English singer Gary Numan was born 66 years ago as Gary Anthony James Webb in London, England, is married and has 3 daughters. He is also a songwriter, musician and record producer.
After attending grammar school and college, Gary joined the Air Training Corps as a teenager and afterwards worked in different jobs for some time. When he was 15, his father gifted him with an electric guitar. He played in several bands for some time and in 1977 joined the new wave group ‘Tubeway Army’ and soon became famous.
A year later, the band released 2 singles which were, however, unsuccessful and went on to release their debut album that same year which, this time, sold out. They had a number one UK hit single named ‘Are Friends’ Electric?’.
Gary then decided to record new material and had a new backing band. His debut solo single ‘Cars’ was an international hit and peaked to number one in several countries. He embarked on two tours and began to experiment with new music genres such as funk and jazz. Nine more albums were released during the 80s, featuring successful tracks like ‘Change your Mind’, ‘I can’t Stop’ and ‘This is Love’.
In the last 3 decades, Numan proceeded with his career and went on to release 14 more studio albums, 2 of which reached number 2 in the UK charts. He also released numerous compilation, live, soundtrack and remix albums as well as 23 singles. Over the years, Gary collaborated with several artists like OMD, Nine Inch Nails and Radio Heart, amongst others. He is also known to have composed around 400 songs and is considered as the founder of electronic music. In 2017, he received the Ivor Novello Inspiration Award.
Apart from music, Gary is also into aviation and holds a display pilot’s license. In 1981, he successfully carried out a flight around the world in one of his aircrafts. He also published his autobiography in 1997.
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