[99], In June 2014, Numan collaborated with Jayce Lewis and his Protafield project on the track "Redesign" featured on Protafield's Nemesis Album. 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. .. Maybee it was because of Tubeways Armys bass player Paul Gardiner (Who Sadly died in 1984). [77] He cites "Closer" as his favorite Nine Inch Nails song,[78] and has said "Head Like a Hole" has "the best chorus ever". As a result, the tour was not only postponed but expanded, and his Pleasure Principle 30th Anniversary Tour's American and Mexican dates began on 17 October 2010, at Firestone Live in Orlando, Florida. Tubeway Army 1st Album Reissue. Over the next few years, he collaborated occasionally with Shakatak's Bill Sharpe, releasing four singles from 1985-1989. The whole show overall was worth the ticket and I would highly recommend seeing him live while you have the chance. 1 on the Canadian RPM charts,[33][34] and reached No. 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. The album reached the U.K. Top 20 and Numan embarked on a worldwide tour to support the release throughout 2014. 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. Numan released his subsequent album, Splinter (Songs From a Broken Mind), in 2013. [163] He also said, "I'm not socialist, I know that. [107] On 18 May 2017, Numan received an Ivor Novello Inspiration Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. 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. He continued exploring post-apocalyptic themes with 2021's Intruder. [53], The album I, Assassin (1982) fared less well than Dance. 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. [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. 43 on the UK Albums Chart,[40] and a remix of "Cars". He first became famous in the late 1970s as the frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army, before achieving greater success as a solo artist. The only known live album recording of Tubeway Army before coming famous. Scrapping that idea, Webb rechristened himself Gary Numan and replaced Simmonds with his uncle Jess Lidyard. The album reached the U.K. Top 20 and Numan embarked on a worldwide tour to support the release throughout 2014. News. Pure made a limited impression on the UK Albums Chart where it reached number 58, staying on the charts for one week. © 2023 XANDRIE SA - 45 rue de Delizy, 93692 Pantin CEDEX, France. He supported Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (who had opened for him in 1979)[74] on a 1993 arena tour. The following year, he and bassist Paul Gardiner split off to form a new group, dubbed Tubeway Army, with drummer Bob Simmonds. The following is a comprehensive discography of Gary Numan, a British singer and musician. Gary Numan is an influential English singer, songwriter, composer and musician who has been credited with helping to shape the sound of the electronic music genre. (The record also included "Down in the Park," an oft-covered song that stands as one of Numan's most gothic outings.) Random was released shortly before Exile and featured artists, such as Damon Albarn and Jesus Jones, who had been influenced by Numan. Numan's album Savage (Songs from a Broken World) was released on 15 September and charted at number two in the UK. Numan toured extensively in support of the new album, captured in the Scarred live recording issued in 2003. 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. Gary Numan. Our terms of service forbid this. [161] He was an outspoken supporter of the Conservative Party and Margaret Thatcher after her election as Prime Minister. Numan was born Gary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958, in the West London section of Hammersmith. "[128], Numanair continued operating but after 31 years, with Numan and his family emigrating to the US, it was dissolved on 18 June 2013. [139] Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears, another new wave act of the 1980s, cited Numan's style as one that inspired them while recording their debut album The Hurting. Held)[157] and 1996, in the latter case thanks to an appearance in an advert for Carling Brewery. [81] Rico also worked on the 2003 remix album Hybrid which featured reworkings of older songs in a more contemporary industrial style as well as new material. 89 on the UK Top 100 Chart. [56], Warriors (1983) further developed Numan's jazz-influenced style and featured contributions from avant-garde musician Bill Nelson (who fell out with Numan during recording and chose to be uncredited as the album's co-producer),[57] and saxophonist Dick Morrissey (who also performed on Strange Charm and Outland). 2021 January - Berserker - Picture Disc - LP. and "Cars" (both of which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart), Numan maintains a cult following. 2021 April - (R)evolution: The Autobiography - Book. Numan (born Gary Webb, 1958) released his first record in 1978 as part of the outfit Tubeway Army. Numan returned in the fall of 1980 with Telekon, his third straight chart-topping album in Britain, and scored two Top Five hits with "We Are Glass" and "I Die: You Die"; "This Wreckage" later reached the Top 20. Pop/Rock. Following 1986's Strange Charm, Numan signed with IRS, but the relationship was fraught with discord from the start. (The record also included "Down in the Park," an oft-covered song that stands as one of Numan's most gothic outings.) 