They recorded a couple of singles under futuristic pseudonyms (Valerium [or Valerian], Scarlett, and Rael, respectively) that attempted to match their new interest in synthesizers. The following year he started writing his next studio album and set about funding the record via fan pledges, with the fund amount exceeding its target. Gary Anthony James Webb[9][10] was born on 8 March 1958 in Hammersmith, London. We cannot do much about this right now; you must turn off your VPN to continue using the site. His impact continued to make itself felt; his dark, paranoid vision, theatrically icy alien persona, and clinical, robotic sound were echoed strongly in the work of many goth rock and (especially) industrial artists to come. [162], In 1997, Numan married Gemma O'Neill, a member of his fan club from Sidcup. It's an effective pairing -- ghostly voice coupled with industrialized music; often this genre features scream-singing. Most of the songs on his early albums were written on a piano his parents had bought him: later in his career he has used a piano preset on the computer as a starting point. Numan (born Gary Webb, 1958) released his first record in 1978 as part of the outfit Tubeway Army. Jagged was released in 2005, and incorporated more of an industrial goth sound. This company sells your internet traffic to other people, meaning that other people can use your IP address and can break some of the above rules, causing you to be blocked from this site. With each new album, Numan would take on a particular persona, but none seemed to catch audiences' attention like he had been able to in 1979. His next two studio albums, Exile (1997) and Pure (2000), were well received and significantly helped to restore his critical reputation, as did a tribute album, Random. [162][163] He later expressed regret for giving his public support, calling it "a noose around my neck". Visit the Gary Numan Store 4/20/23 and he was excellent! As of the time of the video, Sacrifice and Pure had been fully recorded, while production of Exile had been put on hold due to the release of Intruder. He continued refining his sound, incorporating elements of jazz and funk into more sophisticated efforts like 1982's I, Assassin, and remained a consistent presence in the U.K. charts throughout the following decades. His first job was working as a dispatch boy with a courier company at Heathrow where his father worked as a bus driver. And no way will you believe it's a Gary Numan album. Also in 1987, Numan's old label Beggars Banquet released the best-of compilation Exhibition, which reached No. Numan cites many reasons for this, including distribution issues.[63]. Recorded in 1977, unofficially released in 1981, reissued on Tubeway Army in 1998. it was a ground up production with a complete overhaul in production to the original. [108][109][110], In 2017, Numan released the single "My Name Is Ruin" and went on a European tour September. by Numan's Tubeway Army. There are also some 99 singles/EPs accredited to him. A shy child, music brought him out of his shell; he began playing guitar in his early teens and played in several short-lived bands. . AKA: Gary Anthony Webb, Gary A. J. Webb, and Gary Anthony James Webb. His signature sound consists of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals, and he is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music. (The record also included "Down in the Park," an oft-covered song that stands as one of Numan's most gothic outings.) Numan discussed its genesis with author Guy Mankowski, who has a chapter on Numan's legacy in his book Albion's Secret History: Snapshots of England's Pop Rebels and Outsiders, as part of an interview series on influential English artists for Zer0 Books. Magazine A-Z of Electronic Music (1996). You (or someone with the same IP address as you) might be using a script or program to download pages from this site automatically. Gary Anthony James Webb, known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. Working once again with producer Ade Fenton, Numan used a post-apocalyptic Earth as the setting for the release, charting humanity's struggle for survival and its inevitable downfall. Nov 3, 2020. nme.com. 1979-1980 is his Ultravox trilogy (the best one), from 1981 to 1983 he was copying Japan, 1984 to 1986 is his "Trevor Horn's production techniques" phase, 1988 to 1992 he was going after the Prince technofunk sound. [32] The single also found success in North American charts where "Cars" spent 2 weeks at No. A shy child, music brought him out of his shell; he began playing guitar in his early teens and played in several short-lived bands. ", "My Name Is Ruin" (Metal Beat Manifesto Poison Remix), "" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released in that territory, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Production, Writer, NY (collaboration between Gary Numan and Yen), "Like