“…I used to be involved in [punk rock], jumping up and down and pogoing. I saw the Pistols and all that a lot, I used to go to all the pubs that they all went to before it really started. I used to go around with dyed hair, going to the Vortex on David Bowie nights and it was all fun for a while and then it got very boring. The bands didn’t get any better as far as I was concerned. Shortly after punk started, Bowie came over for his ’76 tour and then I realised what it was really about. And then all of a sudden the bubblegum lot started coming out again, and that were terrible – there was no power!”

Gary Numan, In The City, 1979