Tubeway Army

...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...

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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...

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...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",...

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...(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...

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...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...

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...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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...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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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...

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