Tubeway Army (1977–1979) was a London-based punk and new wave band led by singer/guitarist Gary Numan (born Gary Webb, though first known to the public by the stage name 'Valerian'). Tubeway Army was the first band of the post-punk era to have a synthesizer-based hit, with the single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and its parent album, Replicas, topping the UK Album Chart in mid 1979.
The only constant members were:
Other musicians included:
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Tubeway Army (1977–1979) was a London-based punk and new wave band led by singer/guitarist Gary Numan (born Gary Webb, though first known to the public by the stage name 'Valerian'). Tubeway Army was the first band of the post-punk era to have a synthesizer-based hit, with the single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and its parent album, Replicas, topping the UK Album Chart in mid 1979.
The only constant members were:
Other musicians included:
Gary Numan was the driving force of the band, writing the material and producing the recordings; subsequent albums were issued under his own name once the album Replicas became successful. Gardiner, Sharpley, and Payne continued as his backing band for some years. Gardiner died from a drug overdose in February 1984; Numan's personal tribute to his former cohort was the song "A Child with the Ghost", on the album Berserker (1984).
Gary Webb, aged nineteen, had fronted London band Mean Street in 1977 (their song "Bunch of Stiffs" appeared on the Live at...
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