“I had this huge chip on my shoulder… People were incredibly hostile. My confidence was a mess. I was an ‘80s icon’ for 15 years and that drove me mad”: Whatever you think of Gary Numan’s work, it’s progressive - and even he can live with it now

Gary Numan.

In 2015 Gary Numan won that year’s Innovation In Sound Award. The following year, after accepting a Moog Innovation Award, he spoke to Prog about the years it took him to accept his work had made an impact on the music world – and insisted he wasn’t anyone particularly special.

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