Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The car is not a symbol of freedom, the car is not a symbol of good times, the car is just an extension of yourself. So why would ...

Sadly, many people may only know Gary Numan for “Cars,” his surprising, off-the-wall hit from 1979. Yet Numan’s four decade long career belies any classification as a one-hit wonder. Indeed, some of ...

Celebrities move us with their talents and wow us with their cool personas, so it's easy to forget that they're just like the rest of us. You might say but with more money, and largely, you'd be right ...

That week, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric” was just-short of topping the charts. Tubeway Army was the name on the single and of the band seen on Top of the Pops. Yet, for radio listeners, Gary Numan was solo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gary Numan in 1979. (Photo: Atco Records) Forty years ago, on Aug. 21, 1979, synth-rock pioneer and Tubeway Army founder Gary ...

Gary Numan continues to inspire a diverse world of musicians, from Trent Reznor to the Foo Fighters. Unlike so many other musicians who were working in the 1980s, he never stopped. When the spotlight ...

In 1979, Gary Numan released his first solo album—and his only U.S. Top 10 hit, with the song "Cars." The new wave classic from Numan's debut studio album, The Pleasure Principle, peaked at No. 9 on ...