Gary Numan

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...

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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,...

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...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...

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...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

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...

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...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...

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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...

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...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...

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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...

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...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...

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