* As a result of a quarrel between Numan III, the Lakhmid ruler, and the Persian Chosroes, the Persian border with Arabia is no longer guarded.

Gary Numan ( born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958 ) is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits " Are ' Friends ' Electric?

Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music.

To date, The Fury is the last Numan album to crack the British Top 30.

The influence was two-way ; Numan claimed that Nine Inch Nails ' song " Closer " is his favourite hit single of all time, and influenced his music.

Numan is known for his love of flying, a passion which has featured in some of his music videos (" Warriors ", " I Can't Stop ").

In the second series episode " I Know What Alan Did Last Summer " he enthusiastically plays " air-bass " to the Gary Numan song " Music for Chameleons ", and in " Never Say Alan Again " is seen drumming along inside his Lexus to the theme of Return of the Saint which he plays at full volume insensitively at the cemetery whilst having given his assistant Lynn ten minutes to commemorate the anniversary of her mother's passing.

" Cars " is a 1979 song by UK artist Gary Numan, and was released as a single from the album The Pleasure Principle.

* The song is featured in several episodes of the first season of the UK comedy series The Mighty Boosh ( Numan himself appeared in one episode during the series ' third season ).

Pharmaceuticals tycoon El-Sayyid el-Badawi is the current party chairman after winning Al-Wafd's internal election on May 28, 2010 against Mahmoud Abaza, who was the party chairman after succeeding Numan Gumaa in 2006.

Yasin Said Numan (; born 1948 ) is the General Secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party.

Aviador Dro ( short for El Aviador Dro Y Sus Obreros Especializados ) is an electronic band from Spain that formed in Madrid in 1979 with influences such as Gary Numan, Devo and Kraftwerk.

* Rika ( in the Japanese version ) is a Numan, the product of a thousand years of continuous research in genetic engineering by the biological support system artificial intelligence, Seed ; she is effectively a descendant, clone, and superior version of Nei, originally born to carry out the will of Seed and had since her birth developed into a surrogate daughter for the artificial intelligence.

* Gary Numan recorded his Touring Principle show on September 28 and is widely recognised as the first release of a live concert video.

Arthur Numan ( born 14 December 1969 in Heemskerk, North Holland ) is a retired Dutch footballer.

One of the other tracks, " Big Science 1-2-3 " is in the style of Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson or Gary Numan.

Notably missing from almost all recent broadcasts is the Gary Numan song " Down in the Park.

" Because Numan once again owns the rights to this footage, it is speculated that he has refused the broadcast rights to the clip.

The song " Down in the Park " is credited as being performed by Gary Numan although technically it was recorded when Numan was using the band name Tubeway Army.

Mubarak's opponent, Ayman Nour, of the Tomorrow Party, is estimated to have received 7. 3 % of the vote and Numan Gumaa received 2. 8 %, however, Nour claimed that prior polling results showed over 30 %.

It is a compilation that includes previously released material such as the UK hit " He's on the Phone " as well as curios like their cover of the Paul Gardiner / Gary Numan song " Stormtrooper in Drag ".

Track 11 is the same as the version that appeared on the limited edition of Obsolete, but features only Gary Numan on vocals.

Numan signed to IRS Records and his final studio album of the 1980s, the edgy, industrial-funk Metal Rhythm ( 1988 ) found favour with fans and scored some positive reviews in the UK music press, but it sold poorly despite two hit singles.

Numan has become acknowledged and respected by his peers, with such musicians as Dave Grohl ( of Foo Fighters and Nirvana ), Trent Reznor ( of Nine Inch Nails ), and Marilyn Manson proclaiming his work an influence and recording cover versions of old Numan hits.

Numan has recently completed a four-date run of gigs in Australia and will be touring the UK in the coming months.

Numan said " Every village and town in England has a bunch of thugs running around in it.

The track has been a UK Top Twenty hit for Numan in three successive decades: on its original release in 1979 ( making number one ); in 1987 as the ' E Reg Model ' remix ( making number 16 ); and again in 1996 following its use in an advertisement for Carling Premier beer ( number 17 ).

Numan has regularly performed the song on stage since its original release and it appears on all but one of his official live albums to date.

Most recently ( 2009 ), Kane has toured Australia acting as support for electro legend Gary Numan.

Numan joined Twente at the close of the 1990 – 91 season where he has scored goals even as a defender.

Slade has worked with Gary Numan, Tom Jones, Olivia Newton-John ( as co-members of the band Toomorrow ), and Uriah Heep.

