Beginning in the early 1990s, Cuccurullo collaborated with Duran bandmate Nick Rhodes, calling themselves TV Mania, and began writing an experimental rock opera trilogy called "Bored With Prozac and the Internet?" (initially unreleased save for a few songs on Cuccurullo's website and in the movie "Trollywood"). Rhodes and Cuccurullo wrote and recorded a song called "Tomorrow Never Dies" with vocalist Tessa Niles for the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies". The song wasn't chosen, so Duran Duran re-recorded it for the "Pop Trash" album with new lyrics under the title "Last Day on Earth". In December 1996, Rhodes and Cuccurullo wrote and produced two songs for a never-completed Blondie project ("Pop Trash Movie" and "Studio 54"); the re-recording of the former gave the "Pop Trash" album its name.