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[[Image:GaryTrentGemma.jpg|thumb|Gary Numan with his wife Gemma and Trent Reznor during the O2 show in London, 2009. ]]

'''Gary Numan''' (born '''Gary Anthony James Webb''' on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop". Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (with Tubeway Army) and "[[Cars]]". Numan's more recent output, however, from 1994's ''Sacrifice'' to 2006's ''Jagged'', has been much darker and industrial in nature, incorporating haunting soundscapes with a lyrical tendency towards Atheism and a general anger towards organized religion.

[[Nine Inch Nails]] covered Numan's song "[[Metal]]" on the remix album ''[[Things Falling Apart]]'' (2000). So far, Gary Numan has been a surprise guest during the last leg of the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]], making appearances at the [[2009/07/15 London, England|O2 Arena]], the [[2009/09/02 Los Angeles, CA|Hollywood Palladium]], the [[2009/09/06 Los Angeles, CA|Echoplex]], the [[2009/09/08 Los Angeles, CA|Henry Fonda Theater]] and the [[2009/09/10 Los Angeles, CA|Wiltern Theater]], performing guest vocals on "Down In The Park" from Tubeway Army's ''Replicas'' (1979), "Metal," "Cars," both from ''The Pleasure Principle'' (1979), and "I Die: You Die," from ''Telekon'' (1980).

On October 2, 2009, Trent Reznor posted two high-definition videos of Gary Numan playing "Metal" and "Cars" with the band at the [[2009/07/15 London, England|O2 Arena]] on [[nin.com]] via the website vimeo.com. "Metal" can be found [http://vimeo.com/channels/ninlive09#6859071 here] and "Cars" [http://vimeo.com/channels/ninlive09#6859938 here].

In an [http://thequietus.com/articles/02803-gary-numan-and-nine-inch-nail-s-trent-reznor-to-collaborate an interview with The Quietus] shortly after the final dates, Numan stated that he and Reznor plan to make music together.

==Discography==

Numan's complete discography can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan_discography here].

===Studio Albums===
*''Tubeway Army'' (1978) (with Tubeway Army)
*''Replicas'' (1979) (with Tubeway Army)
*''The Pleasure Principle'' (1979) (Numan's first album under his own name)
*''Telekon'' (1980)
*''Dance'' (1981)
*''I, Assassin'' (1982)
*''Warriors'' (1983)
*''Berserker'' (1984)
*''The Fury'' (1985)
*''Strange Charm'' (1986)
*''Metal Rhythm'' (1988) (''New Anger'' in the United States)
*''Outland'' (1991)
*''Machine + Soul'' (1992)
*''Sacrifice'' (1994) (''Dawn'' in the United States)
*''Exile'' (1997)
*''Pure'' (2000)
*''Jagged'' (2006)
*''Dead Son Rising'' (due for release in 2010)
*''Splinter'' (due for release in 2010)

[[Category:Related to NIN]]