The album has been cited as influencing the goth rock, darkwave and science fiction elements of work by artists such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Gary Numan, John Foxx and Nine Inch Nails.

His style of house music has been compared and inspired by the likes of Kraftwerk, Prince, Gary Numan, and Nitzer Ebb.

Blue has cited Gary Numan, Type O Negative, and Black Sabbath as the album's influences.

The song was a hit for The Drifters in 1963, reaching # 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been covered by many artists such as The Coasters, The Dave Clark Five, The Chipettes, Eric Carmen, Bobby Darin, Percy Faith, Tom Jones, Johnny Mathis, James Taylor, Gary Numan, Tito Puente, Lou Rawls, Buddy Rich, Paul Rodgers with Jeff Beck, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sly & the Family Stone, Livingston Taylor, Neil Young, and Widespread Panic.

The final studio album of what Numan retrospectively termed the " Machine " section of his career, Telekon reintroduced guitars to Numan's music and featured a wider range of synthesisers.

Warriors was the last album Numan recorded for Beggars Banquet Records, and was supported by a 40-date UK tour ( again with support from robotic mime and music duo Tik and Tok ) – Numan's first live tour in the UK since his Wembley appearances in 1981.

In 1991, Numan ventured into film-scoring by co-composing the music for The Unborn with Michael R. Smith ( the score was later released as an instrumental album in 1995, Human ).

In a September 2009 interview with The Quietus, Numan says that he and Trent Reznor plan to make music together.

Synthpop's early steps, and Gary Numan in particular, were also disparaged in the British music press of the late 1970s and early 1980s for their German influences and characterised by journalist Mick Farren as the " Adolf Hitler Memorial Space Patrol ".

After the breakthrough of Tubeway Army and Gary Numan in the British Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound and they came to dominate the pop music of the early 1980s.

Numan had a long-standing dislike for being associated with what he perceived as dated music, and this initially made him apprehensive of working with Fear Factory until realizing " there was a chance that it could introduce me to a new generation of people who didn ’ t know my history.

Numan also appears in the sci-fi music video, directed by John S. Bartley and filmed in Vancouver, which debuted in June 1999.

Other notable British artists in pop music include Spice Girls, Adele, Leona Lewis, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Lily Allen, Dido, James Blunt, Mika, Calvin Harris, One Direction, Imogen Heap, Kim Wilde, Sade, Fleetwood Mac, Small Faces, Tom Jones, Natasha Bedingfield, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Culture Club, Davy Jones, Erasure, Simply Red, Gary Numan, Madness and Robbie Williams.

These included pop bands like XTC, Squeeze and Nick Lowe, the electronic rock of Gary Numan as well as songwriters like Elvis Costello, rock & roll influenced bands like the Pretenders, the reggae influenced music of bands like The Police, as well as bands of the ska revival like The Specials and Madness.

Mescaleros Pablo Cook & Smiley together with Mike Peters ( The Alarm ), Derek Forbes ( Simple Minds ), Steve Harris ( Gary Numan ) are in Los Mondo Bongo ( a celebration of the music of Joe Strummer ) who together with Ray Gange ( DJ ) tour whenever possible performing those great Mescaleros tunes and have toured the UK and Canada.

These included pop bands like XTC, Squeeze and Nick Lowe, the electronic rock of Gary Numan as well as songwriters like Elvis Costello, rock & roll influenced bands like the Pretenders, the reggae influenced music of bands like The Police, as well as bands of the ska revival like The Specials and Madness.

are retrospectively considered one of the founding fathers of Krautrock and a significant influence on artists including David Bowie, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, PiL, Joy Division, Gary Numan, Ultravox, Simple Minds, Negativland, Stereolab, Boredoms, Radiohead, The Horrors, Electrelane, and much of the current electronic music scene.

Live music from Gary Numan who performs " Cars ", " Scar ", and " Are ' Friends ' Electric?

It also includes music by Hughes Hall from the trailer, as well as songs by Gary Numan, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Course of Empire that did not appear in the film.

Sebasstian also began releasing and producing music and remixes for other bands, including DragStrip Riot, The Wages of Sin, Faith & Disease, The Bad Things, Melene Marie Brown, OmBili Troupe, The Flathand 5, Billy Dwayne & The Creepers, Gary Numan, Gene Loves Jezebel, and his own solo project D. A.

The movie features a soundtrack of punk rock and New Wave music with a wide range of artists including The Ramones, The Cure, XTC, Lou Reed, Gary Numan, Talking Heads, Suzi Quatro, Roxy Music, Robin Gibb & Marcy Levy, Patti Smith and The Pretenders.