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Rosenborg • •, Rutger (12 November 2017). "Gary Numan on Staying Relevant in a Broken World". Archived from the original on 21 August 2022 . Retrieved 21 August 2022. cars ('e' reg model) - full Official Charts History". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023 . Retrieved 27 January 2023. Critic Robert Christgau claimed The Pleasure Principle was where: “metal machine music goes easy listening”. TELEKON, 1980

Marilyn Manson joins Gary Numan Onstage". MTV News. MTV. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022 . Retrieved 15 December 2020. Sherwin, Adam (18 October 2015). "Gary Numan interview: Pioneer of 'industrial music' on the nerves that almost ended his career". Independent. Independent Digital News & Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020 . Retrieved 5 January 2021. Find sources: "Gary Numan discography"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( May 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Although it is not considered an official remake and is remixed by Andy Gray, it was a ground up production with a complete overhaul in production to the original.

Webber, Richard (22 January 2012). "Gary Numan: I had so much cash, all I wanted to do was spend". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023 . Retrieved 26 January 2023. Numan enthused of the Welshman, “He was brilliant. I never heard playing like it. He came up with stunning basslines, song after song. I leaned on him heavily during the making of the album.” a b Praying to the Aliens (2ed.). Eastbourne, United Kingdom: Gardner's Books. 30 September 1998. ISBN 0233993371. In 1997, Numan married Gemma O'Neill, a member of his fan club from Sidcup, south-east London. [167] [168] They have three daughters. [169] His daughter Persia, at the age of 11, contributed vocals to Numan's 2017 song "My Name Is Ruin" and appeared in its music video. [170] Numan and his family lived in Essex, [171] then Heathfield and Waldron in East Sussex, [172] and in October 2012 moved to Santa Monica, California. [173] [174] Tubeway Army was really all about Numan, so it was no surprise when, after they scored a No.1 single with Are ‘Friends’ Electric? in 1979, he assumed a solo identity. Gary Numan – the albums, the singles

It's worth remembering the exact context of where Numan was in his life and the role he held when Dance was released. Setting aside the question of personal upheaval for now - thankfully, unlike West and Corgan, no death was involved - Numan had, almost out of nowhere, singlehandedly hotwired a mass audience to consider an approach in pop music that embraced and interpreted 70s science fiction, glam's lingering impact, punk's brawl and, above all else, synths used not as excuses for neoclassical flourishes or for inspired funk workouts but, taking open cues from German pioneers like Kraftwerk, as chilled, blunt elements, simultaneously atmospheric and centrally melodic and, in Numan's hands and combined with his amazing ear for the right rhythms and beats for his songs, totally anthemic and huge in sound and feel. At the start of 1979 he was 20 years old and utterly unknown beyond a small clutch of listeners, mostly in Greater London, thanks to Tubeway Army's debut singles and album. By the release of Dance a little over two and a half years later he was 23, had toured the world, broken America with one big hit, topped the UK chart with two, not to mention having three chart-topping albums as well, and had played what he'd already termed his farewell shows with a three-night stand in London's then-biggest indoor venue, the Wembley Arena. (And a further illustrative note of comparison if you'd like: the Smashing Pumpkins' first album Gish came out when Corgan was 24, Kanye West's first mixtape Get Well Soon… when he was 25.) Numan was fully appreciative of what had brought him that far so fast already, but he openly wanted to try something more. a b c "SHARPE & NUMAN full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020 . Retrieved 15 December 2020.In 1984, Numan bought a Harvard T-6 trainer aircraft registered G-AZSC and had the aircraft painted to resemble a Japanese "Zero" fighter. He also gained a display pilot's licence and flew the machine on the UK air display circuit. He and friend Norman Lees, who also owned a Harvard, formed the Radial Pair, performing synchronised aerobatics from the 1992 air display season. Later they teamed up with other Harvard owners to fly up to five aircraft as the Harvard Formation Team [126] with Numan choreographing their aerobatic routines. [127] The iconic cover, featuring a bleached blond Gazza reflected under a crescent moon, added to the concept and mythology. THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE, 1979

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. On 24 September 2018, Numan's tour bus hit and killed an elderly man in Cleveland, Ohio, US. [115] The driver was not immediately charged. 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. [116] Gary Numan and Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise (1981, Vinyl)". Discogs. 5 December 1981. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020 . Retrieved 15 December 2020. Barber, Nicholas (31 March 1996). "A CASE OF BEER TODAY, GONE TOMORROW?". Independent. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022 . Retrieved 15 December 2020. Gary Numan | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 13 August 2021.Membery, York (28 October 2018). "Gary Numan: Cars? Yes, I want two . . . plus a boat and a plane". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019 . Retrieved 27 September 2019. Interview: Gary Numan - 5/16/98". Sonic-Boom Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022 . Retrieved 15 December 2020.