The Metal of My Hell - I Speak Machine

A year or so back I went to see Gary Numan with my buddy Rachel. The opening act was a single human begin backed by her husband on production - I Speak Machine.


I was really, deeply impressed by the performance. This is possibly the best song by I Speak Machine but it's far from the only good one. Great stuff, and I really hope they'll perform again near me soon.

Behind the Vinyl: Gary Numan, "Cars"

Gary Numan speaking about writing "Cars."



I'll see him this Friday . . . can't wait.

Gary Numan - I Die, You Die

I had a dream the other night, and in it someone was clearly playing this song by Gary Numan:



I woke up and I had to listen to it. That sparked me doing a quick tour of the best of several albums . . . and then listening to these in order:

Splinter
Savage
The Pleasure Principle
Telekon

I'm moving on next to Warriors and then I, Assassin and probably Replicas after that. I've got others queued up - Gary Numan solo and Tubeway Army as well. We'll see what order they come in. But in the meantime, enjoy I Die, You Die.

Gary Numan - My Name is Ruin

Hurrah, new Gary Numan:



He was on Jonsey's Jukebox recently, too, talking about music, going to Katy Perry concerts with his daughters, and facing death in a plane with the engines out over the Pacific Ocean.

Alice Cooper - Clones

It's Friday the Thirteenth. If that doesn't say Alice Cooper, what else does?



Here is a pretty unusual song - it's like Alice Cooper meets Gary Numan.

Damn catchy too.

Sloan covering Gary Numan's "Cars"

In another installment of interesting covers, I found this:

Sloan Covering Gary Numan's "Cars"

Nice cover, and and a very interesting softer take on "Cars." You've got the tambourine, the synthesizer, and so on, but you've also got a nice variation on the chords on the guitar.