35 in 1988. Gary Numan reveals "he doesn . 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. Discogs attributes 3 albums, 12 compilations and 15 singles/EPs as releases by Tubeway Army Tubeway Army since the band formed in 1977. Born . 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. When his contract expired, Numan returned to Numa for 1992's Machine + Soul. Unlike the three previous albums, no 'Extended' version of Pure was ever officially made available, though a bootleg of dubious authenticity exists. 2021 January - Pure - Picture Disc - LP. [17] He briefly played in various bands and looked through ads in Melody Maker for bands to join. "Stormtrooper in Drag" was originally a stand-alone single but has since been included as a bonus track on CD versions of Numan's 1981 album Dance as well as various Numan compilation albums. "[14], On 21 July 2021, Vaughn George, following interviews with Numan and his present album producer Ade Fenton, announced on his YouTube channel that Sacrifice, Exile and Pure would be re-produced from the ground up to match the current production standards of more current albums produced by Fenton, such as Savage (2017) and Intruder (2021). It would be selling Numan short to call Pure pregnant with menace". 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. . The group's second album, Replicas, credited to Gary Numan & Tubeway Army, was released in early 1979. Albums include The Pleasure Principle, Gloss Drop, and Telekon. by Numan's Tubeway Army. "A Prayer for the Unborn" and "Little Invitro" were relatively gentler numbers inspired by personal tragedy,[10] specifically the recent miscarriages suffered by Numan's wife Gemma and the couple's many unsuccessful IVF attempts up until that time.[11]. [129], Numan's recognizable vocals have become one of his trademarks, along with his androgynous "android" stage persona. The Man is back at the top of his game :-). [123][124], In 1984, Numan bought a Harvard T-6 trainer aircraft registered G-AZSC and had the aircraft painted to resemble a Japanese Zero fighter. Despite producing the top 10 hit "We Take Mystery (To Bed)" and two top 20 singles, the album peaked at No. 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. This extension has a feature called 'The Human Web' that silently re-downloads all the pages you've recently visited in your browser in the background to collect data, which causes you to be blocked. Numan also appeared that year on Gloss Drop from post-rock group Battles, lending his vocals to the album's "My Machines" single. Soundtrack: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. March 8, 1958 in Hammersmith, London, England. 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. [165][166] They have three daughters. (Required), You can request being unblocked by clicking. [38], In 1980, Numan topped the UK album charts for a third time with Telekon,[39] and the singles "We Are Glass" and "I Die: You Die", released prior to the album, reaching No. The following is a comprehensive discography of Gary Numan, a British singer and musician.Numan (born Gary Webb, 1958) released his first record in 1978 as part of the outfit Tubeway Army.Initially unsuccessful, the band scored a huge hit in 1979 with the single "Are Friends Electric" and their second album Replicas, both of which reached number one in the UK. 13 December 2019. You might be using a VPN. I don't believe in sharing my money. 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. He put together a hugely elaborate, futuristic stage show and went on a money-losing tour, and also began to indulge his hobby as an amateur pilot with his newfound wealth. Both this and the subsequent album The Pleasure Principle also reached number one in the UK, and Numan became a leading force in the British electronic music scene. Gary Numan was born, Gary Anthony James Webb in Hammersmith, London on 8th of March 1958. We hope to eventually work on a solution for this when we have the resources to do so. [40], In 1986 Numan scored two top 30-hits on the UK Singles Chart with "This Is Love" in April and "I Can't Stop" in June, but the album Strange Charm released later that year only spent two weeks on the album chart, peaking at No. [20] His initial pseudonym was Valerian, probably in reference to the hero in French science fiction comic series Valrian and Laureline. 2, which was Numan's highest chart peak since 1980. Keep an eye on this page to learn about the songs, characters, and celebrities appearing in this TV commercial. Community. [106], On 10 May 2016, Numan was named the recipient of the 2016 Moog Innovation Award by Moog Music. As you can see, not many good songs/tracks came from Numan after the departure of Gardiner. Started his musical career in 1977 as a punk rocker in the band Mean Street, before being sacked in May 1977 for being "too creative." He responded to an advert in Melody Maker to join the band The Lasers, alongside Paul Gardiner. [120][121] The following day; 18 December 1980, Numan bought his first aeroplane for 12,000; a Cessna 182. The Sulpher team of Rob Holliday and Monti contributed guitar and drums, respectively, as well as keyboards and additional production. One of the founding fathers of synth pop, Gary Numan has influenced countless artists with his constantly evolving form of dystopian electronic rock music since the late 1970s. I was fortunate to see Numan live in Reno, NV. [122] This aircraft was written off on 29 January 1982 when it ran out of fuel near Southampton and made a forced landing while Numan was flying on it as a passenger. [130] However, his biggest hit "Cars" was unconventionally written on a bass guitar. 