Gary Numan

One of the founding fathers of synth pop, Gary Numan's influence extends far beyond his lone American hit, "Cars," which still stands as one of the defining new wave singles.  

The song '25 Seconds' is "based around the concept of someone experiencing the last 25 seconds of their life, inviting any last words of insight as to its meaning, and realising that the afterlife could be just ...  

"Here in my car I feel safest of all" - this is what marketers, bless us, refer to as a 'consumer insight' - one of the unspoken reasons people buy what they buy, do what they do, crystallised in a one-liner ...  

Tom Horan meets his childhood hero Gary Numan, who explains the importance of being lucky and tells him about how he wrote Are Friends Electric?  

Numan went into semi-retirement and became a pilot but his music has continued to thrive with thanks to the likes of Foo Fighters and Marilyn Manson who ...  

THE ageing Goth who has neatly crafted a 30 year pop career from doom laden lyrics is fast becoming a pastiche of his former self.  

Gary Numan has landed on site - but what has he been putting in his mouth? September 7, 2008 3:00 PM How was your show? "Good time.  

Journalists are like carpenters. Most deal with the rougher end of things, nailing planks together and so forth.  

Transmission 11008 Space is definitely the place to be as we go Alien with interplanetary sounds from Peeping Tom, Ozric Tentacles, Pete Namlook & Richie Hawtin, Gary Numan & Tubeway Army, Japan and Roots ...