Gary Numan

Gary Numan

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Real Name:
Gary Anthony James Webb
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Born 8th of March 1958 in Hammersmith, London, England.

Started his musical career in 1977 as a punk rocker in the band Mean Street, before being sacked in May 1977 for being "too creative." He responded to an advert in Melody Maker to join the band The Lasers, alongside Paul Gardiner. Both soon left to form their own punk band, Tubeway Army, with his uncle Jess Lidyard filling in on drums.

In 1978 Tubeway Army was signed to Beggars Banquet and released a couple of punk singles. By then he was using the name Numan and the band was performing live in pubs and clubs around London, supporting The Lurkers. Whilst recording demos for Beggars, Gary stumbled upon a "Minimoog," that had been left behind in the studio, still programmed to a sound that caught his attention. The rest, as they say, is history. Gary Numan is considered one of the foremost pioneers in electronic dance music.

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Discogs (April 2020) Gary Numan has 78 albums and 76 compilations accredited to him. There are also some 99 singles/EPs accredited to him.

Of these, Gary has achieved UK music chart success so far in his career. In total, 34 LPs have charted (Top 100) with six achieving 'Top 10,' placings with the albums "The Pleasure Principle," and "Telekon," hitting the coveted No.1 spot in the UK during September 1979 and a year later, in September 1980. In all, his LP chart success has gained him over 100 weeks of listings in the UK music charts to date (albums).

In terms of single/EP releases, 51 have charted in the UK music charts. Six of these have achieved positions within the UK Top 10 with the single "Cars," hitting the UK No.1 slot in September 1979 and No.1 in Canada in June 1980. Overall, Gary Numan has achieved placings in the UK Singles Chart for 159 weeks. (Source: Official Charts Company (UK) (April 2020)).
Sites:
garynuman.com, nureference.co.uk, numandiscography.co.uk, numanme.co.uk, Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud, instagram.com, Wikipedia, imdb.com, officialcharts.com
Aliases:
Gary Webb, Valeriun
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XBEG 4 Tubeway Army — Gary Numan Tubeway Army featuring Gary Numan Tubeway Army featuring Gary Numan - Tubeway Army (Album) Beggars Banquet XBEG 4 Canada 1979 Sell This Version
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BEGC-7 Replicas Redux (Expanded 2008 Tour Edition) — Gary Numan Gary Numan & Tubeway Army Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Replicas Redux (Expanded 2008 Tour Edition) (Album) Beggars Banquet BEGC-7 Canada 1979 Sell This Version
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BEGC 10, BEG C10 The Pleasure Principle — Gary Numan Gary Numan The Pleasure Principle (Album, Comp) Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet BEGC 10, BEG C10 UK 1979 Sell This Version
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P-10911A Telekon — Gary Numan Gary Numan Telekon (Album, Single) Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet P-10911A Japan 1980 Sell This Version
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136 BBC Rock Hour #136 — Gary Numan Gary Numan BBC Rock Hour #136 ‎(LP, Transcription) London Wavelength 136 UK 1980 Sell This Version
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BEGA 24, K58295, K 58295 Living Ornaments '79 — Gary Numan Gary Numan Living Ornaments '79 (Album) Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet BEGA 24, K58295, K 58295 UK & Europe 1981 Sell This Version
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P-7545~6A, P-7545A, P-7546A Living Ornaments '79 And '80 — Gary Numan Gary Numan Living Ornaments '79 And '80 (Album) Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet P-7545~6A, P-7545A, P-7546A Japan 1981 Sell This Version
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BAN 58296 Living Ornaments '80 — Gary Numan Gary Numan Living Ornaments '80 (Album) Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet BAN 58296 Israel 1981 Sell This Version
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BEGA 28 Dance — Gary Numan Gary Numan Dance (Album) Beggars Banquet BEGA 28 UK 1981 Sell This Version
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K 58723 I, Assassin — Gary Numan Gary Numan I, Assassin (Album) Beggars Banquet K 58723 Portugal 1982 Sell This Version
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CN 3931/S Profile — Gary Numan Gary Numan / Sheena Easton Gary Numan / Sheena Easton - Profile ‎(2xLP, Transcription) BBC Transcription Services CN 3931/S UK 1982 Sell This Version
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24-0241-1, BEGA 47 Warriors — Gary Numan Gary Numan Warriors (Album) Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet 24-0241-1, BEGA 47 Sweden 1983 Sell This Version
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16 B.B.C. College Concert Special #16 — Gary Numan Gary Numan B.B.C. College Concert Special #16 ‎(LP, Promo, Transcription) London Wavelength 16 US 1983 Sell This Version
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NUMA 1001 Berserker — Gary Numan Gary Numan Berserker (Album) Numa NUMA 1001 UK 1984 Sell This Version
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CN 4331/S In Concert - 323 — Gary Numan Gary Numan In Concert - 323 ‎(LP, Transcription) BBC Transcription Services CN 4331/S UK 1984 Sell This Version
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NUMAD 1002 White Noise — Gary Numan Gary Numan White Noise (Album) Numa NUMAD 1002 Scandinavia 1985 Sell This Version
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ZK 34352 The Fury — Gary Numan Gary Numan The Fury (Album) Numa ZK 34352 Italy 1985 Sell This Version
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CDNUMA 1005, CD NUMA 1005 Strange Charm — Gary Numan Gary Numan Strange Charm (Album) Numa CDNUMA 1005, CD NUMA 1005 UK 1986 Sell This Version
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GNFCDA 1 Images One & Two — Gary Numan Gary Numan Images One & Two ‎(2xLP, Ltd) Numa GNFCDA 1 UK 1986 Sell This Version
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SLP-3132 Radio Heart — Gary Numan Radio Heart Featuring Gary Numan Radio Heart Featuring Gary Numan - Radio Heart (Album) NBR SLP-3132 Sweden 1987 Sell This Version
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GNFCDA4 Images Seven & Eight — Gary Numan Gary Numan Images Seven & Eight ‎(2xLP) Numa GNFCDA4 UK 1987 Sell This Version
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GNFCDA3 Images Five & Six — Gary Numan Gary Numan Images Five & Six ‎(2xLP) Numa GNFCDA3 UK 1987 Sell This Version
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GNFCDA2 Images Three & Four — Gary Numan Gary Numan Images Three & Four ‎(2xLP) Numa GNFCDA2 UK 1987 Sell This Version
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NUMAD 1007 Ghost — Gary Numan Gary Numan Ghost (Album) Numa NUMAD 1007 UK 1988 Sell This Version
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ILP 035 Metal Rhythm — Gary Numan Numan* Metal Rhythm (Album) Illegal Records (2) ILP 035 UK 1988 Sell This Version

