Numan appears only on the track "Love Needs No Disguise". The material does not really stand the test of time, unlike the bulk of Numan's material. This album will likely only appeal to the Numan fan masses or fans of early 80's synth/new wave material. programmes and where much in demand for their multi-instrumentalĬhris Payne (vocals, keyboards), Cedric Sharpley (drums), Rrussell Bell (guitars, keyboards)ĭramatis released an LP called "For Future Reference" which, if it had not been for the die-hard Numan fans, probably would have gone completely unnoticed (even if it had been released in the US, which it wasn't), despite some fun, hook-laden songs ("Oh 2025" for example). Dramatis have also written a number of themes for T.V. Two of their singles reached the UK Singles Chart: the 1981 single with Numan "Love Needs No Disguise" which reached number 33, and the 1982 single "I Can See Her Now" which reached number 57. They released six singles and one album before disbanding in 1982. Dramatis did have some chart success with Love Needs No Disguise but this was probably due to Numan singing on the single which he actually co-wrote with the band. Many Numan fans would turn up expecting to catch a glimpse of their idol, but he never materialised. A five piece electronic pop outfit, they tried to capture the Numan fans using techniques colleges. Dramatis formed after Gary Numan quit touring, the backing band got together to form Dramatis. Chris Payne (vocals, keyboards), Rrussell Bell (guitars, keyboards), Cedric Sharpley (drums), Denis Haines (keyboards) were originally members of Gary Numan's backing band.
Why a full page on Dramatis? Because certain members played a big part in Gary’s sound in the early days, without any doubt a very important part of Gary’s History.ĭramatis were a British synthpop band from the early 1980s.
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