly of re-recorded Modern Romance hits.
Back on Track was also released as
Moves 2 Fast, with a slightly different track listing. Kyriacou's Modern Romance continues to play the 1980s festival circuit and appeared as the opening act at the 2010
Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames, which also included
Boy George,
Rick Astley,
Level 42,
T'Pau,
Kajagoogoo and
Heaven 17. 2012 saw the band play
Let's Rock the Moor!, a boutique festival in
Cookham,
Berkshire, with other 1980s acts including
Go West,
Toyah,
Nick Heyward and
Billy Ocean. During their set they aired one of their new songs, "Rhythm Is My Lover", from the forthcoming album
The 7th Day (penned by Kyriacou and guitarist Peter J Pinto). 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. ==Band members==