Gary Numan
Listen To My Voice
Published on 17. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-912587-96-4 (ISBN)
Description
Gary Numan is widely recognised as being the most important electronic pioneer in music history. Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, hip-hop innovator Afrika Bambaataa, and Oscar winner and Nine Inch Nails auteur Trent Reznor are among legions of musicians who cite his music as having been important in their own evolution. However, Numan's journey from punky pub performer to Godfather of Electronica hasn't been a smooth one.
Listen To My Voice chronicles his life as he rises to become the hottest pop star of 1980, retires a year later at the age of twenty-one, falls from favour and hits rock bottom during the 1980s, struggles to regain relevance during the 90s and eventually battles his way back to the top of his game where he remains to this day. For more than four decades Numan has been built up, torn down, praised, ridiculed, buried, resurrected, and ultimately
respected.
This is his story, listen to his voice.
Listen To My Voice chronicles his life as he rises to become the hottest pop star of 1980, retires a year later at the age of twenty-one, falls from favour and hits rock bottom during the 1980s, struggles to regain relevance during the 90s and eventually battles his way back to the top of his game where he remains to this day. For more than four decades Numan has been built up, torn down, praised, ridiculed, buried, resurrected, and ultimately
respected.
This is his story, listen to his voice.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Worksop
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912587-96-4 (9781912587964)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Richard Cosgrove was born in Nottingham, home of Robin Hood, the original long haired, tight-trousered rock star. Since then he has been obsessed with music as a fan, as a bassist and as a DJ/producer. He has been going to gigs and rock clubs since before he was legally allowed to drink in the venues, and has seen hundreds of bands over the years. He was a prominent member of the global mashup/bootleg scene of the early 2000s, and has DJ'd regularly at London's legendary alternative/80s club Electric Dreams for the last two decades as well as founding and running his own Planet Earth night in his adopted home of Colchester. Throughout all this he has never lost sight of his true musical love - rock music - even going so far as to make it to the final of the 2010 UK Air Guitar Championships, and to this day can be found assuming the air guitar position whenever a riff rings out.
Content
Intro 7
New Thing From London Town 9
The Plan 19
Tubeway Army 27
Replicas 33
The Pleasure Principle 45
Telekon 58
Living Ornaments 71
Dance 79
My Centurion 88
I, Assassin 97
Warriors 108
Berserker 115
The Fury 122
Strange Charm 126
Metal Rhythm 131
Outland 139
Machine + Soul 143
Sacrifice 149
Exile 155
Pure 167
Resurrection 176
Jagged 185
Here In The Black 190
Dead Son Rising 203
Splinter 211
Savage 217
Intruder 235
Outro 245
Acknowledgements 246
New Thing From London Town 9
The Plan 19
Tubeway Army 27
Replicas 33
The Pleasure Principle 45
Telekon 58
Living Ornaments 71
Dance 79
My Centurion 88
I, Assassin 97
Warriors 108
Berserker 115
The Fury 122
Strange Charm 126
Metal Rhythm 131
Outland 139
Machine + Soul 143
Sacrifice 149
Exile 155
Pure 167
Resurrection 176
Jagged 185
Here In The Black 190
Dead Son Rising 203
Splinter 211
Savage 217
Intruder 235
Outro 245
Acknowledgements 246