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East Sussex
East Sussex () is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.
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Folkestone
Folkestone () is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site was in a valley in the sea cliffs and it developed through fishing and its closeness to the Continent as a landing place and trading port. The coming of the railways, the building of a ferry port, and its growing importance as a seaside resort made the town grow. However, business has declined and there are development plans to halt it. The beginning of high speed rail services for commuters on the HS1 line to London St Pancras has cut the journey time from London to less than an hour. Folkestone now has the only sandy beach ["Sunny Sands"] and coastal park within an hour of north London.
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Hammersmith
Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. One of west London's key transport hubs and commercial and employment centres, and home to several multinational company offices, it is focused on the two London Underground stations, bus station and road network node at Hammersmith Broadway. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
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Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a major city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan region. The Orlando metropolitan area has a population of 2,082,628 and it is the 27th largest metropolitan area in the United States. The city-proper population is 235,860 making Orlando the 80th largest city in the United States. It is Florida's fifth largest city by population. Orlando was incorporated on July 31, 1875, and became a city in 1885.
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Sidcup
Sidcup is a suburban development in the London Borough of Bexley, South East London. Located south east of Charing Cross, Sidcup is bordered by both the London Borough of Bromley and Kent County Council and whilst now part of Greater London, was once referred to as the gateway to Kent.
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Stanwell
:This article is about the village in Surrey. For the school in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, see Stanwell School.
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Adina Howard
Adina Howard (born November 14, 1974) is an American R&B; singer who rose to prominence during the mid 1990s with her debut album, Do You Wanna Ride? and her debut single, "Freak Like Me". Howard is known for her sexual image and provocative songs. Some of her other minor hits include "It's All About You", "My Up And Down", "You Don't Have To Cry", "T- Shirt And Panties", "(Freak) And U Know It", "Outside (The Club)" and "Nasty Grind".
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Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa (born April 19, 1960) is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and "Godfather" and The Amen Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture as well as The Father of The Electro Funk Sound. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he is responsible for spreading hip hop culture throughout the world. On September 27, 2007, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Alan Moulder
Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England) is one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers. He has worked with such artists as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Elastica, Gary Numan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve, Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, Lostprophets, Shihad, Ivyrise and Placebo, as well as with many American artists, including The Killers, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, The Smashing Pumpkins, Them Crooked Vultures, Ontronik (The Apex Theory), Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Puscifer, Blonde Redhead, How to Destroy Angels, Interpol and Against Me!.
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Barbie Wilde
Image:B_Wilde_Predator_1986.jpg|A behind-the-scenes photo of Barbie Wilde taken during the filming of Grizzly II: Predator (1987)
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Beck
Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public throughout his musical career as being amongst the most creative and idiosyncratic musicians of 1990s and 2000s alternative rock.
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Carole Caplin
Carole Caplin (born January 8, 1962) was the style adviser to Cherie Blair and a fitness adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair. She was controversial because of her relationship with the convicted conman Peter Foster.
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Curve (band)
Curve was an English music group formed in 1990 chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and bassist/guitarist/programmer Dean Garcia.
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Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn (, born 23 March 1968) is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects and collaborations throughout his career. He is perhaps best known internationally as the frontman and songwriter of Gorillaz. Albarn came to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur, and has been involved with such projects as The Good, the Bad & the Queen, and Mali Music.
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Dave Grohl
David Eric "Dave" Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, D.C.-area bands, including the hardcore punk band Scream. In 1990 he became the drummer for grunge group Nirvana. Following the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in April 1994, Grohl formed Foo Fighters as frontman and songwriter. In addition to leading Foo Fighters, Grohl has also been involved in other musical projects, including Queens of the Stone Age and his heavy metal side project Probot, and has performed session work for a variety of musicians, including Killing Joke, Tenacious D, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy and Slash. Most recently, Grohl formed Them Crooked Vultures with Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Eagles of Death Metal) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin).
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David Bowie
David Bowie ( ; born David Robert Jones, 8 January 1947) is an English rock musician, who has also worked as an actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for five decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s, and is known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth of his work.
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David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron (; born 9 October 1966) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, and Leader of the Conservative Party. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney.
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Dick Morrissey
Richard Edwin "Dick" Morrissey (9 May 1940, Horley, Surrey - 8 November 2000, Deal, Kent) was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor sax, soprano sax and flute.
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Flood (producer)
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Gary Numan
Gary Numan (born Gary Webb on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (with Tubeway Army) and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.
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Grant Nicholas
Grant Nicholas (born 12 November 1967, Newport, Monmouthshire) is the lead singer of the rock band Feeder, along with bassist Taka Hirose and drummer Karl Brazil.
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Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician and former frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career.
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Jayce Lewis
Jayce Lewis (born September 29) is a Welsh solo artist from Bridgend. He was a respected guitarist and drummer before embarking on a solo career.
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Jess Lidyard
Jess Lidyard is the former drummer of Tubeway Army. He is bandleader Gary Numan's uncle, and played on the band's self-titled debut album and on the highly successful Replicas, which featured the hit "Are 'Friends' Electric?". He is the long-time drummer of the Windsor band Brock and the Badgers.[http://www.brockandthebadgers.co.uk/The_badgers.htm]
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Marc Bolan
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Margaret Thatcher
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Matt Sharp
Matthew Kelly Sharp (born September 22, 1969) is a founding member and former bassist for the band Weezer. In 1994, he started a band called The Rentals and released their debut album shortly after Weezer's first release, their second album in 1999, and an EP in 2007. In addition, he has released one full length album and one EP as a solo artist.
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Nash the Slash
Nash the Slash (born Jeff Plewman on 29 March 1948) is a Canadian musician. Though a multi-instrumentalist, he is known primarily for playing electric violin and mandolin, as well as harmonica, keyboards, glockenspiel, and other instruments (sometimes described as "devices" on album notes).
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Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding (born 21 May 1973 in Westminster, London, England) is an English artist, comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he co-writes with comedy partner Julian Barratt.
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Paul Gardiner
Paul Gardiner (1 May 1958 - 4 February 1984) was a British musician who played bass guitar with Gary Numan and Tubeway Army as well as material under his own name.
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Prince (musician)
Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson, June 7, 1958) is a singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He has been known under the unpronounceable symbol , which he used between 1993 and 2000. During that period he was frequently referred to in the media as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince", often abbreviated to "TAFKAP", or simply "The Artist"
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The Mighty Boosh
The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy troupe featuring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. Developed from three stage shows and a six episode radio series, it has since spawned a total of twenty television episodes for BBC Three and two live tours of the UK, as well as two live shows in the United States.
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Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007; he resigned from all these positions in June 2007.
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Trent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Founder of the industrial rock musical project known as Nine Inch Nails, he was previously associated with the bands Option 30, Exotic Birds, and Tapeworm, among others. Reznor left Interscope Records in 2007, and is now an independent musician.
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Tricky
Tricky (born Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, 27 January 1968) is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop culture. His debut album Maxinquaye was nominated for the Mercury Prize and voted Album of the Year by NME Magazine.
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Tubeway Army
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Ultravox
Ultravox are a British New Wave rock band. They were one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the early 1980s. The band was particularly associated with the New Romantic and New Wave movements.
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Voltaire (musician)
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Numan, Gary Filmography
- Dude! Where's My Music? (2011)
- Odokuro (2011)
- Synth Britannia (2009)
- Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s (2007)
- The Race (2006)
- Car Cruzin' (2005)
- Model, Actress, Whatever (2001)
- Searching for Roger Taylor (2000)
- Hunting Venus (1999)
- The Unborn (1991)
- Warbirds Air Display (1984)
- Urgh! A Music War (1981)
- Punk and Its Aftershocks (1980)
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- Love Like a Ghost
- No More Lies (7" version)
- I'm on Automatic (12" extended version)
- Voices (extended version)
- No More Lies (12" extended version)
- Replicas
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Do You Need the Service?
- Praying to the Aliens
- We Have a Technical
- I Nearly Married a Human
- Down in the Park
- The Crazies
- When the Machines Rock
- Edge (AF)
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- Are 'Friends' Electric?
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- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Cars
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- Are 'Friends' Electric?
