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Gary Numan is a Electronic and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Chris Liebing, Shakatak, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Robin Gibb and Simple Minds. Those roots explain a lot about how Gary Numan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tubeway Army, Ultravox, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Adam and the Ants and Thompson Twins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Deadsy, The Lexicon of Love, Dubstar, Kids in America and Severed Heads, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 58 connections around Gary Numan, reaching back through Chris Liebing and forward to Deadsy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gary Numan connections
Gary Numan grew out of Chris Liebing, Shakatak, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros and Robin Gibb, shares an orbit with Tubeway Army, Ultravox, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Adam and the Ants, went on to shape Deadsy, The Lexicon of Love, Dubstar and Kids in America. 58 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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