Gary Numan

Gary Numan is a British singer, songwriter and musician. Born Gary Anthony James Webb, 1958-03-08, he first became famous with the song 'Are "Friends" Electric, a single released under the group name of Tubeway Army which went to no. 1 in the UK in June 1979. Numan then started to record and release as a solo artist and his first single 'Cars' also went to no. 1 in September of the same year. The Tubeway Army album Replicas went to no. 1 in the UK, as did his first two solo albums The Pleasure Principle and Telekon.

Numan enjoyed mixed fortunes throughout the eighties, derided by the press but still maintaining a solid and loyal fanbase, and continued to record an release material into the nineties.