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usedmedia

usedmedia

April 23, 2023
I was fortunate to see Numan live in Reno, NV. 4/20/23 and he was excellent! He has managed to stay current and his voice is spot on for age 65. He is an artist in its truest sense and the other band members were super entertaining. The whole show overall was worth the ticket and I would highly recommend seeing him live while you have the chance. I was able to purchase his latest double album signed for $55.00 and you won’t regret any moment of his live performance. Go see Numan!
CuddlyREDRUM

CuddlyREDRUM

February 6, 2023
Pleasure Principle is a top album of all time, in my opinion. It even has a prelude to Cars. Really amazing dude.
Vlad1982

Vlad1982

July 23, 2022
Interesting how you can break down Numan's carrier into neat "threes" of phases he was going through of copying other people. 1979-1980 is his Ultravox trilogy (the best one), from 1981 to 1983 he was copying Japan, 1984 to 1986 is his "Trevor Horn's production techniques" phase, 1988 to 1992 he was going after the Prince technofunk sound. I have no interest in anything he does since 1994, but it's interesting how he broke the aforementioned rule and copies Nine Inch Nails up until now (about 10 albums or so, can't be bothered to count). It's probably due to the company he keeps (or which keeps him, more like), whereas before he was parting with people easily and that most likely influenced his drift to another source of "inspiration".
thepykeys

thepykeys

November 24, 2021
edited about 1 year ago
there are many Numan albums on here, some of which are not very good live recordings, compilations and dodgy proper albums .... however, the good stuff is superb, from Tubeway Army to Intruder, the music is top class ... Numan is a genius, he was back in the 70s and he still is ... ignore the rubbish written about him being a 'has been' .... The Man is back at the top of his game :-)
liller_per

liller_per

May 13, 2016
Like Paul Mccartney, if someone told me that the REAL Gary Numan died in the mid-eighties I would instant believe it! .. Maybee it was because of Tubeway´s Army´s bass player Paul Gardiner (Who Sadly died in 1984). Someone told me that he was the real genius behind these GREAT songs. As you can see, not many good songs/tracks came from Numan after the departure of Gardiner. Last album he did with Numan was Assassin, I . .Which was the last GOOD album by Numan..
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Numanoid

Numanoid

July 20, 2013
edited over 10 years ago
So many albums, but Numan has basically only put out 5 new studio albums in the last 20 years: Sacrifice (1994), Exile (1997), Pure (2000), Jagged (2006), and Dead Son Rising (2012).
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southend11

southend11

May 18, 2011
As of May 2011 currently missing from the Video's list are the Touring Principle 79 on DVD and The Touring Principle 2010, and the Decoder (limited edition) dvd from Australia March 2009

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