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- Cars(03:53)
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The Pleasure Skin(05:02)
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Airlane(03:18)
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This Wreckage(05:27)
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The Joy Circuit(05:14)
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A Game Called Echo(05:09)
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My Dying Machine(06:38)
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We Are Glass(04:45)
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Are 'Friends' Electric?(05:56)
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Metal(03:33)
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Listen to My Voice(05:12)
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This Is New Love(08:48)
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Call Out the Dogs(06:46)
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Dead Heaven(05:21)
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Absolution(04:58)
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Gary Numan bio
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. That seminal track helped usher in the synthpop era on both sides of the Atlantic, especially his native England, where he was a genuine pop star and consistent hitmaker during the early ’80s. Even after new wav... e had petered out, Numan’s impact continued to make itself felt; his dark, paranoid vision, theatrically icy alien persona, and clinical, robotic sound were echoed strongly in the work of many goth rock and (especially) industrial artists to come. For his part, Numan just kept on recording, and by the late ’90s, he’d become a hip name to drop; prominent alt-rock bands covered his hits in concert, and a goth-flavored brand of industrial dance christened darkwave looked to him as its mentor.
Numan was born Gary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958, in Hammersmith, West London. A shy child, music brought him out of his shell; he began playing guitar in his early teens and played in several short-lived bands. Inspired by the amateurism of the punk movement, he joined a punk Full bioRead more
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