74 on the singles chart.[67]. This item has been successfully added / removed from your favorites. For years, I couldn't understand why people thought I was arrogant, but now it all makes more sense. A further US leg took place in late 2014. [29] After a modest start at the lower reaches of the UK Singles Chart at No. [30], At this point Numan was recording his next album with a new backing band. 59. 17 on the UK Singles Chart. Check out Allstate's 15 second TV commercial, 'Next Level Chef Mayhem Moment: Berries' from the Auto & General industry. [125], In the late 1970s, Numan began developing his style. Although it is not considered an official remake and is remixed by Sulpher. Thus constituted, Tubeway Army cut a set of punk-meets-Kraftwerk demos for Beggars Banquet in early 1978, which were released several years later as The Plan. His first album after his 1981 farewell concerts was Dance (1981). 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. [167] Persia, at the age of 11, contributed vocals to Numan's 2017 song "My Name Is Ruin" and appeared in its video. Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. His retirement proved short-lived, but when he returned in 1982 with I, Assassin, some of his popularity had dissipated -- perhaps because of the retirement announcement, perhaps because the charts were overflowing with synth pop, much of which was already expanding on Numan's early innovations. The Man is back at the top of his game :-). "[3], The album was more positively assessed in Kerrang: "This veteran artist has released a superbly dark and dysfunctional industrial album that will electrocute you. [62] Despite this, the album divided critics and fans and performed poorly. I was fortunate to see Numan live in Reno, NV. After recording an album's worth of punk-influenced demo tapes (released in 1984 as The Plan),[23] they were signed by Beggars Banquet Records in 1978[20] and quickly released two singles, "That's Too Bad" and "Bombers", both of which did not chart. It was described by Numan as an attempt to explore the mind of a rapist and murderer. 4/20/23 and he was excellent! [48], Departing from the pure electropop that he had been associated with, Numan began experimenting with jazz, funk, and ethereal, rhythmic pop. [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. You might have the Hola VPN extension installed. Sampling from both songs "M.E." [90], Numan was set to perform a small number of American live dates in April 2010, including a Coachella Festival appearance in California, but had to cancel because air travel in Europe was halted by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud. When his contract expired, Numan returned to Numa for 1992's Machine + Soul. 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Gary Numan. When The Sky Came Down. 2017 saw the release of Numan's 21st album, Savage (Songs from a Broken World). Pure is the fourteenth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan, released in November 2000 by Eagle Records. While Dance and its lead single, "She's Got Claws," were both climbing into the British Top Five, Numan attempted to fly around the world, but in a bizarre twist was arrested in India on suspicion of spying and smuggling. Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), better known as Gary Numan, is an English singer, musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer. Gary Numan. "Change Your Mind" released in 1985 with Bill Sharpe's solo album "Famous People" with no chart success, later packaged with the collaboration album "Automatic" which charted in 1989 at 59. .Which was the last GOOD album by Numan.. Also features a sample from Numan's "M.E. 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). According to Numan, this was an unintentional result of acne; before an appearance on Top of the Pops, "I had spots everywhere, so they slapped about half an inch of white make-up on me before I'd even walked in the door. [21] He later picked the surname Numan from an advertisement in the Yellow Pages for a plumber whose surname was Neumann. Released in 1985, The Fury became the final Numan album to reach the British Top 20. Frequently working with producer Ade Fenton since the late 2000s, Numan released some of his most acclaimed and well-received work in decades during the 2010s, with 2017's Savage (Songs from a Broken World) reaching number two in the U.K., his highest charting album since 1980. [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. Discover Intruder by Gary Numan released in 2021. [93] Numan's album Dead Son Rising was released on 16 September 2011 which had a full UK tour split in two-halves, 1521 September and 711 December. [138] He has been credited as a key influence by fellow British musician Kim Wilde as she was working on her debut single "Kids in America" with her brother Ricky. Initially unsuccessful, the band scored a huge hit in 1979 with the single "Are Friends Electric" and their second album Replicas, both of which reached number one in the UK. "New Thing From London Town" had alterations to the lyrics on the album version of the single release. © Steve Huey /TiVo, 85 album(s) [119], Numan joined