Gary Numan

Wow, Gary Numan was approved for addition?  I'm a fan, and have a number of Numan albums, but his addition would be a real stretch.

I see it, but it says above the list:

M@X wrote: Hello Prog Fans, Here is a compilation of the band you suggested to us to add: (if you have other suggestion, post in this thread) **Please note that if you send us BIOGRAPHIES and DISCOGRAPHIES of thoses suggested bands/artist, we will add them faster to the site. Remember that NOT all thoses bands will be added ... suggested band will be evaluated first if they deserve a place in the PROGARCHIVES....

People mention a lot of very questionable stuff (most of the suggestions in this thread, CLICK, were excellent by the way), and that list contains suggestions to be considered, but as it was made clear, it didn't indicate (see the first post) that it was to be added. "Remember that NOT all thoses bands will be added ... suggested band will be evaluated first if they deserve a place in the PROGARCHIVES...."  I couldn't even find a dedicated thread to Numan.  Perhaps deeper in the thread I linked to there is more about Numan.

Ah, nice. A constructive argument rather than a pure dismissal of the thought. Something that tells us a bit of why he might have been suggested in the first place, and why he's never made it from that old "master list" of suggestions.

And as hinted above, I would think that it was as an influential artist his name came up in the first place; although I hadn't thought about his later output in that respect. He's an influence for many more than the people in the industrial and gothic scene too; quite a few exploring the realms of electronic music holds him in just as high esteem as Kraftwerk for instance; I've even come across quite a few having him as a major influence and not mentioning Kraftwerk at all - the latest of these a French outfit called Antiklimax.

Personally I tend to listen to his output prior to 1980 most, but there's a few worthy releases from the 80's as well - White Noise for instance. Of his later output selected tracks are intriguing for me; My Jesus among my favorites there.

He's not prog in my view either; lacking in musical complexity first and foremost; but as an influential artist he might one day make it to related. Not now, but 10 years from now I would suspect there are so many artists stating an influence from him added to this place that he would be included due to that.

I would have thought non-collabs might have come aboard a bit on this discussion - but guess that Numan's still too underground to cause much interest from the more casual members of this community.

I'd like to add something to Olav's comments. The original Master List is, as he also stated, about 5 years old - which means it dates back to the beginnings of the site. Many things have drastically changed since then, especially as regards band/artist additions policy. At the time there were no genre teams, and the control over additions was minimal - this is why there are some debatable entries in the DB (just ask any of the teams who have engaged in cleanup sessions), and there are still so many bio-less entries.

Now the requirements for additions are much more stringent, but bear in mind it wasn't always so... Looking at the Master List can be quite entertaining, as you will find just about EVERYONE was suggested at some point.

Windhawk wrote: And as hinted above, I would think that it was as an influential artist his name came up in the first place; although I hadn't thought about his later output in that respect. He's an influence for many more than the people in the industrial and gothic scene too; quite a few exploring the realms of electronic music holds him in just as high esteem as Kraftwerk for instance; I've even come across quite a few having him as a major influence and not mentioning Kraftwerk at all - the latest of these a French outfit called Antiklimax.

Just for the record, Claude: Manset's addition is NOT a recent one. He was added some time between the end of 200 and the beginning of 2008, when I was still in the Eclectic Team. 

He used to be a human, but now he's Gary Numan. 

Nah, that was just a Replica, Praying to the Aliens When The Iceman Cometh in a Slowcar To China

Edited by Windhawk - January 12 2009 at 11:29

My Jesus, Down In The Park - Sister Surprise ;-)