Gary’s rise was very much a family affair. “The worst review – the one that crossed the line – said my mum and dad should have been doctored,” he says, adding philosophically “But if you want this life you have to accept it. Numan continued to have Top 30 hits until 1987 but faced a sustained barrage of hostility from the rock press, who dubbed him “ a buffoon in Bacofoil”. The album Replicas also topped the charts, as did follow-up single Cars – inspired by a road rage incident when a furious man attacked his car in a traffic jam for no apparent reasons. Are “Friends” Electric? – inspired by Phillip K Dick – was their fourth single and first hit. Yet Beggars Banquet signed them on the strength of the same demo and reaped the benefits. When his band Tubeway Army gave one A&R man their demo tape, “he took it out, threw it on the floor and said ‘You can **** off’.” He dabbled in punk “in a half-hearted attempt to get a label”.
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