a Refugee (I Won't Cry)" (Acoustic Version), "Like a Refugee (I Won't Cry)" (Pandemonium Mix), Everything Is Burning (Metanoia Addendum), The Problem of Leisure: A celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four. Joining him on tour was Australian electronic band Severed Heads, coming out of retirement especially for the shows. His first job was working as a dispatch boy with a courier company at Heathrow where his father worked as a bus driver. He has sold over 10 million records. Gary Numan reveals "he doesn . [44] A live two album set from the 1979 and 1980 tours released at this time reached No. He is an artist in its truest sense and the other band members were super entertaining. [53] In the 1990s, his wife suggested he had Asperger syndrome; after reading about the syndrome and taking a series of online tests, he agreed, though he has never been officially diagnosed. [31] At the peak of success, Numan opted to premiere four new songs in a John Peel session in June 1979 rather than promoting the current album and the Tubeway Army group name was dropped. [52] However, Numan's success began to wane as he was outsold by the Human League, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, and even his prior support act, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. 97 on the UK Singles Chart. A companion piece of sorts, Intruder arrived in 2021. Gary Numan. 71, it steadily climbed to No. So many albums, but Numan has basically only put out 5 new studio albums in the last 20 years: Sacrifice (1994), Exile (1997), Pure (2000), Jagged (2006), and Dead Son Rising (2012). Into the new millennium, a number of Gary Numan compilations hit the shelves, as well as 2003's Hybrid, which found him reworking and modernizing his earlier pop hits. Although it is not considered an official remake and is remixed by Andy Gray, This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 03:52. Numan was scheduled to appear at the Cleveland House of Blues that evening but cancelled the show for being "inappropriate" in light of the day's tragedy. He was educated at Town Farm Junior School in Stanwell; Ashford County Grammar School; and Slough Grammar School,[14] followed by Brooklands Technical College in Weybridge, Surrey. Numan had become a star overnight, despite critical distaste for any music so heavily reliant on synthesizers, and he formed a larger backing band that replaced Tubeway Army, keeping Gardiner on bass. [171][172], At age 15, after a series of outbursts in which he would "smash things up, scream and shout, get in people's faces and break stuff", Numan was prescribed antidepressants and anxiolytics. [161] He was an outspoken supporter of the Conservative Party and Margaret Thatcher after her election as Prime Minister. A second single from the album, "Complex", made it to No. Numan and Beggars Banquet subsequently parted ways, and he formed his own Numa label, kicking things off with Berserker in late 1984. The industrial-tinged Sacrifice, the first glimmering of Numan's return to critical favor and underground hipness, was released in 1994. [22], Numan came to prominence in the 1970s as lead singer, songwriter, and record producer for Tubeway Army. Are "Friends" Electric? [57], An updated autobiography, (R)evolution: The Autobiography, was published on 22 October 2020 and brings his career up to date from the earlier Praying to the Aliens.[18]. Founding father of synth pop whose constantly evolving form of dystopian electronic rock music has influenced countless alternative and dance acts. The album was co-produced and co-written with Ade Fenton, who returned for 2011's Dead Son Rising. [53], Within the UK's burgeoning synth-pop scene, Numan was the first artist to achieve mainstream notoriety. Formed in 1977, their self-titled debut album was released at the tail end of 1978. Obsession: Live at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, When the Sky Came Down: Live at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Mike Garson Shares Stories of His Time With David Bowie, Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails and More. The album reached No. It was featured with other contemporary hits on the soundtrack for the 1980 film Times Square,[27] and a live version of the song can be seen in the 1982 film Urgh! [10] "Walking With Shadows" started with a scenario similar to the early Tubeway Army song "The Life Machine", that of a man in a coma, but one who, rather than wishing to return to his loved ones, wanted his loved ones to join him. I have no interest in anything he does since 1994, but it's interesting how he broke the aforementioned rule and copies Nine Inch Nails up until now (about 10 albums or so, can't be bothered to count). You requested a very large number of pages in a very short time, causing problems for our server (this can happen if you hit 'refresh' over and over). Interesting how you can break down Numan's carrier into neat "threes" of phases he was going through of copying other people. [88], 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 (released in 2011 as Dead Son Rising[89]). [98], The album Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind), was released on 14 October 2013. He received the prestigious Ivor Novello Award, for songwriting and inspiration in 2017 from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. Gary Numan. [49] The album featured several distinguished guest players; Mick Karn (bass guitar; saxophone) and Rob Dean (guitar) of Japan, Roger Mason (keyboards) of Models, and Roger Taylor (drums) of Queen. [125], In the late 1970s, Numan began developing his style. