Doh! There goes my "ancient man of synths" membership out of the window. Don't know how the hell I forgot about the fact that he was UK number one with Are Friends Electric and all the rest of it before the stuff under his own name when typing the below. Finger too fast on the Discogs trigger.
> From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 May 2008 12:40 > > On 7 May 2008, at 12:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hey, the beauty of 313! These replies are really interesting, I'd > > connected these 2 guys for years but thought that was just in my > > head (and that they were roughly contemporary). But the below and > > Cyclone's post about Numan (sorry for earlier spelling!) citing > > Foxx as an influence show something more substantial. Not sure how > > to square the 2 though - as Cyclone mentions he was fronting > > Ultravox before Numan came on the scene? > > > > Just been off to check Discogs and Cars was 1979, Ha Ha Ha '77. I > > thought the gap was bigger. Maybe John was a fast learner ;-) > > Check Tubeway Army....Bomber was the first single in 78 I believe.
