SUPER FAN
GARY NUMAN
FRANK HENTSCHKE WOLFENBÜTTEL, GERMANY
Q: When did you become a Superfan of Gary Numan and why do you like him?
A: I became a superfan in around 1993 when Gary was on a creative low. I bought a cheap CD compilation called Electric Dreams which included Cars and Are ‘Friends’ Electric?. I was unaware of his work before that because he wasn’t that big in the German charts. I was very impressed by his use of analogue synths and that unique voice. As a fan of dystopian novels, I was amazed by Gary’s mysterious lyrics and ever-changing album cover images from 1979 to 1984 that seemed to come straight from sci-fi movies. This was quite unusual. I was still in school and everybody y was listening to Eurodisco, techno or grunge.