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- Dark
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- Down in the Park
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- Bleed
- I Can't Breathe
- A Prayer for the Unborn
- My Breathing
- Ancients
- Absolution
- My Shadow in Vain
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Exposure
- Crazier (Slide mix)
- Big Black Sea
- Ancients (Andy Gray mix)
- Me! I Disconnect From You (Alan Moulder mix)
- Cars (Flood mix)
- Down in the Park (Sulpher mix)
- Are 'Friends' Electric? (Andy Gray mix)
- Everyday I Die (2002 Numan version)
- All I Know (Andy Gray mix)
- Crazier (Steve Osborne Single mix)
- Ancients (Grayed Out mix)
- Introduction
- Down in the Park
- Dominion Day
- Friends (Pure version)
- Films
- A Question of Faith
- Voix
- Everyday I Die
- Dark
- You Walk in My Soul
- This Wreckage
- The Aircrash Bureau
- Telekon
- Remind Me to Smile
- Sleep by Windows
- We Are Glass
- I’m an Agent
- I Dream of Wires
- Remember I Was Vapour
- Please Push No More
- The Joy Circuit
- I Die: You Die (alternate version)
- A Game Called Echo
- Photograph
- Down in the Park (piano version)
- Trois Gymnopedies (first movement)
- Pray (Intro)
- A Question of Faith
- I Dream of Wires
- Noise Noise
- Listen to the Sirens
- Everyday I Die
- Desire
- Friends
- Scar
- Magic
- Praying to the Aliens
- Replicas
- Meanstreet
- Cars
- Voix
- You Are in My Vision
- It Must Have Been Years
- That's Too Bad
- Remind Me to Smile
- I'm an Agent
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- My Breathing
- I Don't Believe
- Bombers
- Jo the Waiter
- We Are Glass
- Intro
- Pure
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- The Angel Wars
- My Jesus
- Films
- Magic
- Rip
- Cars
- Metal
- Little InVitro
- Down in the Park
- Hybrid (feat. Sulpher)
- Dark (reworked by Andy Gray)
- Crazier (feat. Rico & Andy Gray)
- Bleed (reworked by Sulpher)
- Torn (reworked by Sulpher)
- Down in the Park (reworked by Curve)
- Every Day I Die (reworked by Andy Gray)
- Absolution (reworked by Andy Gray)
- Cars (reworked by Flood and Rob Kirwan)
- Intro
- Berserker
- Metal
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Remind Me to Smile
- Sister Surprise
- Music for Chameleons
- The Iceman Comes
- Cold Warning
- Down in the Park
- Berserker (A side)
- My Dying Machine (A side)
- The Hunter
- This Disease
- My Breathing
- The Sleep Room
- Machine and Soul
- In a Glass House
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- Cars (live)
- Are "Friends" Electric? (live)
- Rip
- Dark
- A Question of Faith
- An Alien Cure
- Pure
- Bleed
- This Is Love
- The Angel Wars
- The Seed of a Lie
- Domination Day
- Pray
- I Can't Breathe
- I Die: You Die (live)
- White Boys and Heroes
- War Songs
- A Dream of Siam
- Music for Chameleons
- This Is My House
- I, Assassin
- The 1930's Rust
- We Take Mystery to Bed
- War Games
- Glitter and Ash
- The Image Is
- This House Is Cold
- Noise Noise
- We Take Mystery (early version)
- Bridge? What Bridge?
- Films
- I Die: You Die
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Pure
- Dead Heaven
- Down in the Park
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Metal
- She's Got Claws
- Magic
- We Are Glass
- Music for Chameleons 12"
- My Shadow in Vain (2002 Version)
- Everyday I Die (2002 Version)
- Warriors
- I Am Render
- The Iceman Comes
- This Prison Moon
- My Centurion
- Sister Surprise
- The Tick Tock Man
- Love Is Like Clock Law
- The Rhythm of the Evening
- Poetry and Power
- My Car Slides (1)
- My Car Slides (2)
- Nameless and Forgotten
- Sister Surprise (single edit)
- Warriors (12" mix)
- My Breathing
- A Child With the Ghost
- The Skin Game
- Call Out the Dogs
- Berserker
- She Cries
- Time to Die
- In a Glass House
- Rumour
- Here I Am
- God Only Knows
- Cold Warning
- Creatures
- Tricks
- Empty Bed, Empty Heart
- Pure
- Walking With Shadows
- Rip
- One Perfect Lie
- My Jesus
- Fallen
- Listen to My Voice
- A Prayer for the Unborn
- Torn
- Little InVitro
- I Can't Breathe
- My Breathing
- Unknown and Hostile
- The Sleeproom
- New Thing From London Town
- I Can't Stop
- Strange Charm
- The Need
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- Survival
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- Time to Die
- River
- Mistasax
- Machine & Soul
- Generator
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- Poison
- I Wonder
- Emotion
- Cry
- U Got the Look
- Love Isolation
- Hanoi
- Dark Mountain
- The Hauntings
- 1999
- Cry Baby
- Wonder Eye
- (Interval 1)
- Soul Protection
- Confession
- My World Storm
- Dream Killer
- Dark Sunday
- Outland
- Heart
- (Interval 2)
- From Russia Infected
- (Interval 3)
- Devotion
- Whisper
- Shame
- Icehouse
- Tread Careful
- My World Storm (US Promo mix)
- My World Storm (alternative mix)
- Survival
- Respect
- Call Out the Dogs
- Cars
- Hunger
- Down in the Park
- New Anger
- Creatures
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Young Heart
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- This Is Emotion
- Hunger
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- Devious
- America
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- Young Heart
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- Don't Call My Name
- I Don't Believe
- Children
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- Devious (Andy Pierce mix)
- America (remix)
- Ghost
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- This Is New Love
- The Secret
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- Cold Warning
- Pump It Up
- The God Film
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- The Hunter
- Empty Bed, Empty Heart
- Here Am I
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- Rumour
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- Dominion Day (single version)
- Metal '98
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- America (7")
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- Down in the Park '98
- Call Out the Dogs (7")
- New Anger (7")
- Absolution (single version)
- My Dying Machine (7")
- New Thing From London Town (7")
- Cars (live EP)
- A Question of Faith (edit)
- Your Fascination (7")
- Magic
- Voix '98
- I Can't Stop (7")
- I Still Remember (7" )
- Tribal
- Slowcar to China
- Night Talk
- A Subway Called ‘You’
- Cry, the Clock Said
- She’s Got Claws
- Crash
- Boys Like Me
- Stories
- My Brother’s Time
- You Are, You Are
- Moral
- Stormtrooper in Drag
- Face to Face
- Dance
- Exhibition
- I Sing Rain
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- Prophecy
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- The Angel Wars
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- Metal (Robert Armani remix)
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- I Die, You Die (Greenhaus remix)
- Cars (Mike Dearborn remix)
- Cars (Dave Clarke remix)
- Warriors (Dave Angel remix)
- Are 'Friends' Electric? (Liberator DJs remix)
- Remember I Was Vapour (Steve Stoll remix)
- We Are Glass (Claude Young remix)
- Films (Alex Hazzard remix)
- The Iceman Comes (Peter Lazonby remix)
- Intro
- Airlane
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Cars
- M.E.
- You Are in My Vision
- Something's in the House
- Random
- Everyday I Die
- Conversation
- We Are So Fragile
- Intro / This Wreckage
- Remind Me to Smile
- Metal
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Complex
- The Aircrash Bureau
- Airlane
- M.E.
- Everyday I Die
- Films
- Remember I Was Vapour
- Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)
- Conversation
- Are 'Friends' Electric? (live)
- We Are Glass (live)
- I Die: You Die (live)
- Cars (live)
- Call Out the Dogs (live)
- Berserker
- Emotion
- Machine and Soul
- Pray
- The Seed of a Lie
- A Little Lost Soul
- Black Heart
- Pray
- Deadliner
- A Question of Faith
- Desire
- Scar
- Love and Napalm
- You Walk in My Soul
- Magic
- Bleed
- The Seed of a Lie
- In a Glass House
- Confession
- Down In The Park
- Tricks
- Rumour
- I Die: You Die
- The Sleeproom
- My Breathing
- This Is Love
- We Need It
- Emotion
- Time To Die
- I Can't Stop
- Here I Am
- The Need
- Cars (Premier mix)
- I Die: You Die
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Down in the Park
- We Are Glass
- Bombers
- We Take Mystery (To Bed)
- She's Got Claws
- Complex
- Music for Chameleons
- That's Too Bad
- This Wreckage
- Warriors
- Love Needs No Disguise
- White Boys and Heroes
- Sister Surprise
- Stormtrooper in Drag
- Cars
- Poison
- In a Glasshouse
- She Cries
- Time to Die
- We Need It
- Strange Charm
- The Need
- Creatures
- Pump It Up
- The God Film
- Cold Warning
- The Sleeproom
- God Only Knows
- Love Isolation
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Call Out the Dogs
- Emotion
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- We Are Glass
- U Got the Look
- Your Fascination
- Time to Die
- Cars
- The Skin Game
- I Die, You Die
- My Breathing
- Down in the Park
- My Shadow in Vain
- We Take Mystery (To Bed)
- Berserker
- I Can't Stop
- Are 'Friends' Electric? (live)
- Me! I Disconnect From You (live)
- 'U' Got the Look (live)
- Berserker
- The God Film
- We Are Glass (live)
- Poison
- Creatures
- Cars (live)
- Call Out the Dogs (live)
- God Only Knows
- Down in the Dark (live)
- We Take Mystery (To Bed)
- My Shadow in Vain
- Love Isolation
- Generator
- Berzerker
- My Dying Machine
- Call Out the Dogs
- Your Fascination
- Miracles
- I Still Remember
- I Can't Stop
- This Is Love
- Machine and Soul
- My Breathing
- Emotion
- The Skin Game
- A Child With the Ghost
- Generator
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Cars
- We Are So Fragile
- We Are Glass
- She's Got Claws
- I Die: You Die
- Deadliner
- Machine and Soul
- Emotion
- A Question of Faith
- U Got the Look
- Cars - Rush Hour Skadiva
- Cars - Talla 2xlc (remix)
- I Can't Stop
- Berserker
- The Skin Game
- I Still Remember
- Machine and Soul
- Empty Bed, Empty Heart
- Are 'Friends' Electric? (live)
- Your Fascination
- This Disease
- Miracles
- A Child With the Ghost
- Strange Charm
- London Times
- Time to Die
- America
- My Dying Machine
- Navigators
- Bombay
- We Fold Space
- A Cry in the Dark
- Manic
- Empire
- A Little Lost Soul
- The Visitor
- Magician
- Undercover
- Halloween
- Embryo
- Elm Street
- Harmonos
- Big Alien
- Blind Faith
- New Life
- Fairy Tales
- Disease
- Tidal Wave
- Alone and Afraid
- Sahara
- Cold
- Do You Wonder
- Betrayal
- Suspicion
- The Unborn
- Lethal Injection
- Frantic
- Mother
- Black Heart
- Thunder Road
- Law and Order
- Needles
- Climax
- Inferno
- Emotion
- The Skin Game
- In a Glass House
- Confession (live)
- America (live)
- Your Fascination
- Time to Die
- Are 'Friends' Electric? (live)
- My Dying Machine
- Here I Am
- She Cries
- We Need It
- London Times (extended mix)
- Rumour
- Berserker
- Listen to the Sirens
- My Shadow in Vain
- The Life Machine
- Friends
- Something's in the House
- Everyday I Die
- Steel and You
- My Love Is a Liquid
- Are You Real?
