The last telephone conversation that I had with Paul was the day before his death (17 February 1984) when he told me how excited he was at the prospect of working with John on one of John's own composition, the progress that was being made with the tapes that Gary and the band were working on and of course Paul had been working in the studio with Dramatis.

The sessions originally took place before both Are Friends Electric and the Replicas album hit the top spots in the UK charts and Numan began extending the range and voices of the synths in his sound.Straight out of Philly Entertainer Steve Cooper is Only as hip a his guests. He hosts Comedians and Comedy Writers and spends an hour with them for some.And dicanol is verified and has been taken from Paul's death certificate.Thank you to Chris Gardiner (Paul's son) for the information. Tubeway Army were a London-based punk rock and New Wave band led by lead singer Gary Numan. They were the first band of the post-punk era to have a synthesizer-based hit, with their single 'Are Friends Electric' and its parent album Replicas both topping the UK Album Chart in mid-1979. 'Are Friends Electric'After the news of Paul's death began reaching the media and Tubeway Army fans, Beryl Webb released the following statement in issue 13 of The Gary Numan Newsletter, the entire issue of which was dedicated to Paul Gardiner's passing: 'Paul was found dead on a park bench near his home in Northolt, Middlesex on the morning of Saturday 18th February, 1984. Both Gary and I were in constant contact with Paul and one of us spoke with him almost every day of the week.

Gary Numan and Paul Gardiner were the only two permanent members, though Jess Lidyard played on the two LPs (and was also Gary Numan's uncle). Dick novel, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'. The underlying context of this song was also a reference to another Philip K. Current CD editions supplement the original album tracks with all single A- and B-sides, 12' bonus tracks, studio out-takes, and recovered bootleg live material. Whilst the album's modest initial pressing (which included a large batch of warped editions) sold outScript error: No such module 'Unsubst'., it did not enter the album charts at that time, and no singles were lifted from it. The pair left The Lasers soon after and formed Tubeway Army, initially with Webb's uncle Jess Lidyard on drums.

The band was formed in London, UK in 1977 by Gary Numan and the late Paul Gardiner. Culture Wikia is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. The band's cold electronic take on minimalistic pop took a little while to catch on with the music audience at large, but proved to be of lasting influence.

They released two guitar-heavy, punk-style singles in the first half of 1978 ('That's Too Bad'/'Oh! Didn't I Say Bombers / O.D. And its parent album Replicas both topping the UK charts in mid-1979. Template:Gary Numan Didn't I Say', and 'Bombers'/'Blue Eyes'/'OD Receiver'). Template:Use dmy dates It's also worthy of note that during 1979, while his band 'Ultravox' were on hiatus, Billy Currie collaborated with Gary on material for both 'Replicas' and Gary's first solo album 'The Pleasure Principle'.

Webb was a prolific songwriter and ambitious for commercial successScript error: No such module 'Unsubst'. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. They were the first band of the electronic era to have a synthesiser-based number-one hit, with their single 'Are'Friends' Electric?' Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Template:Authority control.

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What started as a British punk band would evolve into something quite different. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. However, the next single, 'Are 'Friends' Electric?'. Numan actually took his new pseudonym from a local Yellow Pages where a plumber called 'Arthur Neumann' was listed, the singer abandoning the German spelling, to become Numan. During the recording of their self-titled first album ('Tubeway Army') in 1978, Numan came across a Minimoog synthesizer accidentally left in the studio which would end up being used in several of the album's songs. The band began playing gigs on the punk scene in London and managed to secure a record deal with the independent Beggars Banquet label.

Webb rechristened himself 'Valerian', Gardiner 'Scarlett' and Lidyard 'Rael'. A special picture-disc helped boost sales but what particularly grabbed the British public's imagination was Tubeway Army's appearance on the BBC show The Old Grey Whistle Test, followed soon after by a slot on Top of the Pops. It was later officially included under the title Living Ornaments '78 as bonus tracks on the 1998 CD re-release of the Tubeway Army album). In 1979, Jess Lidyard left the band, and Gary Numan started putting out records under his own name, rather than as a band. By the possibilities of synthesizers, Numan took Tubeway Army back into the studio to record a follow-up album, Replicas. ', the song topping the British charts for four weeks.

The official website can be found here: The band appeared all dressed in black and near-motionless, Numan in particular giving a performance often referred to as being 'like an android' (a style that was later reported to have been a means of covering stage nerves but which then became his trademark).

Tubeway Army Members