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. A release date has not been announced.[15]. Focusing on the album and his personal life in 2016, Numan also found time to collaborate with Jean-Michel Jarre on his album Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise. 80s icon Gary Numan has scored 23 Top 40 singles, and returned to prominence in 2017 with his Number 2 album Savage. They recorded a couple of singles under futuristic pseudonyms (Valerium [or Valerian], Scarlett, and Rael, respectively) that attempted to match their new interest in synthesizers. "[128], Numanair continued operating but after 31 years, with Numan and his family emigrating to the US, it was dissolved on 18 June 2013. Like Paul Mccartney, if someone told me that the REAL Gary Numan died in the mid-eighties I would instant believe it! Buy/listen: https://GaryNuman.lnk.to/IntruderID His 2017 studio album, Savage (Songs from a Broken World), entered the UK Albums Chart at no. [64] A few months later the live album White Noise recorded during the Berserker Tour and a live EP with tracks taken from it (titled The Live EP) reached No. In April 1981, Numan decided to retire from touring following his upcoming series of concerts at Wembley Arena,[42] where he was supported by experimental musician Nash the Slash[43] and Shock, a rock/mime/burlesque troupe whose members included Barbie Wilde, Tik and Tok, and Carole Caplin. With number-one singles Are Friends Electric? and Cars, Numan achieved the peak of his mainstream popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but maintained a cult following. You'd look forward to someone turning up to have a chat with them, and they'd be dead. [17] He briefly played in various bands and looked through ads in Melody Maker for bands to join. [117], Following his US Intruder tour in late 2021 and early 2022, Numan began a 17-venue UK tour between late April and late May 2022. [132][133] Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) observed "nasty, nasty, vitriolic journalism" directed at Numan, who was dismissed as "pretentious" and "pseudo-intellectual". [45] Both albums, also individually released as Living Ornaments '79 and Living Ornaments '80 also charted. (Sadly, longtime collaborator Paul Gardiner died earlier that year from a drug overdose.) 2020 January - Tubeway Daze: The Untold Story Of Tubeway Army - 979-8602705454 - Book. 2021 January - Pure - Picture Disc - LP. Numan's next album, The Fury (1985), charted slightly higher than Berserker, breaking the top 30. Like Savage before it, the project focused on mapping the effects of human destruction and climate change, this time from the perspective of the Earth itself. However, he didn't truly hit his stride in this newly adopted style until 2000's Pure, which was acclaimed as his best work in years and expanded his cult following into new territory. 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[40] Telekon, the final studio album that Numan retrospectively termed the "Machine" section of his career,[41] reintroduced guitars to Numan's music and featured a wider range of synthesisers. [76] His future wife Gemma encouraged him to strip away the influences of the more recent years. The first attempt, in the Cessna 210 Centurion, had ended in India with Numan and Thompson being arrested on suspicion of smuggling and spying. Following 1986's Strange Charm, Numan signed with IRS, but the relationship was fraught with discord from the start. [127] Then in 2005, after several of his friends and colleagues were killed in unrelated flying accidents, he gave up flying. It's probably due to the company he keeps (or which keeps him, more like), whereas before he was parting with people easily and that most likely influenced his drift to another source of "inspiration". [118], In January 2023, a US show was announced: he will play at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California on May 20, 2023. It's probably due to the company he keeps (or which keeps him, more like), whereas before he was parting with people easily and that most likely influenced his drift to another source of "inspiration". 43 on the UK Albums Chart,[40] and a remix of "Cars". Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), better known as Gary Numan, is an English singer, musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer. [129] His starting point is usually a piano to work out melodies and chord structures. Community. Establishing a lonely, android-like persona, he rose to fame leading Tubeway Army, a pioneering new wave band whose second album, 1979's Replicas, became the first of Numan's three consecutive gold-selling, chart-topping full-lengths in the U.K. [75] By 1994, Numan decided to stop attempting to crack the pop market and concentrate instead on exploring more personal themes, including his vocal atheism. After releasing two albums under this name, Numan dropped the band name and released his debut solo album The Pleasure Principle in 1979. His first band was Mean Street who only used him because he had a lot of music gear. (The record also included "Down in the Park," an oft-covered song that stands as one of Numan's most gothic outings.) Numan also appeared that year on Gloss Drop from post-rock group Battles, lending his vocals to the album's "My Machines" single. .Which was the last GOOD album by Numan.. [58] The album peaked at No. February 2023. "No More Lies" released in 1988 as a standalone single, later repackaged later packaged with the collaboration album "Automatic" which charted in 1989 at 59. [24] "That's Too Bad" was released again in 1983 and reached No. 2 in the UK charts. 2020 August - Stars - NEP003 - 12". For the rabbi with a similar name, see, "Gary Newman" redirects here. You'll need to disable 'The Human Web' functionality entirely. [48], Departing from the pure electropop that he had been associated with, Numan began experimenting with jazz, funk, and ethereal, rhythmic pop. 2003 also saw Numan performing the vocals on "Pray for You", the single from the Plump DJs album Eargasm, which reached No. I, Assassin was another Top Ten album, and "We Take Mystery (To Bed)" another hit, but in general Numan's singles were starting to slip on the charts; the title track of 1983's Warriors became his last British Top Ten hit. [35] "Cars" and the 1979 album The Pleasure Principle were both released under Numan's own stage name. The following year, he and bassist Paul Gardiner split off to form a new group, dubbed Tubeway Army, with drummer Bob Simmonds. He continued refining his sound, incorporating elements of jazz and funk into more sophisticated efforts like 1982's I, Assassin, and remained a consistent presence in the U.K. charts throughout the following decades. Over the next few years, he collaborated occasionally with Shakatak's Bill Sharpe, releasing four singles from 1985-1989. charts in the US but only in 1980. Pure's style was compared to that of other industrial rock acts, such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, who had themselves acknowledged Numan's earlier influence on their own music. Tubeway Army 1st Album Reissue. His first band was Mean Street who only used him because he had a lot of music gear. Your computer may be infected with malware or spyware that makes automated requests to our server and causes problems. [77] He cites "Closer" as his favorite Nine Inch Nails song,[78] and has said "Head Like a Hole" has "the best chorus ever". Released in 1985, The Fury became the final Numan album to reach the British Top 20. I don't believe in sharing my money. Numan faced intense hostility from critics and fellow musicians in his early career, but has since come to be regarded as a pioneer of electronic music. He supported Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (who had opened for him in 1979)[74] on a 1993 arena tour. 2017 saw the release of Numan's 21st album, Savage (Songs from a Broken World). Gary Numan (Webb) originally rose to UK prominence in 1979 with a frigid synthesizer dance hit, "Are 'Friends' Electric?" His basic sound subsequently very influential in the dance music and new romantic spheres began with precise, antiseptic synth handling much of the instrumental work, topped off with lobotomized deadpan vocals singing science-fiction lyrics. While his commercial popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits including "Are . [111][112] He was the winner of the 2017 T3 tech legends award. [16], When Numan was 15, his father bought him a Gibson Les Paul, which became his most treasured possession. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. Explore Gary Numan's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Other artists and producers who contributed on these remixes included Curve, Flood, Andy Gray, Alan Moulder, New Disease, and Sulpher. 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. The three singles released from the album ("Your Fascination", "Call Out the Dogs" and "Miracles") all charted in the top 50 on the UK charts.

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