Gary Numan
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My Robot Friend - Soft-CoreOf course, tracks like the perfectly-crafted and deftly-romantic 'Misfits Fight Song' owe plenty to their forebears. Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, The Human League and Yazoo (Alison Moyet sings on 'Waiting') being the usual suspects. And while... In this article: My Robot Friend, Alison Moyet, Kraftwerk, Transcendence, Opiate, Shyness, The Postal Service, Gary Numan, and HMV |
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Independent.co.uk - Music | 2 days ago
Gary Numan, Dome, BrightonPaloma Faith, Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Once alienated from much of the music scene by his Asperger's syndrome, Gary Numan is bringing himself back in from the cold Reviewed by Simon Price Sigmund Freud's term for the unmoderated pursuit of gratification which characterises...
In this article: The Pleasure Principle, Replicas, Freak Like Me, Stuttering, Mental disorder, Complex, Cars, and Asperger's syndrome
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 4 days ago
Gary Numan at the Brighton Dome review
Gary Numan at the Brighton Dome, review Forget Gary Numan's recent, tedious wanderings into Marilyn Manson territory - the synth-pop pioneer now back on blistering form Throughout his career, Gary Numan has explored many musical styles,...
In this article: Marilyn Manson, The Pleasure Principle, Complex, Cars, Heroin, Steroid, Paul Gardiner, and Chris McCormack
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | 4 days ago
Interview: Gary Numan - Eighties synth supremo is still flying high
...of those leaflets at home. I keep them all with vague promises to go back one day." Despite his ice-cool onstage persona, Numan insists he's nothing like that in real life. "I'm quiet and shy. I've never talked to the crowds and showed...
In this article: The Pleasure Principle, Cars, Dave Grohl, Are Friends Electric?, Down in the Park, Splinter, Sugababes, and Jagged
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | 7 days ago
Interview: Gary Numan, pop star
...have a Premium Content Subscription with the scotsman.com site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. GARY Numan, the original electro-rocker, hit the charts in the 1980s with songs such as Cars and Are...
In this article: Cars, Are Friends Electric, Sugababes, Nine Inch Nails, The Pleasure Principle, Edinburgh, and Glasgow
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Wales Online | November 16, 2009
Music: Gary Numan is still electric
Electro king Gary Numan talks to Sally Williams about Dave Grohl, Asperger Syndrome and his long career. EIGHTIES electro icon Gary Numan is celebrating 30 years in the pop industry by getting back to his Welsh roots. Although the former...
In this article: Asperger syndrome, Dave Grohl, Cardiff, The Pleasure Principle, Cars, Autism, and Are Friends Electric?
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Boston Globe -- Ideas | November 13, 2009
The endless rebuttal
...moment for synthesizer-driven music, the BBC says, came in 1979, when Gary Numan appeared on the British show "Top of the Pops. " Numan's best-known song in the United States is "Cars," which brings us to one of the...
In this article: Mark Danner, George Packer, Twitter, JG Ballard, Crash, Britain, and Sysomos
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Independent.ie | November 13, 2009
La Roux, Heaven 17 duo for BBC
La Roux and Little Boots will be teaming up with eighties hitmakers such as Gary Numan for shows to be aired by the BBC. Numan and Heaven 17 will duet with the chart stars as part of a celebration of the influence of older icons on today's...
In this article: La Roux, Heaven 17, Little Boots, BBC 6 Music, BBC, New Wave, and Wembley
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Drowned in Sound - News | October 30, 2009
DiS meets Gary Numan
...why The Pleasure Principle is like Wall-E . . . Between the end of 1978 and the end of 1979 Gary Numan had a busier twelve month period than most. Numan (nee Valerian nee plain old Gary Webb) had scored a record deal with Beggars Banquet to...
In this article: Metal, Replicas, Cars, Complex, Tubeway Army, Nine Inch Nails, Beggars Banquet, Moog, and Sugababes
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Daily Express | October 28, 2009
Dad Numan put in a spin
HOME > FEATURES > DAY & NIGHT > Dad Numan put in a spin EIGHTIES pop icon Gary Numan, 51, mastered the skies when he became a pilot but he says that parenting is far trickier than any mid-air manoeuvre. The Are Friends Electric? and Cars...
In this article: Cars, Are Friends Electric?, and Britain
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Starcasm | October 27, 2009
PHOTO Gary Numan and Gemma Numan as Gomez and Morticia
...soothing to calm my nerves and allow me to sleep without nightmares… Much better. Wanna sing along? Here are the lyrics to Gary Numan's "Cars" Jim and Pam from The Office SUPER-SIZED wedding photo! The response on our Jim and Pam wedding...
In this article: Q Awards, Halloween, Cars, The King, Addams Family, and Janice Dickinson
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Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature style combines gloomy themes of depersonalisation and alienation accompanied by energetic synthesizer work.
- Name At Birth:
- Gary Anthony James Webb
- Birth Date:
- March 08, 1958
- Birthplace:
- Hammersmith, London
- Occupation:
- Singer-songwriter, musician, producer
- Instrument Played:
- Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, synthesizer, percussion
- Record Label:
- Metropolis, Beggars Banquet, Numa, IRS, Eagle, Mortal, Atco
- Years Active:
- 1977 - present
- Associated With:
- Tubeway Army, Dramatis, Paul Gardiner, Bill Sharpe
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