![]() ![]() When Numan announced his retirement after a whirlwind two years and three visually dazzling tours, including a series of farewell concerts at Wembley Arena in April 1981, Gardiner decided to go solo while the rest of the band, Sharpley, Payne, the guitarist Russell Bell and the keyboard-player Denis Haines, formed the grandly named Dramatis. In the spring of 1979, Sharpley joined Numan, who had already recorded two Tubeway Army albums with Gardiner and his uncle Jess Lidyard on drums, replacing the latter in time to perform "Down In The Park" and "Are 'Friends' Electric?" on the Whistle Test, and appear on Top Of The Pops as "Electric" raced to the top of the charts. The Dramatis Project by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army: Listen to songs by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army on Myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. Championed by Bob Harris, they appeared on The Old Grey Whistle Test and recorded two studio albums for EMI in the mid-'70s before disbanding. ![]() With the bassist Neil Brewer and the singer and guitarist Dane Stevens he formed Druid, a progressive rock group often compared to Yes, especially once they added the keyboardist Andrew McCrorie-Shand to the line-up in 1974. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1952, Sharpley came to Britain and settled in Hertfordshire during the 1960s. ![]()
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