Tubeway Army’s triumph: How 1979’s song of the summer shaped the 1980s
Visionary.
Gary Numan
When Julien Temple and Marc Almond both tore into Gary Numan: “Devoid of any heart, soul, emotion, wit, or style”
“I couldn’t get beyond laughing at the cover…”
Gary Numan’s bitter feud with Paul Weller: “Fascist bastard”
Numan, in his Tory phase, was taking heat from a lot of people.
Gary Numan reveals tragedy that caused Birmingham show breakdown: “This is simply to explain”
“This is simply to explain why I’ve been struggling on stage.”
The “shit” album that nearly saw Gary Numan walk away from music altogether: “Wasn’t the right way to do it”
“I was trying not to die…”
The Gary Numan classic that rubbed David Bowie up the wrong way: “Very disappointing”
Jealousy, anger or a mix of the two?
“I’m so bad, I’m distinctive!”: How Gary Numan defended his “machine music” in 1979
He even manages to slag off Kraftwerk a bit.
The one artist David Bowie felt was too one-note: “I think he has confined himself”
Too tied to one sound.
