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executives who had signed them had left, and the new hierarchy passed on the opportunity to record a follow-up. The band split up in 2001 after James Hearn became disillusioned with the music business and decided to leave. In an interview with the
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in the mid-1990s. After they left school, they formed various bands, playing under names such as
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