Tubeway Army
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Gig review: Gary Numan...characterised Numan's output of late, and seen him feted as an influence by Marilyn Manson. Yet tracks like Pure, Haunted, Jagged and Tubeway Army's old Down in the Park, augmented by an impressive light show and three-screen video backdrop,... In this article: Gary Numan, Are Friends Electric?, Cars, Down in the Park, Where's Your Head At?, Marilyn Manson, Jagged, Basement Jaxx, Tubeway Army, and The Pleasure Principle |
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Independent.co.uk - Music | 7 days ago
Gary Numan, Dome, BrightonPaloma Faith, Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
...the mid-1990s tribute album and continued with Basement Jaxx sampling his "M.E." on "Where's Your Head". But it was Richard X, with the Tubeway Army/Adina Howard mash-up which he mutated into a chart-topping single with Sugababes' "Freak...
In this article: Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle, Replicas, Freak Like Me, Stuttering, Mental disorder, Complex, Cars, and Asperger's syndrome
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Wales Online | November 16, 2009
Music: Gary Numan is still electric
EIGHTIES electro icon Gary Numan is celebrating 30 years in the pop industry by getting back to his Welsh roots. Although the former Tubeway Army frontman was born in London he says his family are Welsh on the side of Tony, his father...
In this article: Gary Numan, Asperger syndrome, Dave Grohl, Cardiff, The Pleasure Principle, Cars, Autism, and Are Friends Electric?
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Tubeway Army
...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",...
In this article: Gary Numan, Paul Gardiner, Top of the Pops, Old Grey Whistle Test, Tubeway Army, Bombers, London, and Replicas
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Drowned in Sound - News | October 30, 2009
DiS meets Gary Numan
...(nee Valerian nee plain old Gary Webb) had scored a record deal with Beggars Banquet to record a punk album as the enigmatic frontman of Tubeway Army. However, a chance encounter with a Mini Moog in a practice room in the early days of his...
In this article: Gary Numan, Metal, Replicas, Cars, Complex, Nine Inch Nails, Beggars Banquet, Moog, and Sugababes
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Paul Gardiner
...name Gary Webb) auditioned as lead guitarist. The two became fast friends and when Numan left the band soon after, Gardiner followed. The pair formed Tubeway Army, initially with Numan's uncle Jess Lidyard on drums. On the strength of demos...
In this article: Paul Gardiner, Gary Numan, Stormtrooper in Drag, Jess Lidyard, Living Ornaments '80, New Wave, Dark Light, Venus in Furs, and Beggars Banquet
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Drowned in Sound - News | October 12, 2009
Editors - In This Light And On This Evening
...industrial electronic sound seems a shrewd one, as the Interpol comparisons of yore find themselves replaced by those of Kraftwerk or Tubeway Army era Gary Numan. There are also a couple of moments here that recall the experimental looped...
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Guardian Unlimited | October 09, 2009
One nation under a Moog
...changing the face of British pop Photograph: GAB Archive/Redferns The synth-pop era really kicked off in June 1979, when Tubeway Army's Are 'Friends' Electric? hit No 1. The sound and visuals owed a substantial debt to David...
In this article: Kraftwerk, John Foxx, Depeche Mode, Moog, Vince Clarke, Gary Numan, Soft Cell, and Marc Almond
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Drowned in Sound - News | September 28, 2009
Thomas Dolby: reflections on The Golden Age Of Wireless and The Flat Earth
...affect life, and love? That was something that really appealed to me. Video: Thomas Dolby: 'Flying North' As with Kraftwerk and Tubeway Army, the melancholy of ...Wireless is inextricably linked to technology. Opening track 'Flying...
In this article: Thomas Dolby, The Flat Earth, Autobahn, She Blinded Me with Science, World War 2, Magnus Pyke, Kraftwerk, and Howard the Duck
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BBC News | July 17, 2009
Man of Principle
...of his 1979 album The Pleasure Principle. This was the first album released under Gary Numan's name, following on from Tubeway Army's Replicas in the same year. The Pleasure Principle spawned some of Numan's best-known and...
In this article: Gary Numan, Lovebox, Cars, The Pleasure Principle, Marilyn Manson, Replicas, Nine Inch Nails, London, and Freak like Me
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Wikipedia | May 03, 2009
Tubeway Army (album)
Tubeway Army is the debut album by Gary Numan and his band Tubeway Army, released in 1978. Its initial limited-edition run of 5000 (known unofficially as the Blue Album due to its coloured vinyl and cover) sold out but did not chart. When...
In this article: Gary Numan, Replicas, Jo the Waiter, The Velvet Underground, Tubeway Army, Death metal, Bombers, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, and White Light/White Heat
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Tubeway Army (1977–1979) was a London-based punk and new wave band led by Gary Webb (now better known by his stage name, Gary Numan). It was the first band of the post-punk era to have an electronic hit, with the single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and its parent album, Replicas, topping the UK Album Chart in mid 1979.
- Name:
- Tubeway Army
- Origin:
- London
- Years Active:
- 1977–1979
- Former Members:
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- Bob Simmonds
- Sean Burke
- Gary Numan
- Jess Lidyard
- Barry Benn
- Trevor Grant
- Billy Currie
- Chris Payne
- Cedric Sharpley
- Paul Gardiner
- Genre:
- Punk rock, post-punk, New Wave, electronic
- Record Label:
- Beggars Banquet Records
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