- The Dream Police
- Jo the Waiter
- Zero Bars (Mr. Smith)
- Fadeout 1930
- Down in the Park (live)
- On Broadway (live)
- Everyday I Die (live)
- Remember I Was Vapour (live)
- I Can't Stop
- Tricks
- Miracles
- The Sleeproom
- Machine and Soul
- Rumour
- The Skin Game
- A Child With the Ghost
- This Disease
- The Need
- I Still Remember
- Strange Charm
- The Hunter
- Empty Bed, Empty Heart
- My Breathing
- Call Out the Dogs
- Emotion
- My Dying Machine
- Time to Die
- Berserker
- Your Fascination
- The Secrect
- Creatures
- This Is Love
- This Wreckage
- The Aircrash Bureau
- Telekon
- Remind Me to Smile
- Sleep by Windows
- We Are Glass
- I'm an Agent
- I Dream of Wires
- Remember I Was Vapour
- Please Push No More
- The Joy Circuit
- I Die: You Die
- A Game Called Echo
- Photograph
- Down in the Park (piano version)
- Trois Gymnopedies (1st movement)
- Listen to the Sirens
- My Shadow in Vain
- The Life Machine
- Friends
- Something's in the House
- Everyday I Die
- Steel and You
- My Life Is a Liquid
- Are You Real?
- The Dream Police
- Jo the Waiter
- Zero Bars (Mr. Smith)
- Fade Out 1930
- Me! I Disconnect From You (live '79)
- Something's in the House (live '79)
- Everyday I Die (live '79)
- Down in the Park (live '79)
- Bombers (live '79)
- Airline
- Cars
- We Are So Fragile
- Films
- My Shadow in Vain
- The Dream Police
- Metal
- This Wreckage
- I Die: You Die
- M.E.
- Everyday I Die
- Down in the Park
- Remind Me to Smile
- The Joy Circuit
- Tracks
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- We Are Glass
- Cars
- Tracks
- Down in the Park
- This Wreckage
- Random
- My Shadow in Vain
- She's Got Claws
- Music for Chameleons
- Remind Me to Smile
- Stories
- A Game Called Echo
- Complex
- On Broadway (live)
- The Aircrash Bureau
- M.E.
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Photograph
- We Are Glass
- Devious
- America
- Cold Metal Rhythm
- This Is Emotion
- Don't Call My Name
- Voix
- Respect
- New Anger
- My Dying Machine
- Child With the Ghost
- This Wreckage
- The Aircrash Bureau
- Telekon
- Sleep by Windows
- I’m an Agent
- Remember I Was Vapour
- Please Push No More
- The Joy Circuit
- War Songs
- A Dream of Siam
- Music for Chameleons
- This Is My House
- I, Assassin
- The 1930’s Rust
- We Take Mystery (To Bed)
- Airlane
- Metal
- Complex
- Films
- M.E.
- Tracks
- Observer
- Conversation
- Cars
- Warriors
- I Am Render
- This Prison Moon
- Sister Surprise
- The Tick Tock Man
- Love Is Like Clock Law
- The Rhythm of the Evening
- Me! I Disconnect From You (live)
- That's Too Bad
- My Love Is a Liquid
- Music for Chameleons
- We Are Glass
- Jo the Waiter
- On Broadway (live)
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- I Dream of Wires
- Complex
- Noise Noise
- Love Needs No Disguise
- Remind Me to Smile
- We Are So Fragile
- Bombers
- Moral
- Warriors
- Everyday I Die (live)
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Cars
- We Are Glass
- Complex
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Down in the Park
- I Die: You Die
- She's Got Claws
- Love Needs No Disguise
- This Wreckage
- Stormtrooper in Drag
- We Take Mystery to Bed
- Music for Chameleons
- White Boys and Heroes
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Down in the Park
- I Nearly Married a Human
- Cars
- Airlane
- Films
- Conversation
- Me! I Disconnect From You (live)
- Metal
- Down in the Park
- Resurrection
- Big Noise Transmission
- Dead Sun Rising
- When the Sky Bleeds, He Will Come
- For the Rest of My Life
- Not the Love We Dream Of
- The Fall
- We Are the Lost
- For the Rest of My Life (reprise)
- Into Battle
- Not the Love We Dream Of (piano version)
- Deadliner
- Love Isolation
- Whisper of Truth
- Puppets
- My Breathing
- Love and Napalm
- I Wonder
- Berserker
- This Is New Love
- You Walk in My Soul
- The Seed of a Lie
- The Pleasure Skin
- Desire
- Absolution
- Remind Me to Smile
- My Centurian
- We Take Mystery to Bed
- Cars
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Metal
- The Prison Moon
- Down in the Park
- Films
- Love Needs No Disguise
- I Die: You Die
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- The Iceman Comes
- Cars (Live)
- Pure
- Walking in the Shadows
- Rip
- One Perfect Lie
- Torn
- Puppets
- Creatures
- Replicas (Live)
- Down in the Park (Live)
- This Wreckage
- Remind Me to Smile
- Complex
- Telekon
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Cars
- [talking]
- Airlane
- M.E.
- Everyday I Die
- Stories
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- The Joy Circuit
- I Die: You Die
- I Dream of Wires
- Down in the Park
- Tracks
- We Are Glass
- Sister Surprise
- Warriors
- Remind Me to Smile
- Metal
- This Prison Moon
- Down in the Park
- Films
- She's Got Claws
- Love Needs No Disguise
- I Die: You Die
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Love Is Like Clock Law
- The Iceman Comes
- The Rhythm of the Evening
- This Is My House
- I Am Render
- War Songs
- My Centurion
- The Tick Toc Man
- We Take Mystery
- Cars
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Tracks
- We Are Glass
- [introduction]
- Replicas
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Do You Need the Service?
- Praying to the Aliens
- We Have a Technical
- I Nearly Married a Human
- Down in the Park
- The Crazies
- When the Machines Rock
- Only a Downstat
- The Machman
- It Must Have Been Years
- We Are So Fragile
- You Are in My Vision
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Cars
- Everyday I Die
- Prayer for the Unborn
- This Wreckage
- Remind Me to Smile
- I Dream of Wires
- Telekon
- The Aircrash Bureau
- Photograph
- Sleep by Windows
- Please Push No More
- Rememeber I Was Vapour
- I'm an Agent
- We Are Glass
- The Joy Circuit
- A Game Called Echo
- I Die: You Die
- Down in the Park
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- I Nearly Married a Human
- Airlane
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- M.E.
- Films
- We Are So Fragile
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Replicas
- I Die: You Die
- Cars
- [introduction]
- Replicas
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Do You Need the Service
- Praying to the Aliens
- We Have a Technical
- I Nearly Married a Human
- Down in the Park
- The Crazies
- [introduction]
- Pure
- Films
- Rip
- Listen to My Voice
- Cars
- Dark
- Down in the Park
- Walking With Shadows
- Metal
- My Jesus
- A Question of Faith
- I Can't Breathe
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- Remind Me to Smile
- A Prayer for the Unborn
- M.E.
