Is this account going to be a dump of my oc? Maybe 💔 Here is a wiki page about the band! (Almost everyone here is entirely fictional)
Irrational, an English music group formed in Northern London, was a short-lived rock band. It primarily consisted of Simon Willins (lead guitar), Lisa Willins (drums), Amaya Beeckman (bass guitar) and lastly, the front-woman Natasha Abbey on vocals. They released their debut single "All Sorted” on September 5th, 1994 in which two more singles "Gullible" and "Eighty-thousand" followed after. Alas, they were invited to The Brit Awards 1996 to receive their award for the best "Breakthrough Act" as a group.
This compelled the young musicians to release a studio album soon after; In April 24, 1996, their first studio album "Erasure" was published to the public. It received a lot of praise due to the album's unique but foreign daring sound, giving the audience a headstart for what could happen next for the band. In response, "Erasure" produced a total of 120,000 copies during the first week of its release, battling the charts with Kula Shaker for the "Fastest-selling debut album"; ultimately scoring 3rd place. This ranking had remained consistent up until the Danish-Norwegian pop group Aquarium won their way into the charts with their debut album Aqua in 1997.
Irrational, despite making a small reputation for themselves from their debut album alone, ended up on an indefinite hiatus shortly after its release; but this turned out to be one of permanency. When interviewed about this 5 years later with Rock Radio, Natasha Abbey offered a vague opinion instead:
"It was never going to work out. Perhaps, Irrational was just a one-hit wonder; we dressed the part, did concerts, took a few skags and made the most out of what we could. Nothing personal."
Interviewer Robert Fletcher asked again whether the front-woman is in contact with the rest of the band.
"Simon, Lisa and I broke up on good terms, we still talk from time to time. But it’s gradually becoming more difficult to interact with them with our distinct careers in the way. Amaya, however, we haven’t talked since '99." — Any further questions regarding the band were not answered by the front-woman.
After the break-up [edit]
Natasha Abbey's path afterwards was one far away from the music industry altogether. Natasha Abbey works as an indie film actress as of now, most famously known for her starring role in the movie "Blood On The Dancefloor (2000)" as Luna Clifford, a renowned spy desperate for revenge. Soon after in 2002, she and Paul Abbey got wedded at Four Seasons Bhosphorus in Istanbul.
The sibling duo, however, refused to be shy in front of modern musical audiences up until now. Lisa and Simon Wilkins have appeared on many instances during live shows as touring members of aspiring solo artists.
"It's all just a hobby now." Simon stated. The drummer tagged along "We hardly get any time to spare anymore. And even if I do manage to get any, my kids and husband hog it all up."
"Yeah, we can't be hopelessly devoted to music like we were when we were ambitious little kids. Ain't gonna happen." That was the guitarist's final conclusion.
On the other hand, the proclaimed genius and bassist of the group hasn't had any public appearances ever since the 90s had come to a close. Amaya Beeckman's last live appearance was an interview with Radio X back in 1999 which was rather a discussion about what once was Irrational. The bassist expressed the struggles of hers and the band behind the entire britpop craze at the time.
"Fame took a toll on all of us. In spite of us not being that popular within the music space yet, the stakes were already raised for us. Me being a college student at the time had to deal with the expectations being thrown over me oh-so-suddenly; I had to keep up a good face, as a woman, a songwriter, and most important of all, a person of color. I had been told many times by my peers that things were easy for me when it was the complete opposite. You'd be surprised by the amount of racial comments made about me in every magazine we were featured in, you would never see such comments being made by the press about a person with an European background. My skin color and fashion sense became the topic of the hour, about how I could gain a larger audience if I started wearing clothes more revealing or if I bleached my skin. It’s disgusting and awful, and before I knew it, my mental sanity came first before the music." Nowadays, Amaya Beeckman keeps a low profile in the eyes of any press.
