Should Gary Numan Reunite His Old Bandmates??

ha 'Cars' just popped up on random play on my computer. I don't mind a bit of ind metal but the more Numan leans that way the less interested I am in his records.

I think he does it better on some albums than others. I love Splinter, Pure and Sacrifice and some of the stuff on Dead Son Rising and Exile, but I struggle to get through Jagged in one sitting.

But man, that Dramatis album... the track they did with Numan ('Love Needs No Disguise') is (of course) great, but the album itself (For Future Reference) strikes me as being more than a bit messy. All the members of Dramatis were more than capable musicians, but none of them had an anywhere near decent voice. RRussell Bell, Denis Haines and Chris Payne all take turns at singing lead and none of them are really suited to the role - although Bell probably does the best job overall, but that's not saying much. Also, throughout the course of the record, they seem to be going to great lengths to prove to the listener how musicianly they are while forgetting to write some anywhere near decent material. If they'd worked on the actual songwriting and got a decent lead vocalist in, they may have been onto something. It's telling that the best track they ever did has Numan on vocals, even though Numan never had the greatest voice in the world. I don't think Numan had a hand in writing any part of 'Love Needs No Disguise', though, so they could have done so much better if they'd been more focused.