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Newscaster: Rex Stardust, lead electric triangle with Toad the Wet Sprocket has had tohave an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour ofFinland. Flamboyant ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of amotorcycle. "Fell off the back of a motorcyclist, most likely," quipped acedrummer Jumbo McCluney upon hearing of the accident. Plans are alreadyafoot for a major tour of Iceland. Divorced after only eight minutes, popular television singing star, Charisma,changed her mind on the way out of the registry office, when she realizedshe had married one of the Donkeys by mistake. The evening before in LA'sglittering nightspot, the Abatoir, she had proposed to drummer Reg Abbotof Blind Drunk, after a whirlwind romance and a knee-trembler. But whenthe hangover lifted, it was Keith Sly of the Donkeys who was on her armin the registry office. Keith, who was too ill to notice, remainedunsteady during the short ceremony and when asked to exchange vows, beganto recite names and addresses of people who also used the stuff. Charismaspotted the error as Keith was being carried into the wedding ambulanceand became emotionally upset. However, the mistake was soon clearedup, and she stayed long enough to consummate their divorce. Dead Monkeys are to split up again, according to their manager, LeftyGoldblatt. They've been in the business now ten years, nine as othergroups. Originally the Dead Salmon, they became for a while, Trout.Then Fried Trout, then Poached Trout In A White Wine Sauce, and finally,Letras de cancionesHerring. Splitting up for nearly a month, the re-formed as Red Herring,which became Dead Herring for a while, and then Dead Loss, which reflectedthe current state of the group. Splitting up again to get their headstogether, they reformed a fortnight later as Heads Together, a tight littlename which lasted them through a difficult period when their drummer wassuspected of suffering from death. It turned out to be only a rumor andthey became Dead Together, then Dead Gear, which lead to Dead Donkeys,Lead Donkeys, and the inevitable split up. After nearly ten days, theyreformed again as Sole Manier, then Dead Sole, Rock Cod, Turbot, Haddock,White Baith, the Places, Fish, Bream, Mackerel, Salmon, Poached Salmon,Poached Salmon In A White Wine Sauce, Salmon-monia, and Helen Shapiro.This last name, their favorite, had to be dropped following an injunctionand they split up again. When they reformed after a recordbreaking twodays, they ditched the fishy references and became Dead Monkeys, a namewhich they stuck with for the rest of their careers. Now, a fortnightlater, they've finally split up.(telephone ringing)Hello."Hello"Yes?"What do you think of Dead Duck?"What do I think of Dead Duck?"or Lobster?"Lobster?... From Letras Mania