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I'd been a Bowie fan before punk and used to get no end of trouble. I was always getting knocked about and having to run up the street, getting chased by people. It was horrible.

Gary Numan

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Gary Numan
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: March 8
Guitarist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Hammersmith
London
Gary Anthony James Webb
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