Gary Anthony James Webb,known professionally as Gary Numan,is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two studio albums with the band,he released his debut solo studio album The Pleasure Principle in 1979,topping the UK Albums Chart. His commercial popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits including "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". Numan maintains a cult following. He has sold over 10 million records.
Tubeway Army were a London-based new wave band led by lead singer Gary Numan. Formed at the height of punk rock in 1977 the band gradually changed to an electronic sound. They were the first band of the electronic era to have a synthesiser-based number-one hit,with their single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and its parent album Replicas both topping the UK charts in mid-1979. After its release,Numan opted to drop the Tubeway Army name and release music under his own name as he was the sole songwriter,producer and public face of the band,but he retained the musicians from Tubeway Army as his backing band.
"Down in the Park" is a 1979 song by the English band Tubeway Army,featuring lead vocals by Gary Numan. It was released as the first single from the band's second album Replicas,though was not a hit. The song was written and produced by the band's frontman Gary Numan,and despite its lack of commercial success,has been performed by Numan regularly in his live shows throughout the years.
"Are 'Friends' Electric?" is a 1979 song by the English band Tubeway Army. Taken from their album Replicas,it was released as a single in May 1979 and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart,staying there for four weeks. It was written and produced by Gary Numan,the band's frontman and lead vocalist. It was also the band's last single before breaking up.
Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band,the mod-influenced Graduate,Tears for Fears were associated with the synth-pop bands of the 1980s,and attained international chart success as part of the Second British Invasion.
Dance is the third solo studio album by the English new wave musician Gary Numan,released on 4 September 1981 by Beggars Banquet Records. It was the first studio album Numan released after his "Farewell Concerts" staged at Wembley Arena.
Dead or Alive were an English pop band who released seven studio albums from 1984 to 2000. The band formed in 1980 in Liverpool and found success in the mid-1980s,releasing seven singles that made the UK Top 40 and three albums in the UK Top 30. At the peak of their success,the line-up consisted of Pete Burns (vocals),Steve Coy (drums),Mike Percy (bass),and Tim Lever (keyboards),with the core pair of Burns and Coy writing and producing for the remainder of the band's career due to Percy and Lever exiting the group in 1989. Burns died in 2016;with the death of Coy in 2018,the band ended.
The Pleasure Principle is the debut solo studio album by the English new wave musician Gary Numan,released on 7 September 1979 by Beggars Banquet Records. The album came about six months after Replicas (1979),his second and final studio album with the band Tubeway Army. The Pleasure Principle peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
Telekon is the second solo studio album by the English new wave musician Gary Numan. It debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart in September 1980,making it his third consecutive No. 1 album. It was also the third and final studio release of what Numan retrospectively termed the "machine" section of his career,following Replicas and The Pleasure Principle.
"We Are Glass" is a song by the British singer Gary Numan. It was released as a single in May 1980 and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart.
"Everything Counts" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their third studio album,Construction Time Again (1983). A live version of the song was released in 1989 to support the band's live album 101. The original single reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart,whereas the live version reached No. 22.
"I Die:You Die" is a song by the British musician Gary Numan,released as a single in August 1980. Released shortly before his fourth album,Telekon,it continued the anthemic style Numan had begun earlier in the year with "We Are Glass". The composer himself described the two singles as "Much the same thing. Both very chorus-orientated with the guitars as the main rhythmic device and the keyboards tinkling over the top".
The discography of Fear Factory,an American industrial metal band,consists of ten studio albums,three compilation albums,two remix albums,one demo album,one video album,five extended plays,twenty-one singles and thirteen music videos. Fear Factory formed in 1989,signing to Roadrunner Records three years later. The band's debut studio album,Soul of a New Machine,was released in 1992. The following year,Fear Is the Mindkiller was released as an EP,featuring remixes by Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly. In 1995,Fear Factory released their second studio album,Demanufacture,which peaked at number 27 on the UK Albums Chart,and was later certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI);it was followed two years later by another remix project,Remanufacture,which this time featured contributions from a number of different remixers,including many techno-oriented artists,as well as the band themselves.
"That's Too Bad" is the debut single by Tubeway Army,the band which provided the initial musical vehicle for Gary Numan. It was released in February 1978 by independent London record label Beggars Banquet. On the day of its release,Numan quit his job in a warehouse to become a professional musician.
The Fury is the seventh solo studio album by the English musician Gary Numan,originally released in September 1985,it was Numan's second release on his self-owned Numa Records label. It saw him continuing to explore the sample-heavy industrial sound that he had developed for his previous album Berserker in 1984.
Metal Rhythm is the ninth solo studio album by the English musician Gary Numan,released in September 1988 by I.R.S. Records.
Hybrid is a remix/cover album,consisting of songs by Gary Numan remixed by other artists,covers of Numan's early songs from his first three albums,plus three new tracks created specifically for the album. Hybrid was recorded in autumn of 2002 and released in March 2003 with a collaboration from various industrial rock/heavy rock musicians such as Rico,Sulpher and Alan Moulder. The album includes tracks originally found on the albums Tubeway Army,Replicas,The Pleasure Principle,Telekon,Sacrifice,Exile and Pure.
The following is a comprehensive discography of Gary Numan,a British singer and musician. Numan 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. Numan then decided to release further recordings under his own name,beginning with the single "Cars" later in 1979. 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. He scored a third number one album in 1980 with Telekon,and more hit singles and albums until the mid 1980s when his popularity waned. Despite this,he has continued to record and tour on a regular basis up to the present day. His 2017 studio album,Savage,entered the UK Albums Chart at no. 2,which was Numan's highest chart peak since 1980. His most recent album,2021's Intruder,also entered the UK charts at no. 2.
Jagged is the fifteenth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan,his first original album in over five years,following Pure in 2000. Stylistically Jagged was a development of its predecessor's chorus-driven,anthemic industrial sound,utilising heavier electronics and more prominent live drumming. Although reaction to the new record was predominantly positive,critical opinion was more heavily divided than had been the case with the almost universal praise enjoyed by Pure. Reaching number 59 in the UK album charts,Jagged charted no higher than the earlier release,some commentators and fans regarding the long time between albums as a missed opportunity for consolidation in the wake of Pure's reception and the number 13 UK chart position attained by Numan's 2003 single with Rico,"Crazier". Jagged was the first album issued on Numan's own Mortal Records label,licensed to Cooking Vinyl. The US release,on Metropolis Records,included an alternate mix of "Fold" as a bonus track. In April Numan embarked on a tour of the UK,Europe and North America to promote the album.
Sharpe &Numan was a British synth-pop duo formed by Shakatak's Bill Sharpe and Gary Numan (vocals).