the Air Training Corps as a teenager, when he wanted to be either a pilot or a pop star. Sign In. [158] In 2000, DJ Armand Van Helden sampled the track in his single "Koochy". The Pleasure Principle was released in the fall of 1979 and spawned Numan's international hit "Cars," which reached the American Top Ten and hit number one in the U.K.; the album also became his second straight British number one. April 27, 2023. [98], The album Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind), was released on 14 October 2013. He has sold over 10 million records. Born 8th of March 1958 in Hammersmith, London, England. Numan then signed to I.R.S. [131] His music and live performances met with censure from critics; he also faced condemnation from the Musicians' Union, who claimed he was putting "proper" musicians out of work. 35 UK, "London Times" No. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. After releasing two albums with the band, he released his debut solo album The Pleasure Principle in 1979, topping the UK Albums Chart. The album artwork was also extensively re-worked. Starting at $9.99. [12], Pure received mixed to positive reviews. 2021 February - Intruder - Download. The band were quickly signed to Beggars Banquet Records. Gary Anthony James Webb[9][10] was born on 8 March 1958 in Hammersmith, London. Like Paul Mccartney, if someone told me that the REAL Gary Numan died in the mid-eighties I would instant believe it! 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. [156] "Cars" remains Numan's most enduring song; it was a hit again in 1987 (remixed by Zeus B. [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. [59] Warriors was the last album Numan recorded for Beggars Banquet Records, and was supported by a 40-date UK tour (again with support from robotic mime and music duo Tik and Tok). Genres: Synthpop, New Wave, Industrial Rock. 9 in the U.S. in 1980. "I Cant Breathe" inhabited a world similar to Sacrifice's "Deadliner", that of a waking nightmare. Really amazing dude. The title track was released earlier, on 11 January 2021. [118], In January 2023, a US show was announced: he will play at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California on May 20, 2023. Pleasure Principle is a top album of all time, in my opinion. The label forced Numan to change the title of 1988's Metal Rhythm to New Anger for his first North American release since 1981 (and also remixed several tracks), refused to release his soundtrack for the film The Unborn, and would not fund any supporting tours for New Anger or 1991's Outland. Initially unsuccessful, the band scored a huge hit in 1979 with the single "Are Friends Electric" and their second album Replicas, both of which reached . Whilst some critics and fans[who?] He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. - ultratop.be", "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 | 29 September 2013 5 October 2013", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_Numan_discography&oldid=1152419897, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from May 2021, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, "" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released, "" denotes releases that failed to chart, "Cars (E Reg Model)" / "Are 'Friends' Electric? The same year he embarked on his second major tour ("The Teletour") with an even more elaborate stage show than The Touring Principle the previous year. [54] The heavily percussive funk style however made several tracks from the album such as the 12" version of "Music for Chameleons" and a special remix of "White Boys and Heroes" unexpected successes in the American club scene[55] and 18 months after Numan's "farewell concerts" in April 1981 he embarked on a US tour. February 2023. His own work took a turn towards industrial and darkwave with releases like 1994's Sacrifice and 2000's Pure, and the release of a tribute album, in addition to numerous dance artists sampling or reworking his past hits, helped revive his popularity. 2003 also saw Numan performing the vocals on "Pray for You", the single from the Plump DJs album Eargasm, which reached No. Over the next few years, bands like Hole, the Foo Fighters, and Smashing Pumpkins covered Numan songs in concert, and Marilyn Manson recorded "Down in the Park" for the B-side of the "Lunchbox" single; moreover, Nine Inch Nails cited Numan as an important influence. He continued exploring post-apocalyptic themes with 2021's Intruder. Gary Numan was entirely on his own wavelength when his 'metal machine/electronica' music bolstered the post-punk and new wave scene in the late '70s and '80s. 1 in the UK. 59. "[162] Numan is not overly politically engaged and distances himself from political commentary. His own work took a turn towards industrial and darkwave with releases like 1994's Sacrifice and 2000's Pure, and the release of a tribute album, in addition to numerous dance artists sampling or reworking his past hits, helped revive his popularity. Inspired by the amateurism of the punk movement, he joined a punk group called the Lasers in 1976. Gary Numan. 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. Go see Numan! [68] An album was also released, credited to "Radio Heart featuring Gary Numan" although Numan only appeared on three tracks, but failed to chart. 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.
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