- My Jesus
- Metal
- Absolution
- Dark
- Down in the Park
- Remember I Was Vapour
- Pure
- A Prayer for the Unborn
- Everyday I Die
- Exile
- My Shadow in Vain
- R.I.P.
- I Can't Breathe
- This Wreckage
- Voix
- Cars
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- This Is My House
- I, Assassin
- Remind Me to Smile
- Films
- Crash
- Music for Chameleons
- She's Got Claws
- Every Day I Die
- Down in the Park
- This Is My House
- I Assassin
- Remind Me to Smile
- I'm an Agent
- Boys Like Me
- Films
- Crash
- Music for Chameleons
- She Got Claws
- Every Day I Die
- Down in the Park
- White Boys and Heroes
- We Take Mystery
- This Wreckage
- We Are Glass
- Tracks
- Mean Street
- Jo the Waiter
- You Are in My Vision
- Cars
- Complex
- She's Got Claws
- Exhibition
- Subway I Call You
- Face to Face
- Noise Noise
- We Take Mystery (to Bed)
- The Image Is
- White Boys and Heros
- A Dream of Siam
- The Tick Tock Man
- Cars ('93 Sprint)
- Cars (Multivalve)
- Cars (Classic)
- Cars (Endurance)
- Cars (Top Gear)
- Cars (Motorway)
- Cars (E. Reg)
- My Breathing
- Your Facination (extended version)
- A Question of Faith
- The Secret (extended version)
- Call out the Dogs
- Love and Napalm
- Cold Warning (extended version)
- Bleed
- Berserker (single version)
- I Wonder
- New Thing from London Town (12' remix)
- My Dying Machine (Italian 12' remix)
- Cars
- We Are Glass
- Are 'Friends' Electric?
- My Love Is a Liquid
- Music for Chameleons
- Complex
- Me! I Disconnect From You
- Love Needs No Disguise
- Bombers
- The Joy Circuit
- We Are So Fragile
- Films
- Warriors
- That's Too Bad
- Everyday I Die
- On Broadway
- Please Push No More
- Mean Street
- Jo the Waiter
- You Are in My Vision
- Cars
- Complex
- She's Got Claws
- Exhibition
- Subway I Call You
- Face to Face
- Noise Noise
- We Take Mystery (To Bed)
- The Image Is
- White Boys and Heroes
- A Dream of Siam
- The Tick Tock Man
- Call Out the Dogs
- This Disease
- Your Fascination
- Miracles
- The Pleasure Skin
- Creatures
- Tricks
- God Only Knows
- I Still Remember
- Call Out the Dogs (extended)
- I Still Remember (12" version)
- Anthem (B-side)
- Tribal (demo version)
- The Fear (95 remix)
- Are 'Friends' Electric? (Leæther Strip mix)
- Cars (Spahn Ranch mix)
- We Are So Fragile (Death Ride 69 mix)
- We Are Glass (Transmutator mix)
- A Question of Faith (Anubian Lights mix)
- I Die, You Die (Information Society mix)
- Cars (Talla 2XLC mix)
- We Are Glass (Astralasia mix)
- Deadliner (Spaceship Eyes mix)
- Cars (JLAB mix)
- Emotion (Kill Switch... Klick mix)
- She's Got Claws (Biokraft mix)
- Are 'Friends' Electric? (Ikon mix)
- We Are So Fragile (LCD mix)
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Tubeway Army / Gary Numan - Are 'friends' electric?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:23
- Published: 25 Sep 2006
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
There was never an official video for this awesome number 1 from 1979 so I decided to put some images to it with the help of movie maker. It's not brilliant but it's my first attempt and if it puts Numan in the limelight again via this place then I'm all up for sharing it with you. I never thought that a simple, sparse video like this created by someone that hasn't really got a clue about making videos (me) would get such a good reaction and over half a million views. Please check out my other videos. I am still learning how to do it properly and my intention is to re-do this at some point in the future. Thanks for watching.
http://wn.com/Tubeway_Army_Gary_Numan_Are_'friends'_electric?
Tubeway Army - Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:06
- Published: 28 Jan 2007
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
Tubeway Army - Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric Old Grey Whistle Test 1979
http://wn.com/Tubeway_Army_Gary_Numan_Are_Friends_Electric
Gary Numan - 'The Fall' Official Promo Video
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- Duration: 4:21
- Published: 18 Sep 2011
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
Gary Numan - 'The Fall' Official Promo Video . Taken from the album 'Dead Son Rising' out now on Mortal Records. www.numan.co.uk
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_'The_Fall'_Official_Promo_Video
NIN: "Cars" with Gary Numan, London 7.15.09 [HD]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:58
- Published: 22 Oct 2009
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
Gary Numan makes a surprise appearance on stage with Nine Inch Nails for a performance of his song "Cars," live in London, UK, July 15th, 2009. This performance is continued from "Metal" at www.youtube.com Filmed by Rob Sheridan with the Canon 5D Mark II. Audio mix by Blumpy.
http://wn.com/NIN_Cars_with_Gary_Numan,_London_71509_HD_
Gary Numan 'Are Friends Electric?' - AllSaints Basement Sessions
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:29
- Published: 22 May 2012
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
Gary Numan is, without doubt, a modern British icon. He continues to be name checked as a musical influence by world renowned artists; most recently Magnetic Man, Wu-Tang Clan and Matthew Dear. He is set to play his first ever singles tour, featuring everything from the punk debut 'That's Too Bad', to his first electronic release 'Down in the Park'. A selection of material from his critically acclaimed new album, 'Dead Son Rising', has also made the set list. Released in Autumn 2011, 'Dead Son Rising' was described by Artrocker Magazine as "one of the great conceptual dystopian rock albums of all time." The Machine Music Tour starts on May 22nd and is accompanied by a new DVD, 'Machine Music: The Best Of Gary Numan'. AllSaints Basement Sessions were privileged to capture the electro-pop pioneer in full live session. Shot in a secret World War II air raid shelter in East London, this breath taking performance blew the roof off!
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_'Are_Friends_Electric?'_AllSaints_Basement_Sessions
GARY NUMAN MACHINE MUSIC TOUR PROMOTION, BREAKFAST TV 15/5/12.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:28
- Published: 15 May 2012
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
gary numan promoting machine music tour and dvd on breakfast tv.
http://wn.com/GARY_NUMAN_MACHINE_MUSIC_TOUR_PROMOTION,_BREAKFAST_TV_15_5_12
Gary Numan Full Touring Principle Concert DVD - 1979 HQ
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 47:05
- Published: 31 Dec 2011
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
Gary Numan Full Touring Principal Concert - Song Titles: 1. Me! I Disconnect From You 2. ME 3. We Are So Fragile 4. Everyday I Die 5. Conversation 6. Remember i Was Vapour 7. On Broadway 8. Down In The Park 9. My Shadow In Vain 10. Are Friends Electric? 11. Tracks www.townsend-records.co.uk
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_Full_Touring_Principle_Concert_DVD_1979_HQ
Gary Numan - Machine Music - pt.2 - Dublin 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:21
- Published: 29 May 2012
- Updated: 03 Jul 2012
Second part of selection of songs played during the Machine Music Tour in May/June 2012. Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland, May 26th, 2012
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_Machine_Music_pt2_Dublin_2012
Gary Numan 'The Fall' - AllSaints Basement Sessions
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:58
- Published: 22 May 2012
- Updated: 04 Jul 2012
Gary Numan is, without doubt, a modern British icon. He continues to be name checked as a musical influence by world renowned artists; most recently Magnetic Man, Wu-Tang Clan and Matthew Dear. He is set to play his first ever singles tour, featuring everything from the punk debut 'That's Too Bad', to his first electronic release 'Down in the Park'. A selection of material from his critically acclaimed new album, 'Dead Son Rising', has also made the set list. Released in Autumn 2011, 'Dead Son Rising' was described by Artrocker Magazine as "one of the great conceptual dystopian rock albums of all time." The Machine Music Tour starts on May 22nd and is accompanied by a new DVD, 'Machine Music: The Best Of Gary Numan'. AllSaints Basement Sessions were privileged to capture the electro-pop pioneer in full live session. Shot in a secret World War II air raid shelter in East London, this breath taking performance blew the roof off!
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_'The_Fall'_AllSaints_Basement_Sessions
Gary Numan 'Machine Music' DVD Promo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:48
- Published: 18 Apr 2012
- Updated: 30 May 2012
'Machine Music' The Best Of Gary Numan. 2 x DVD Deluxe Package Coming Soon.
