Tubeway Army
Tubeway Army's main claim to fame is that Gary Webb (aka Gary Numan) first … Read Full Bio ↴Tubeway Army's main claim to fame is that Gary Webb (aka Gary Numan) first came to the public's attention here. The band was formed in London, UK in 1977 by Gary Numan and the late Paul Gardiner. What started as a British punk band would evolve into something quite different. During the recording of their self-titled first album ("Tubeway Army") in 1978, Numan came across a Minimoog synthesizer accidentally left in the studio which would end up being used in several of the album's songs. The change in sound served well for the band as their first album would go on to sell out its small initial pressing despite not charting.

The release of their second album "Replicas" in 1979 finally gave Numan the success he had been trying to achieve from the start with the single "Are Friends Electric?", the song topping the British charts for four weeks. The band's cold electronic take on minimalistic pop took a little while to catch on with the music audience at large, but proved to be of lasting influence. Combining the artistic and poetic tendencies of David Bowie (especially the Berlin years) with sequenced synthesizers along the lines of Kraftwerk presaged the whole genre of techno-pop in the 1980s.

In late 1979, after the success of "Replicas", Numan dropped Tubeway Army and went on to record as a solo artist.

It's also worthy of note that during 1979, while his band "Ultravox" were on hiatus, Billy Currie collaborated with Gary on material for both "Replicas" and Gary's first solo album "The Pleasure Principle".


The official website can be found here: www.garynuman.co.uk
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Tubeway Army Lyrics


Are "Friends" Electric It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls …
Are "Friends" Electric? It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls Th…
Are You Real No one's alive You could almost be me What do you mean "oh,…
Are You Real? No one's alive You could almost be me What do you mean "O…
Are ‘Friends’ Electric? It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls …
Basic J Jo the waiter spilling wine Over some ex-friends of mine I…
Blue Eyes Well you're pretty quick to say you love me But I've…
Bombers Look up I hear the scream of sirens on the…
Cars Here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock…
Check It Something isn't right I get the feeling I'm not driving Some…
Complex They won't come back You know it's always the same And the…
Conversation Oh it's so easy When parts take over My conversation Is n…
Crime Of Passion Streetcar is rusting The tracks are all gone You're far to…



Critics You could say I'm pretentious You could say I'm the nazz You…
Cry the Clock Said Why cry now It's over Feelings change How are you Now …
Do You Need the Service Do you need the service Do you need to call me…
Do You Need the Service? Do you need the service? Do you need to call me…
Do Your Best See the strange boy keeping to the shadows He's a very…
Don't Be A Dummy Don't be a dummy! Move like honey Don't be a dummy! Use y…
Down In The Park Down in the park Where the mach-men meet the machines And …
Engineers All that we are Is all that we need to be All…
Every Day I Die The problems of need I need you Obscene dreams in Rusty b…
Everyday I Die The problems of need I need you Obscene dreams in Rusty beds…
Fadeout 1930 Fadeout 1930 era I never really tried you out But all my…
Friends See the strange boy keeping to the shadows He's a very…
I Die: You Die This is not love This is not even worth a point…
I Nearly Married a Human 2 [Very faint vocals:] I nearly married a human I nearly mar…
I Only Find Rewind I Only Find Rewind Days Fading into years Ticking off the t…
Ice I'm playing at ice But I'm finding it hard She didn't brea…
It Must Have Been Years A radio plays `White Christmas' It's been doing that for yea…
Jo the Waiter Jo the waiter worked for me Serving wine in basement bars …
Listen to the Sirens "Flow my tears" the new police song The slogan of peace…
Love Needs No Disguise She dances He watches She sighs Remember Love needs no disgu…
Me The alarm rang for days You could tell from conversations …
Me I Disconnect From You The alarm rang for days You could tell from conversations I …
Mean Street My friends have Been demoted to Stay Second class Some…
Metal We're in the building Where they make us grow And I'm frig…
Music for Chameleons At 4 o'clock we land And I'll wave my flag for…
My Brother's Time Sometimes they try to forget and sometimes they do Giving l…
My Life is a Liquid Can you see her little eyes? Can you see her little…
My Love Is a Liquid can you see her little eyes can you see her little…
My Shadow in Vain Stroll to the café my God how time flies And I…
O. D. Receiver Heartbeat I can't see you Heartbeat I can hear you I fee…
Oh! Didn't I Say Hollow Faces staring through my window Sometimes I can play …
On Broadway They say that Neon lights are bright on Broadway They say …
Only a Downstat Only a downstat Personality problem He would say things like…
Out Of Sight I don't wanna hear you talk And I don't wanna…
Praying to the Aliens Slowly the thought "There is no one to replace" Came into vi…
Remember I Was Vapour There's nothing here but us There's nothing here but us …
Replicas It was hard to avoid I suppose it was the shame But…
She's Got Claws You are distraction Like pictures on the wall I don't like…
Slowcar to China She'll take a slowcar to China She'll pay the rent for…
Something's in the House Memories lost in faded films of my life And a friend…
Something’s In The House Memories lost in faded films of my life And a friend…
Steel and You It's so quiet and dark And I shouldn't be here This machine…
Stories She sits in the corner Where it's reasonably quiet Drinkin…
That's Too Bad I look up and the camera eye is Searching my room The…
The Crazies Here in my room Where the paint dries like your face I'm…
The Dream Police The dream police Slogan: "What is on your mind?2 The airwave…
The Life Machine Me I've just died But some machine keeps on humming I'm just…
The Machman I saw him turn on like a machine in the…
The Monday Troop Final bow In a disused music hall Of laughter and mime Th…
This Is My Life I'm not so sure I still want more of this…
This Machine It's so quiet and dark And I shouldn't be here This machine…
This Wreckage And what if God's dead? We must have done something wrong …
Thoughts No. 2 Sometimes I feel I live like a prisoner But I don't know …
Warriors I fall Down No control somehow No help Now My favour …
We Are Glass We are so fragile Advertising lies That are whiter than yo…
We Have a Technical We have a random on the west side Personality malfunction …
White Light/White Heat Only one recording of this song by Gary Numan is…
You Are in My Vision Fade to scenes of violence Like a t.v. screen but silent Whe…
Zero Bars My name is Smith Your silence is my trade My name is…


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