Name: The Pleasure Principle
Brand: Gary Numan

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

bbl10cd

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2008-12-15

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

607618001025

Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Gary Numan

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Gary Numan, born on the 8th of March 1958 in Hammersmith, London, England, is a renowned artist who began his musical journey as a punk rocker in the band Mean Street. After being dismissed from the group in May 1977, he joined The Lasers with Paul Gardiner but eventually formed his own punk band called Tubeway Army alongside his uncle Jess Lidyard on drums.

Tubeway Army was signed to Beggars Banquet in 1978 and released several punk singles. During this time, Gary adopted the name Numan and the band started performing live at various venues around London while supporting acts like Ultravox. It was during their recording sessions for Beggars that Gary stumbled upon a "Minimoog" synthesizer left behind in the studio, which captivated him with its unique sound.

With an impressive career spanning decades, Gary Numan has become an influential figure in music. His early experiences as a punk rocker laid the foundation for his innovative approach to electronic music and paved the way for his future success as an artist.

back in stock. gary numan's most commercially successful album is, perhaps unsurprisingly, his least representative. powered by the hit single 'cars', 'the pleasure principle' is a striking turnaround from the guitar-powered, joy division-like post-punk of his old band tubeway army. aside from paul gardiner's bass and some percussion, every instrument is electronic. to denote their futuristic simplicity the album's 10 songs are given one-word titles; they're all built on the same layers of analogue synthesizers and futuristic, dystopian lyrics.

The Pleasure Principle

Music GB