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_'Machine_Music'_DVD_Promo
Haunted - Gary Numan
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:32
- Published: 24 Nov 2007
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
From the album Jagged (2006). With lyrics.
http://wn.com/Haunted_Gary_Numan
Gary Numan Best of Tour Promo
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- Duration: 4:32
- Published: 21 Apr 2012
- Updated: 17 Jun 2012
Gary Numan Best of Tour Promo
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_Best_of_Tour_Promo
Gary Numan 'Dead Son Rising' - AllSaints Basement Sessions
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:43
- Published: 22 May 2012
- Updated: 02 Jul 2012
Gary Numan is, without doubt, a modern British icon. He continues to be name checked as a musical influence by world renowned artists; most recently Magnetic Man, Wu-Tang Clan and Matthew Dear. He is set to play his first ever singles tour, featuring everything from the punk debut 'That's Too Bad', to his first electronic release 'Down in the Park'. A selection of material from his critically acclaimed new album, 'Dead Son Rising', has also made the set list. Released in Autumn 2011, 'Dead Son Rising' was described by Artrocker Magazine as "one of the great conceptual dystopian rock albums of all time." The Machine Music Tour starts on May 22nd and is accompanied by a new DVD, 'Machine Music: The Best Of Gary Numan'. AllSaints Basement Sessions were privileged to capture the electro-pop pioneer in full live session. Shot in a secret World War II air raid shelter in East London, this breath taking performance blew the roof off!
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_'Dead_Son_Rising'_AllSaints_Basement_Sessions
Gary Numan TV Interview - 06.04. 2012 (Tubeway Army) - HD
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:50
- Published: 06 Apr 2012
- Updated: 27 Jun 2012
Gary Numan interviewed on Irish TV April 2012.
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_TV_Interview_0604_2012_Tubeway_Army_HD
Gary Numan - Slave (The Matrix)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:04
- Published: 21 Dec 2011
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
Highlights from "The Matrix".
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_Slave_The_Matrix
Gary Numan on I'm a Pop Star! - BBC 2 Documentary
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:18
- Published: 11 Mar 2012
- Updated: 19 Jun 2012
Gary Numan on I'm a Pop Star! - BBC 2
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_on_I'm_a_Pop_Star!_BBC_2_Documentary
Gary Numan on Cedric Sharpley radio interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:12
- Published: 07 Apr 2012
- Updated: 17 Jun 2012
BBC Radio talks to Gary Numan about Cedric Sharpley's time in Tubeway Army who has sadly died. www.independent.co.uk
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_on_Cedric_Sharpley_radio_interview
Laser Harp - Gary Numan / Avicii Mix (Practice Session)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:51
- Published: 24 May 2012
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
Recorded on the 8th of May 2012, 2 days before my Britain's Got Talent semi-final performance. Gary Numan - Cars Avicii - Levels www.thereminhero.com I am playing a kromalaser, http
http://wn.com/Laser_Harp_Gary_Numan_Avicii_Mix_Practice_Session
Battles "My Machines" by Daniels
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:59
- Published: 06 Sep 2011
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
bttls.com http The new video for My Machines (featuring Gary Numan) taken from Battles' album Gloss Drop, out now. Directed by Daniels, this video is a collaboration between Battles, Warp Records and The Creators Project's The Studio, which produces and distributes works from artists representing a cross-section of creative disciplines. More info at The Creators Project's site www.thecreatorsproject.com Buy Battles - Gloss Drop Amazon - warp.net iTunes - warp.net Bleep - warp.net
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Gary Numan - A Shadow Falls On Me (DEMO)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Published: 01 Jun 2012
- Updated: 09 Jul 2012
For VIPs only. Demo from Splinter.
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_A_Shadow_Falls_On_Me_DEMO
Gary Numan "Dead Son Rising"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:02
- Published: 23 Mar 2012
- Updated: 01 Jul 2012
Pictures of Gary Numan
http://wn.com/Gary_Numan_Dead_Son_Rising
![[MOVED] Laser Harp - Gary Numan / Avicii Mix (Practice Session)](http://web.archive.org./web/20120721070255im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6kjXQDTSzW0/0.jpg "[MOVED] Laser Harp - Gary Numan / Avicii Mix (Practice Session)")
[MOVED] Laser Harp - Gary Numan / Avicii Mix (Practice Session)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:51
- Published: 13 May 2012
- Updated: 07 Jul 2012
MOVED TO SECOND CHANNEL youtu.be Recorded on the 8th of May 2012, 2 days before my Britain's Got Talent semi-final performance. Gary Numan - Cars Avicii - Levels www.thereminhero.com I am playing a kromalaser, http
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Gary Numan 'Berserker' (Machine Music Tour Competition Entry)
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My first entry for Machine Music Tour 2012. Berserker. All music rights to Gary Numan www.numan.co.uk
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 Gary Numan – Bestival – September 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gary Anthony James Webb |
| Born | (1958-03-08) 8 March 1958 (age 54) Hammersmith, west London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | 1977–1994: New Wave, synthpop, electronic, experimental rock 1994–present: Industrial rock, gothic rock, Dark Wave |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, synthesiser, guitar, bass, drums |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | Metropolis, Beggars Banquet, Numa, IRS, Eagle, Mortal, Atco |
| Associated acts | Tubeway Army, Dramatis, Nine Inch Nails, Paul Gardiner, Bill Sharpe, Fear Factory |
| Website | www.garynuman.co.uk |
| Notable instruments | |
| Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP Odyssey | |
Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (as Tubeway Army) and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesiser hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.
Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music.[1][2] His use of themes from science fiction, and his combination of aggressive punk energy with electronics, have been widely imitated.
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Biography[link]
Early life[link]
Born in Hammersmith, Gary Anthony James Webb was the son of a British Airways bus driver based at Heathrow Airport. Webb was educated at Town Farm Junior School Stanwell, Ashford County Grammar School, Middlesex, Slough Grammar School[3] and Brooklands Technical College. He joined the Air Training Corps as a teenager. He then briefly did various jobs including fork lift truck driver, air conditioning ventilator fitter and clerk in an accounts department. A guitar was purchased for him at an early age and he began writing songs when he was about 15 years old. He played in various bands, including Mean Street and The Lasers, before forming Tubeway Army with his uncle, Jess Lidyard, and Paul Gardiner. His initial pseudonym was "Valerian", probably in reference to the hero in French science fiction comic series Valérian and Laureline.[4] Later he picked the name "Numan" from an advert in the "Yellow Pages" for a plumber "A. Neumann".[5]
1970s[link]
Tubeway Army[link]
Numan rose to prominence at the end of the 1970s as front man, writer and producer for Tubeway Army. After recording an album's worth of punk-influenced demo tapes (released in 1984 as The Plan), he was signed by Beggars Banquet Records in 1978 and quickly released two singles, "That's Too Bad" and "Bombers", neither of which charted.
A self-titled, New Wave-oriented debut album later that same year sold out its limited run and introduced Numan's fascination with dystopian science fiction and, more importantly, synthesisers. Tubeway Army's third single, the dark-themed and slow-paced "Down in the Park" (1979) also failed to chart but it would prove to be one of Numan's most enduring and oft-covered songs; it was featured with other contemporary hits on the soundtrack for the movie Times Square, and a live version of the song can also be seen in the movie Urgh! A Music War. After exposure in a television advertisement for Lee Cooper jeans with the jingle "Don't be a dummy", Tubeway Army released the single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" in May 1979. The single took seven weeks before it finally reached No. 1 at the end of June; the parent album Replicas simultaneously reached #1.
As Gary Numan[link]
A few months later Numan found success in the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with "Cars", which peaked at No. 1 in the UK in 1979 and No. 1 in Canada[6] and No. 9 in US in 1980. "Cars" and the 1979 album The Pleasure Principle were both released under Numan's own (assumed) name. A sell-out tour ('The Touring Principle') followed; the concert video it spawned is often cited as the first full-length commercial music video release.[7][8] The Pleasure Principle was a rock album with no guitars; instead, Numan used synthesisers fed through guitar effects pedals to achieve a distorted, phased, metallic tone. The Pleasure Principle remains one of Numan's most highly-regarded efforts to date. A second single from the album "Complex" made it to No. 6 in the UK charts.
