This article is from the The Galaxie 500 and related bands FAQ, by Andy Aldridge andy@aald.demon.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.
The generally considered reasoning behind the split was simply that
Dean Wareham decided he didn't want to be in the band anymore.
Damon and Naomi gave a very thorough interview in "The Ptolemaic
Terrascope" magazine (issue 23) where they give their version of
the events that led to the split. As far as I know Dean hasn't given
a full public explanation for his decision.
5 Why were Luna called Luna2 (or Luna squared)?
I beleive that a US new age singer was using the name Luna and so
Lunapark was released as Luna2, after which an
agreement/settlement
was reached with the artist in question.
 
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