Gary Anthony James Webb, aka Gary Numan started out as a punker. Got kicked out of his first punk band for being too 'creative'. He would then form Tubeway Army and following some success release 'The Pleasure Principle' as himself. Talk about anti-punk! The album was completely void of guitars, with Gary using only synths. Some consider it one of the founding synth pop albums along with the work of Kraftwerk, a heavy influence on Gary. It also relies heavily on Gary's fascination with sci-fi themes and particularly his thoughts on androids and machines. Of course the albums big hit was 'Cars', but everyone knows that one. For this post we'll look at another track. 'M.E.' is sung from the point of view of the last machine on Earth. Basement Jaxx really liked it....