Personality and style[link]
While angry like his punk contemporaries, Numan suppressed his anger and "got really hung up with this whole thing of not feeling, being cold about everything, not letting emotions get to you, or presenting a front of not feeling".[9]
Around this time, Numan also developed his distinctive style. According to Numan, this was an unintentional result of acne; before an appearance on Top of the Pops, he had "spots everywhere, so they slapped about half an inch of white makeup on me before I'd even walked in the door. And my eyes were like pissholes in the snow, so they put black on there. My so-called image fell into place an hour before going on the show".[9] His "wooden" stage presence was, in his words, a result of extreme self-consciousness and lack of "showmanship".[9] He also wore costumes and openly proclaimed his influences: David Bowie, Marc Bolan, and contemporary electronic acts such as John Foxx's Ultravox. His persona was aloof, alien, and androgynous; Numan was not seen to be part of the punk or New Romantic movements. During this period, Numan generated an army of fans calling themselves "Numanoids", providing him with a fanbase which maintained their support through the latter half of the 1980s, when his fortunes began to fall precipitously.[9]
1980s[link]
In 1980 Numan topped the album charts with Telekon, with the concurrent singles "We Are Glass", "I Die: You Die" and "This Wreckage" reaching No. 5, No. 6 and No. 20, respectively. The final studio album of what Numan retrospectively termed the "Machine" section of his career,[10] Telekon reintroduced guitars to Numan's music and featured a wider range of synthesisers. The same year he embarked on his second major tour ("The Teletour") with an even more elaborate stage show than The Touring Principle the previous year. Although considered a success[by whom?], Numan claimed the tour actually lost him a great deal of money because of the vast expense in mounting it. He announced his retirement from touring with a series of sell-out concerts at Wembley Arena in April 1981, supported by experimental musician Nash the Slash and Shock, a rock/mime/burlesque troupe whose members included Barbie Wilde, Tik and Tok and Carole Caplin. The decision to retire would be short-lived.
Moving away from the pure electro-pop that he had made his name with, Numan then experimented with jazz, funk and ethereal, rhythmic pop. His first album after his 1981 farewell concerts was the bleak, atmospheric and experimental Dance (1981). The album charted as high as No. 3 on the UK charts, with an eight week chart run and produced one hit single ("She's Got Claws") reaching No. 6. The album featured several distinguished guest players; Mick Karn (bass, saxophone) and Rob Dean (guitar) of Japan, Roger Mason (keyboards) of Models and Roger Taylor (drums) of Queen.
With his former backing band, Chris John Payne (Keyboards, Viola) Russell Bell (Guitar) and Ced Sharpley (Drums) now reformed as Dramatis, Numan contributed vocals to the minor hit "Love Needs No Disguise" from the album For Future Reference. However, Numan's career had begun to experience a gradual decline, and he was eclipsed initially by acts such as Adam Ant, and later by The Human League, Duran Duran, and Depeche Mode. Each album also saw a new "image", none of which captured the public's imagination to nearly the same extent as the lonely android of 1979.[9]
The more upbeat and danceable I, Assassin (1982) fared less well than Dance. Despite producing one Top 10 and two Top 20 singles, the album peaked at No. 8 with a six week chart run. Numan supported the album with a concert tour in America in late 1982 (where he was living as a tax exile), which were his first series of live shows since his farewell at Wembley.
Warriors (1983) further developed Numan's jazz-influenced style and featured contributions from avant-garde musician Bill Nelson (who fell out with Numan during recording and chose to be uncredited as the album's co-producer) and saxophonist Dick Morrissey (who would play on most of Numan's albums until 1991). The album peaked at No. 12, produced two hit singles including the Top 20 title track and, like I, Assassin, spent six weeks in the charts. Warriors was the last album Numan recorded for Beggars Banquet Records, and was supported by a 40-date UK tour (again with support from robotic mime and music duo Tik and Tok) – Numan's first live tour in the UK since his Wembley appearances in 1981. Numan's look for the album artwork and tour was a Mad Max-influenced black leather costume against a post-apocalyptic backdrop, but this latest image change was scorned by the music press.
Now battling against the increasing public perception that he was a spent force, Numan issued a series of albums and singles on his own record label, Numa. As the decade continued, he experienced a creative malaise, trying to recapture his former chart glory with less distinguished albums, some of which were stylistically derivative of artists like Robert Palmer and Prince.
The first album released on Numa, 1984’s Berserker was also notable for being Numan's first foray into music computers/samplers, in this case the PPG Wave. Berserker moved away from the fluid, fretless sound that characterised Numan's previous three albums, featuring instead harder-edged electric bass and drum sounds. The album was also accompanied by a striking blue-and-white visual image, a tour, a live album/video and produced two hit singles, but it divided critics and fans and commercially was Numan’s least successful release to that date. This year also saw the death of Paul Gardiner, who was Numan's bassist and friend since his Tubeway Army days, from a fatal heroin overdose on 4 February 1984. Numan's song 'A Child With The Ghost' is about Paul Gardiner and also featured on Tik & Tok's album 'Intolerance' (1984).
Numan's next album, The Fury (1985), charted slightly higher than Berserker, produced four hit singles and featured another new image of white suit and red bow tie. To date, The Fury is the last Numan album to crack the British Top 30.
Collaborations with Bill Sharpe of Shakatak helped little, though two singles the duo recorded, "Change Your Mind", did see chart action, reaching No.17 and "No More Lies" reaching No.35 in 1988 in Britain. Numa Records, which had been launched in a flurry of idealistic excitement, folded after the release of Numan's Strange Charm album (1986). In addition to Numa's commercial failure, a lack of radio play (his records were removed from the BBC Radio 1 playlist) and sales drained the fortune (he estimated £4.5 million) Numan had amassed in the late 1970s. Numan signed to IRS Records and his final studio album of the 1980s, the edgy, industrial-funk Metal Rhythm (1988) found favour with fans and scored some positive reviews in the UK music press, but it sold poorly despite two hit singles. Metal Rhythm's sales were arguably confounded by the lack of strong promotion and IRS's inappropriate choices of singles (the record label also changed the album's title to New Anger, changed the album colour shade from black to blue, and remixed several of its tracks for its American release against Numan's wishes). 1989 saw the release of the Sharpe + Numan album Automatic. A more lightweight-pop effort than Numan's solo albums, Automatic fared less well than Metal Rhythm, and has been out of print since its initial release, fetching high prices on auction sites.
1990s[link]
In 1991, Numan ventured into film-scoring by co-composing the music for The Unborn with Michael R. Smith (the score was later released as an instrumental album in 1995, Human). After Outland (1991), another critical and commercial disappointment and his second and last studio album with IRS, Numan reactivated Numa Records, under which he would release his next two albums. However, even Numan considers his 1992 Machine + Soul, a misguided attempt at a purely commercial release recorded solely to pay off debts, a career low point. The album sold only a few thousand copies. By 1994, Numan decided to stop attempting to crack the pop market and concentrate instead on exploring more personal themes, including his vocal atheism. His future wife Gemma encouraged him to strip away the influences of the previous years. Numan re-evaluated his career and went in a harsher, more industrial direction with his songwriting on the album Sacrifice — for the first time he played almost all the instruments himself. The move was critically well-received, as Numan's harder and darker sound emerged just as Numan-influenced bands like Nine Inch Nails were enjoying their first rush of fame. The influence was two-way; Numan claimed that Nine Inch Nails' song "Closer" is his favourite hit single of all time, and influenced his music. Sacrifice was the last album Numan made before shutting down Numa Records permanently. His next two albums, Exile (1997) and Pure (2000), restored his critical reputation. Numan toured the U.S. in support of Exile, his first stateside concerts since the early 1980s.[9]
2000s[link]
Numan has become acknowledged and respected by his peers, with such musicians as Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters and Nirvana), Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails), and Marilyn Manson proclaiming his work an influence and recording cover versions of old Numan hits.[11][12] The band Basement Jaxx had a huge hit in 2002 with "Where's Your Head At?", which relied on a sample of Numan's "M.E." – from The Pleasure Principle – for its hook. Fear Factory produced a cover of "Cars" (featuring a prominent guest appearance by Numan himself) for the digipak version of their album Obsolete. Nine Inch Nails covered the song "Metal" on The Fragile remix album Things Falling Apart as did Afrika Bambaataa (with Numan himself) on the album Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light. "Cars" remains Numan's most enduring song; it was a hit again in 1987 (remixed by Zeus B. Held) and 1996, in the latter case thanks to an appearance in an advert for Carling beer. In 2000 DJ Armand Van Helden sampled the track and mixed it up in his single "Koochy" which conquered the dancefloors. In 2002, UK pop trio Sugababes scored a No. 1 with "Freak Like Me" – a mashup of Adina Howard's "Freak Like Me" and "Are Friends Electric?" by Numan's Tubeway Army.
Other musicians, and at least one comedian, who have sung Numan's praises in recent years include Beck, Grant Nicholas, Tricky, Damon Albarn & Matt Sharp, Jarvis Cocker, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Noel Fielding and Afrika Bambaataa, who spoke of the influence Numan's music had on the fledgling American DJ scene: "In the late 70s and early 80s Gary had the rhythms that DJs wanted to get hold of and people waited for his records on the dance floor." "[cite this quote] Cars" was featured on the soundtrack for the blockbuster 2002 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the New Wave radio station Wave 103, although it did not appear on the soundtrack CD release for the game. "Are Friends Electric" appeared on EA's game Need For Speed: Carbon in 2006.
