I think Numan has identified Foxx as an influence, ironically. Foxx
was leading Ultravox before Gary appeared on the scene. In fact
Ultravox worked with Brian Eno before Bowie approached him for Low.
He performs old Ultravox stuff in his set (ie pre Midge Ure), his
seminal records Underpass & Burning Car, and some later material. He
is also doing a live score to his Tiny Colour Movies in Melbourne at
ACMI on Friday night if anyone is around! Foxx's MySpace and site are
pretty cool. Juan and Carl are even mentioned in his bio so he's
obviously aware of Detroit sounds.
Also I read an amazing interview with Numan in Mojo lately where he
discussed his having Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism from what
I understand - totally changes your understanding of his music. Deep,
eh?
On 07/05/2008, at 1:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He was certainly a guy who caught my attention at the time and I
went on liking for time afterward. I liked The Garden LP best I
think. When I first saw Gary Newman on Top Of The Pops I thought
"hey, he looks like he's trying to rip off that other guy from a
few weeks back's style" ;-)
From: Cyclone Wehner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 May 2008 15:57
Has anyone seen John Foxx's recent live shows? He must be a
significant influence on techno and electro but most of my geeky
buddies don't know his work at all! I think Gary Numan gets more
props. That actually would have been a good act to bill for the
festival, but admittedly he's obscure for a wider audience. Metamatic
was re-released last year I believe.
