Numan rose to prominence at the tail end of the 1970s as front man, writer and producer for Tubeway Army. Later he picked the name "Numan" from an advert in the "Yellow Pages" for a plumber "A. His initial pseudonym was "Valerian", probably in reference to the hero in French science fiction comic series Valérian and Laureline. He played in various bands, including Mean Street and The Lasers, before forming Tubeway Army with his uncle, Jess Lidyard, and Paul Gardiner. A guitar was purchased for him at an early age and he began writing songs when he was about 15 years old. He then briefly did various jobs including fork lift truck driver, air conditioning ventilator fitter and clerk in an accounts department. He had an early ambition to be an airline pilot, but did not gain any academic qualifications however, he did go on to join the Air Training Corps as a teenager. Webb was educated at Town Farm Junior School Stanwell, Ashford County Grammar School, Middlesex, Slough Grammar School and Brooklands Technical College. His signature style combines gloomy themes of depersonalisation and alienation accompanied by energetic synthesizer work.īorn in Hammersmith, Gary Anthony James Webb was the son of a British Airways bus driver based at Heathrow Airport. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (with Tubeway Army) and "Cars". Gary Numan (born Gary Webb on 8 March 1958) is a English singer, composer, and musician. Tubeway Army, Dramatis, Paul Gardiner, Bill Sharpe Metropolis, Beggars Banquet, Numa, IRS, Eagle, Mortal, Atco Vocals, synthesizer, guitar, bass, percussion New Wave, synthpop, electronic, post-industrial
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