Gary Numan
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Gary Numan
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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 punkrocker in the band Mean Street, before being sacked in May 1977 for being "too creative". 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.
Started his musical career in 1977 as a punkrocker in the band Mean Street, before being sacked in May 1977 for being "too creative". 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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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..
Numanoid
July 20, 2013
edited over 4 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).
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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TheEverlastingFather
July 18, 2016He had a terrible time with the press back in the 1980's, they hated him even though he was clearly so popular at the beginning of that decade. Numan was different and so unlike other performers, the icy cold persona was a stroke of absolute genius and completely caught my imagination as a teenager, the images conjured up particularly by "Replicas" were terrifying, listen to the words of "Down In The Park" for example.
It's hard to make it understood today how huge the impact of this guys music was, it forever changed the direction of electronic music.
True, he made some average albums in the mid 1980's to early 1990's, but some really good ones too "The Fury" & "Metal Rhythm" are 2 standout albums from that time. Numan has made an excellent turn in his career by returning to his dark synth roots and knocking out some great albums since "Sacrifice" such as "Pure" "Splinter" and "Jagged" they are all very good industrial electronic albums.
So I believe this man has made a massive impact upon modern music, much more than is realised and I, for one will always be thankful for those astonishingly brilliant albums of the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Keep it up Mr Numan, ignore the naysayers, your true fans always knew you'd get the recognition you deserve, and you now do, hurrah!!