In 2002, Numan enjoyed chart success once again with the single "Rip", reaching No. 29 in the UK chart and in 2003 with the Gary Numan vs Rico single "Crazier", which reached No. 13 in the UK chart. Rico also worked on the remix album Hybrid which featured reworkings of older songs in a more contemporary industrial style as well as new material. Other artists and producers who contributed on these remixes included Curve, Flood, Andy Gray, Alan Moulder, New Disease and Sulpher. 2003 also saw Numan performing the vocals on a track named "Pray For You" on the Plump DJs album Eargasm, which was well received. In 2004 Numan took control of his own business affairs again, launching the label Mortal Records and releasing a series of live DVDs. In late 2006, Numan announced on his website that recording would begin on his new album in January 2007, with Ade Fenton co-producing. Numan stated "think of Jagged and Pure, but faster, with bigger choruses, more energy, and more aggression"[cite this quote] to describe the album's intended sound. The album, Jagged, was duly released on 13 March 2006. An album launch gig took place at The Forum, London on 18 March followed by UK, European and US tours in support of the release. Numan also launched a Jagged website to showcase the new album, and made plans to have his 1981 farewell concert (previously released as Micromusic on VHS) issued on DVD by November 2006 as well as releasing the DVD version of the Jagged album launch gig. Numan undertook a Telekon 'Classic Album' tour in the UK in December 2006.
On 6 November 2006, Numan took part in the Sky1 reality show The Race. It pitted ten celebrities (five male, five female) against each other in a series of Formula One-style car races. These races were held at Silverstone over the next five days, and varied in racing styles, ultimately culminating in one final Grand Prix race on Sunday, 12 November. Numan did win on the overall leaderboard, though he lost the final race to AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson.
Numan contributed vocals to four tracks on the April 2007 release of Fenton's debut solo album Artificial Perfect on his new industrial/electronic label Submission, including songs "The Leather Sea", "Slide Away", "Recall" and the first single to be taken from the album, "Healing". The second single to be released in the UK was "The Leather Sea" on 30 July 2007.
He sold out a fifteen-date UK tour in Spring 2008 during which he performed his 1979 number one album Replicas in full, and all the Replicas-era music including B-sides.[13] The highly successful tour also raised Numan's profile in the media again due to the fact that it coincided with his 30th anniversary in the music business. The tour was also notable for the Manchester gig on 8 March 2008 which also happened to fall on his 50th birthday. The band, along with wife Gemma, helped Numan celebrate by bringing a large cake onstage. A recording of the concert was released on DVD under the title "Replicas Live".
In November 2007, Numan confirmed via his website that work on a new album, with the working title of Splinter, would be under way throughout 2008, after finishing an alternate version of Jagged (called Jagged Edge) and the CD of unreleased songs from his previous three albums (confirmed to be titled Dead Son Rising on 1 December 2008 via official mailing list message). He wrote that Splinter was likely to be released in early 2010. Numan has recently completed a four-date run of gigs in Australia and will be touring the UK in the coming months.[citation needed]
In July 2009, Gary Numan appeared as a special guest at the "Wave Goodbye" Nine Inch Nails concert at The O2 arena (London) in London. Before coming on stage, Trent Reznor explained how Numan was "vitally important and a huge inspiration" to him during the past 20 years. Numan then went on to play two songs with Nine Inch Nails; "Cars" and "Metal". Numan appeared once again at the final run of the "Wave Goodbye" shows in Los Angeles, CA. In August 2009 he played at the Hevy Music Festival in Folkestone, UK. On 2 September 2009 at the Hollywood Palladium, Numan joined Reznor on stage to perform "Metal" and "Cars" near the end of the Nine Inch Nails set. He then joined the band onstage a third time at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, CA, this time performing "Metal" and "I Die: You Die" from the album Telekon. He then joined them a fourth time at the Henry Fonda Theater, performing "Down In The Park", "Metal" and "Cars". Mike Garson initially played "Down In The Park (Piano Version)" before they started the song. He then joined them for the final show at the Wiltern Theater.
In a September 2009 interview with The Quietus, Numan says that he and Trent Reznor plan to make music together.[14]
2010s[link]
He was set to perform a small number of American live dates in April 2010, including a Coachella Festival appearance in California, but had to cancel because air travel in Europe was halted by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud. As a result, the tour was not only postponed but expanded, and his Pleasure Principle 30th Anniversary Tour's American and Mexican dates began on 17 October 2010, at Firestone Live in Orlando, Florida.
Gary Numan toured Australia in May 2011 performing his seminal album The Pleasure Principle in its entirety to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary. Joining him on tour was renowned Australian electronic band Severed Heads, coming out of retirement especially for the shows.[15]
Numan lent his vocals to the track "My Machines" off Battles's 2011 album "Gloss Drop". He has been chosen by Battles to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival that they co-curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England.[16] Numan's new album Dead Son Rising was released on 16 September 2011 which had a full U.K tour split in two halves, 15–21 September and 7–11 December, Both parts were supported by Welsh soloist Jayce Lewis in an interview during the tour; Gary praised the Welshman to being the best supporting act ever in his 30 years of touring, later documenting the tour in a Tour diary and publicly inviting Jayce to join him for an American tour in 2012.[17][18][19]
Numan also provided narration for Voltaire's short film Odokuro in 2011.
Personal life[link]
Numan is a positive atheist and has incorporated anti-religious motifs and images in his music.[20] Numan was an outspoken supporter of the Conservative Party and of Margaret Thatcher after her inauguration as Prime Minister.[21][22] He later expressed regret for giving his public support, calling it "a noose around my neck".[22] He has recently said that he considers himself neither left-wing nor right-wing and that he does not support Tony Blair or David Cameron.[22] He also said, "I'm not socialist, I know that. I don't believe in sharing my money."[21]
Numan married a member of his fan club, Gemma O'Neill, a native of Sidcup.[23][24] In 2003, after some pregnancy difficulties, the couple had their first child, Raven. In 2005 they had a second daughter, Persia. In 2007 the couple had their third child, Echo. Numan resides with his family in East Sussex.[25] He published his autobiography, Praying to the Aliens, in 1997 (updated edition 1998), in collaboration with Steve Malins. (Malins also wrote the liner notes for most of the CD reissues of Numan's albums in the late 1990s, as well as executive producing the Hybrid album in 2003.)
Numan is known for his love of flying, a passion which has featured in some of his music videos ("Warriors", "I Can't Stop"). He has owned several small aircraft. Numan was a member of the Air Training Corps. He is one of a very small handful of flyers with the credentials and qualifications to train aerobatic instructor pilots.[citation needed] He was once forced to emergency-land his light aircraft on the A3051 near Southampton. Numan is referenced several times in the BBC TV series The Mighty Boosh as Vince Noir, one of the main characters, is a huge Gary Numan fan. Examples of this are in the episode "Tundra" where Numan gives Noir a lift to the Antarctic in his personal jet (a black jet with a red trim with "NUMAN" written in white), in the episode "Electro" Numan's influence is clear to see on Noir when he joins electro band "Kraftwork Orange". Along with making several other references to Numan (notably a scene where Noir states he's made some 'tapes' for a journey saying "This is the best of the 60s (holding one tape), this is the best of the 70s (holding another tape) and THIS (picks up a horde of tapes) is Gary Numan!"), Numan guest-starred in "The Power of the Crimp", being locked in a cupboard and is used (unsuccessfully) to cheer Vince up.[citation needed]
At age 15, after a series of outbursts in which Numan would "smash things up, scream and shout, get in people's faces and break stuff", he was prescribed antidepressants and anxiolytics.[9] Numan's wife, then a nail technician, considered him to have Asperger syndrome. He has never been medically diagnosed.[26] In a 2001 interview, he said: "Polite conversation has never been one of my strong points. Just recently I actually found out that I'd got a mild form of Asperger's syndrome which basically means I have trouble interacting with people. For years, I couldn't understand why people thought I was arrogant, but now it all makes more sense.".[27]
Following the harassment of his wife while his family was walking on High Street and the 2011 England Riots Numan filed papers to emigrate to the United States. He plans to live in Santa Monica, California. Numan said "Every village and town in England has a bunch of thugs running around in it. The riots were the nail in the coffin".[28]
In late August 2011, in the Q&A section of NuWorld, in answer to the question "Is it true you now hate England and want to leave?" he replied, "No, that’s utter rubbish." He explained that he'd "never been abused in my local high street," and has "made no firm decision about leaving the UK" but thugs are helping make such a decision, pointing out that the rioting "makes us look like a country of ignorant savages, beating up people already injured, pretending to help while stealing their things, hitting old men, killing them." He went on to explain that soundtracks may be a logical step, as he gets older and since "in the UK we have no meaningful film industry to speak of," a move to the U.S. might be more reasonable. He concluded by saying his family are highest priority and, "If I see somewhere that seems safer, happier and will give them a better life than the UK, I’ll take them there if I possibly can."
