
24 November 1978 · 48 YEARS
Tubeway Army
Tubeway Army
This project finds Gary Numan moving away from traditional rock toward mechanical synthesizers. It marks a transition point for a band that would eventually embrace an icy, dystopian future.
Recorded toward the end of the punk era, the music feels claustrophobic and jagged. Influenced by science fiction, the compositions highlight the conflict between loud, energetic instruments and the emerging, frigid electronic style of the London scene.