Gary Numan – Strange Charm – 1986 I had no idea, in 1986, that Gary Numan was still recording and releasing full length records. I am willing to bet that most people in the US felt the same way that I did. And yet, here he is, pumping out another Continue Reading
Listening Post – Gary Numan – The Fury
Gary Numan – The Fury – 1985 Another year, another Gary Numan record. Time to LiveBlog. 1. The Fury – Maybe the ugliest and least interesting songs I’ve ever heard. Filled with samples from, what else, “Blade Runner”. Funny, Gary was a harbinger of that movie, calling his skin jobs Continue Reading
Listening Post – Gary Numan – Berserker
Gary Numan – Berserker – 1984 After 6 years and 7 albums Gary and Beggar’s Banquet parted ways. Why not? They barely promoted the last album and the one before that only slightly more. How fickle this industry.So he started Numa Records, went back in the studio and came out Continue Reading
Listening Post – Gary Numan – Warriors
Gary Numan – Warriors – 1983 Wow is this bad. What happens if you’re Gary Numan and you just made an album with a terrific fretless bassist (The Underwhelming I, Assassin featuring Pino Palladino) but you don’t have that brilliant musician for your next record? You make another one just Continue Reading