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Gary Numan
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". 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.
UK Charts
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. Overall, Gary Numan has achieved placings in the UK Singles Chart for 159 weeks. (Source: Official Charts Company (UK) (April 2020)).
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". 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.
UK Charts
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. Overall, Gary Numan has achieved placings in the UK Singles Chart for 159 weeks. (Source: Official Charts Company (UK) (April 2020)).
Sites:
numan.co.uk, garynuman.com, numandiscography.co.uk, numanme.co.uk, Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud, instagram.com, Wikipedia, Bookogs, officialcharts.com
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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 6 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
The-Earth-Looks-Flat
October 21, 2019The last time I saw him was on the 11. 09. 1980 at Southampton Gaumont on the Teletour and that was brilliant too, nearly 40 years have passed and he's still got it!