<P> In the aftermath of the group split, Johnson was offered a solo recording agreement with MCA Records . However, ZTT, which maintained they had invested heavily in Liverpool (to the extent that the digital recording system used to record the album was very nearly treated as a sixth member of the band on the sleeve of the "Warriors of the Wasteland" single), had other ideas, and promptly sued Johnson in an attempt to hold him to his original contract with the label . Among other things, ZTT believed that as a departing member of FGTH, Johnson was required to release all solo material through the label until the band's original multiple - album agreement was fulfilled . The suit was bitterly fought, exposing the inner workings of the ZTT / Frankie machine to a giddy UK music press . </P> <P> After two years, the High Court found in Johnson's favour, holding that the highly restrictive terms of the contract constituted an unreasonable restraint of trade . The court case effectively freed the remaining members of FGTH from their ZTT contract . </P> <P> Johnson's solo career at MCA commenced in 1989, with a succession of high - placed singles and the number one album Blast . The remix collection Hollelujah followed, trailed by a second studio album, Dreams That Money Can't Buy . However, Johnson's relations with MCA cooled with this release, and he would ultimately become a reclusive but successful painter, after announcing in 1993 that he was HIV - positive . The following year, Johnson recounted his version of Frankie's history in his autobiography A Bone in My Flute . His self - issued 1999 album Soulstream included a re-recording of "The Power of Love", which was also released as a single . </P> <P> Paul Rutherford, the other openly gay member of the band, released the partially ABC produced album Oh World and a handful of singles before retiring with his New Zealander partner to Waiheke Island . </P>

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