Born: 8 / 3 / 1958
Location: United Kingdom
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), 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. While his commercial popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits including "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars" (both of which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart), Numan maintains a cult following. He has sold over 10 million records.
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"Gary Numan's evolution from icy humanoid to gothic nomad continues to hypnotise."
He may not have smiled much, but to be this jaggedly powerful after 36 years left the Numanoids a lot to be happy with.
The master returns.