Discography[link]
Main article: Gary Numan discography
- Tubeway Army (1978) (with Tubeway Army)
- Replicas (1979) (with Tubeway Army)
- The Pleasure Principle (1979) (Numan's first album under his own name)
- Telekon (1980)
- Dance (1981)
- I, Assassin (1982)
- Warriors (1983)
- Berserker (1984)
- The Fury (1985)
- Strange Charm (1986)
- Metal Rhythm (1988) (New Anger in the United States)
- Automatic (1989) (With Bill Sharpe)
- Outland (1991)
- Machine and Soul (1992)
- Sacrifice (1994) (Dawn in the US)
- Exile (1997)
- Pure (2000)
- Hybrid (2003)
- Jagged (2006)
- Dead Son Rising (2011)
References[link]
- ^ Conmy, Mick (17 March 2008). "Gary Numan review". BBC online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2008/03/17/numan_feature.shtml. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ Rik (23 February 2003). "Review, Gary Numan's "Hybrid"". Fluxeuropa. http://www.fluxeuropa.com/gary_numan-hybrid.htm. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Gary Numan: Best Music from the 1980s". 80smusiclyrics.com. 8 March 1958. http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/garynuman.htm. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Steve Malins (1999). The Plan 1999 reissue liner notes
- ^ Synth Britannia at the BBC program aired October 2009 on BBC4
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0189a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ On this day in music. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
- ^ Premier Hits review. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
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- ^ Gary Numan (1981). Living Ornaments '79/'80: LP Liner notes
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- Guinness Book of British Hit Singles 7th Edition
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| Name | Numan, Gary |
| Alternative names | Webb, Gary Anthony James |
| Short description | British musician |
| Date of birth | 8 March 1958 |
| Place of birth | Hammersmith, West London, England, UK |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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| Tubeway Army | |
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| Tubeway Army's line-up for most of their recordings(L to R): Gary Numan, Jess Lidyard, Paul Gardiner Tubeway Army's line-up for most of their recordings (L to R): Gary Numan, Jess Lidyard, Paul Gardiner |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Punk rock, post-punk, new wave, electronic |
| Years active | 1976–1979 |
| Labels | Beggars Banquet |
| Website | garynuman.co.uk |
| Past members | |
| Gary Numan Paul Gardiner Jess Lidyard Bob Simmonds Barry Benn Sean Burke Chris Payne Billy Currie Cedric Sharpley Trevor Grant |
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Tubeway Army was a London-based punk rock and new wave band led by lead singer Gary Numan. They were the first band of the post-punk era to have a synthesizer-based hit, with their single Are 'Friends' Electric? and its parent album Replicas both topping the UK Album Chart in mid-1979. Are 'Friends' Electric? was also the only single released by Tubeway Army to be a hit single thus making the band technically a one hit wonder; however, the success of Gary Numan often overshadows the band and therefore leaving them exempt from most lists.
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Line-up[link]
The only constant members were:
- Gary Numan (also known as "Valerian"; birth name Gary Anthony James Webb) – vocals, guitar, keyboards/synthesizers
- Paul Gardiner (also known as "Scarlett") – bass guitar, occasional backing vocals
Other musicians included:
- Jess Lidyard (also known as "Rael"; Webb's uncle) – drums (part-time 1976, and 1978/1979, including "That's Too Bad" single, Tubeway Army and Replicas sessions)
- Bob Simmonds – drums (late-1977/early-1978)
- Barry Benn – drums (mid-1978, including "Bombers" single)
- Sean Burke – guitar (mid-1978, including "Bombers" single)
- Chris Payne – synthesizers (1979 Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops performances)
- Billy Currie (of Ultravox) – synthesizers (1979 Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops performances)
- Cedric Sharpley – drums (1979 Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops performances)
- Trevor Grant – guitar (1979 Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops performances)
Numan was the driving force of the band, writing the material and producing the recordings. Subsequent albums were issued under his own name once the album Replicas became successful. Gardiner, Sharpley, and Payne continued as his backing band for some years. Gardiner died from a drug overdose in February 1984. Numan's personal tribute to his former cohort was the song "A Child with the Ghost", on the album Berserker (1984).
Ced Sharpley born Cedric Sharpley, 31 December 1952; died from a heart attack on 13 March 2012.[1]
History[link]
Aged 19 years, Gary Webb had fronted London band Mean Street in 1976 (their song "Bunch of Stiffs" appeared on the Live at the Vortex compilation, and was the B-side of the Vortex 7"). Leaving this band acrimoniously, he auditioned as lead guitarist for another band called The Lasers, where he met bass-player Paul Gardiner. The pair left The Lasers soon after and formed Tubeway Army, initially with Webb's uncle Jess Lidyard on drums. Webb rechristened himself "Valerian", Gardiner "Scarlett" and Lidyard "Rael".
Webb was a prolific song-writer and ambitious for commercial success. The band began playing gigs on the punk scene in London and managed to secure a record deal with the independent Beggars Banquet label. They released two guitar-heavy, punk-style singles in the first half of 1978 ("That's Too Bad"/"Oh! Didn't I Say", and "Bombers"/"Blue Eyes"/"OD Receiver"). These failed to chart.
Soon afterwards, the Tubeway Army album was released on blue vinyl, at which point Webb adopted the name "Gary Numan". Allegedly, Numan actually took his new pseudonym from a local Yellow Pages where a plumber called "Arthur Neumann" was listed, the singer abandoning the German spelling, to become Numan. Whilst still largely guitar/bass/drums-based, the album saw his first tentative use of the Minimoog synthesizer, which he had come across by accident in the recording studio during the album sessions. Lyrically the record touched on dystopian and sci-fi themes similar to those employed by authors such as Philip K. Dick, of whom Numan was a fan (the opening lines of the song "Listen to the Sirens" are a direct lift from the title of Dick's book Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said). Whilst the album's modest initial pressing (which included a large batch of warped editions) sold out, it did not enter the album charts at that time, and no singles were lifted from it. By this time Tubeway Army had decided to abandon live shows – Numan was unhappy with pub-venue gigs on the often violent London punk scene (the only known recording of a Tubeway Army concert – a London show from February 1978 – was released as a bootleg album in the early 1980s. It was later officially included under the title Living Ornaments '78 as bonus tracks on the 1998 CD re-release of the Tubeway Army album).
Following swiftly on in early 1979, excited by the possibilities of synthesizers, Numan took Tubeway Army back into the studio to record a follow-up album, Replicas. The result was more synth and science fiction orientated than the last album. The first single from the album, the bleak, slow-paced keyboard-driven song "Down in the Park", failed to chart. However, the next single, "Are 'Friends' Electric?" was more successful. A special picture-disc helped boost sales but what particularly grabbed the British public's imagination was Tubeway Army's appearance on the BBC show The Old Grey Whistle Test, followed soon after by a slot on Top of the Pops. The band appeared all dressed in black and near-motionless, Numan in particular giving a performance often referred to as being "like an android" (a style that was later reported to have been a means of covering stage nerves but which then became his trademark). The single climbed steadily to stay at number one in the UK charts for 4 weeks, with Replicas following suit in the album charts. With Tubeway Army still avoiding live shows, Numan recruited some additional musicians to make these television appearances (see above).
Numan became the first synth-based artist in Britain to break through into major commercial success. At this point, he dropped the Tubeway Army name and subsequent releases were made under the artist name Gary Numan.
Discography[link]
Albums[link]
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| UK [2][3] |
NZL [4] |
SWE [5] |
US [6] |
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| 1978 | Tubeway Army
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14 | — | — | — | |
| 1979 | Replicas
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1 | 8 | 37 | 124 | |
| 19841 | The Plan
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29 | — | — | — | |
1 The demos were recorded in 1978 but not released until 1984. Beggars Banquet have re-released and re-mastered these recordings numerous times. Current CD editions supplement the original album tracks with all single A- and B-sides, 12" bonus tracks, studio out-takes, and recovered bootleg live material.
Singles[link]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
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| UK [2] |
AUT [8] |
GER [9] |
IRE [10] |
NED [11] |
NZL [4] |
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| 1978 | "That's Too Bad" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single Only | ||||||
| "Bombers" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1979 | "Down in the Park" | 198 | — | — | — | — | — | Replicas | ||||||
| "Are 'Friends' Electric?" | 1 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 8 | UK: Gold[7] | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References[link]
- ^ Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed 18 March 2012
- ^ a b "UK chart positions". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3125. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ "The Plan UK chart position". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=11167. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ a b "New Zealand chart positions". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tubeway+Army. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tubeway+Army. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ "The Plan US chart position". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5049. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ a b "UK certificates: searchable database". bpi.co.uk. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ "Austrian chart positions". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tubeway+Army. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ "German single positions". musicline.de. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/TUBEWAY+ARMY/?type=single. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ "Irish charts: searchable database". irishcharts.ie. http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ "Dutch chart positions". dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tubeway+Army. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
Further reading[link]
- Goodwin, Paul (2004) Electric Pioneer: An Armchair Guide To Gary Numan
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