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Gary Numan

Gary Anthony James Webb, better known professionally as Gary Numan (born 8 March 1958), is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Born in Hammersmith, London, he first entered the music industry as the lead singer of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, Numan released his debut solo album The Pleasure Principle in 1979. Most widely known for his chart-topping hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars", Numan achieved his peak of mainstream popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but maintains a loyal cult following.

Numan, whose signature sound consists of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals, is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music.

Early life and education

Born in Hammersmith, UK, Gary Anthony James Webb was the son of a British Airways bus driver based at Heathrow Airport. Webb was educated at Town Farm Junior School in Stanwell, Surrey and Ashford County Grammar School, then Slough Grammar School,Berkshire and Brooklands Technical College, Surrey. He joined the Air Training Corps as a teenager. He then briefly did various jobs including fork lift truck driver, air conditioning ventilator fitter, and clerk in an accounts department. When Numan was 15 years old, his father bought him a Gibson Les Paul guitar, which he regards as his most treasured possession. He played in various bands, including Mean Street and The Lasers, before forming Tubeway Army with his uncle, Jess Lidyard, and Paul Gardiner. His initial pseudonym was "Valerian", probably in reference to the hero in French science fiction comic series Valérian and Laureline. Later he picked the name "Numan" from an advert in the Yellow Pages for a plumber named A. Neumann.

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Flo: Access All Areas review – skilful R&B revivalists need to get their freak on a bit more

The Observer 14 Nov 2024

... worked by snagging listeners with novelty – even the poppiest of their avowed influences, Sugababes, weren’t above throwing the odd spanner into the works, as on the Gary Numan-sampling Freak Like Me.

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Art Garfunkel on his tearful reunion with Paul Simon: ‘I was a fool’

The Times/The Sunday Times 10 Nov 2024

For a long time, my career got in the way of my life. I was worrying about the next album, the next tour, my own selfish needs ... I had always imagined myself as a father ... To think about someone other than me ... Gary Numan ... .

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Win Dylan Rippon 'Destroy The Now' vinyls

Music News 08 Nov 2024

Baring the hallmarks of a dystopian world spraypainted musically by Kraftwerk, Air, Future Islands, The Killers, Gary Numan, John Lennon, The Cure and David Bowie, Dylan’s influences as cited above ...

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Bitchute 04 Nov 2024

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Young girl inspires ballet lessons for neurodivergent children

The Times/The Sunday Times 04 Nov 2024

A little girl turned down by ballet schools because of her autism has achieved her ambition to study the genre — and has inspired a class for other children like her ... It became so popular that they. UK ... Gary Numan ... .

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Kevin Bacon: ‘Being in a band with my older brother felt so cool’

The Times/The Sunday Times 03 Nov 2024

Our parents were pioneers, I think. In the 1950s everyone in the US pretty much moved to the suburbs and relegated the city to the underclass ... There was always music playing at home, and Mom and Dad had wonderful taste ... Magazines ... Gary Numan ... .

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Raven Numan drops brooding new single In Your Head

Music News 25 Oct 2024

Gary Numan's daughter Raven Numan has shared her brooding new single, 'In Your Head' ... Raven - who is the eldest of Gary's three girls with his wife Gemma, with whom he also has Persia, 19, and Echo, 17 ...

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Gary Numan: ‘Parenthood was shockingly difficult and traumatic’

The Times/The Sunday Times 23 Oct 2024

Puzzles. Challenge yourself with today’s puzzles. Crossword. Polygon. Sudoku. I was 45 when I first became a father. I thought I was ready, that I had everything worked out. I couldn’t have been more wrong. It’s the most difficult thing I’ve ever done ... .

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British museums are missing a trick – foreign visitors should pay to see our treasures

AOL 17 Oct 2024

Idle because you don’t have to sit an exam explaining why ... Hand on heart I always thought the word numismatist was at best a misprint and at worst a pretentious Gary Numan fan – but no longer. Dear Reader, I am one ... But there’s no harm in looking ... .

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Pino Palladino interview: Meet the shy Welshman who’s played for everyone from The Who to Beyonce

The Independent 13 Oct 2024

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‘You can try weirder and weirder things’: once-mocked synthesisers enjoy new golden era

The Observer 13 Oct 2024

Queen refused to use them. The Musicians’ Union tried to ban them. Then computers overtook them ... View image in fullscreen ... The Human League, Gary Numan and Cabaret Voltaire pioneered the 80s synthpop sound that was later supercharged by the Yamaha DX7 ... .

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Bitchute 03 Oct 2024

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Gang Of Four announce 2025 US farewell tour

NME 02 Oct 2024

READ MORE ... View this post on Instagram ... MAY ... A star-studded tribute album to Andy Gill – featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers bandmates Flea and John Frusciante, Warpaint, Gary Numan and more – arrived in the summer of 2021, entitled ‘The Problem of Leisure.

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Watch Blossoms enlist famous Garys to promote new album

NME 20 Sep 2024

Blossoms have shared their latest album ‘Gary’, and gathered some of the most famous Garys in the country to help promote the release ... Completing the list of Garys in the clip is musician Gary Numan ... Who Would Call Their Album Gary?.

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Best of Orange County 2024: Best music venue

Orange County Register 20 Sep 2024

1 ... On Sept ... — George A ... This year has seen Weezer, Bruce Dickinson, Gary Numan, Sebastian Bach, The Hives, Molly Tuttle, Gogol Bordello and Dustin Kensrue grace the indoor stages and Sad Summer Festival (Mayday Parade, The Maine) on the outdoor grounds.

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