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Naked Eyes

Years - 1979-84
Best Song - (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me (#9 in Melbourne)
Origin - Bath, England
Driving Force - Synth duo bandwagon

Nash The Slash

Years - 1978-present (currently writing new material) (James Jeffrey "Jeff" Plewman died 10 May 2014)
Best Song - Dead Mans Curve
Origin - Toronto, Canada
Driving Force - Classically trained violin from the cold

Bill Nelson

Years - 1971-present and working with other groups such as Channel Light Vessel
Best Song - Do You Dream in Colour (#52 in UK)
Origin - Wakefield, England
Driving Force - "To sit down and talk about my music and rationalise; for me it seems to defeat the object."

Neuropa

Years - 1994-present
Best Song - New Faith - Very Mode this one, dark and moody with lush strings and tense moments, cool retro Lindrum claps and plenty of rouge.
Origin - Sydney, Australia. Formed in 1994 when Jason Last, Katrina Hughes & Albertine Martinez decided to bring our musical influences together to form an outfit where we could express our taste for 80's electro.
Driving Force - Three into one, Albertine concentrates on programming, arrangements & production, Jason's talent is songwriting, vocals & sounds; Katrina is great for lyrical ideas, overall feel & keyboards.

New Musik

Years - 1979-82
Best Song - Living by Numbers (#12 UK - 16/2/80)
Origin - England
Driving Force - From "rudimentary" to empty electronic dance traks in only 3 albums (or is that years?).

New Order

Years - 1980-?
Best Song - Vanishing Point
Origin - Manchester, England
Driving Force - Independant success and self confessed lack of musical ability

Klaus Nomi

Years - 1977-83 (Klaus Sperber died 6 August 1983)
Best Song - Total Eclipse
Origin - New York, USA (born Bavaria, Germany)
Driving Force - "A friend of mine told me, 'You can never be a rock singer, your accent is too German and your voice is too operatic.'. That really upset me because I knew I didn't sound like anyone else. I knew I was different."

The Normal

Years - 1978-79
Best Song - T.V.O.D.
Origin - London, England
Driving Force - I don't need a TV screen, I just stick the ariel into my skin, Let the signal run through my veins - TVOD

Gary Numan

Years - 1977-future (new album soon) (Paul Gardiner died 4 February 1984, Cedric Sharpley died 13 March 2012)
Best Song - Down in the Park
Origin - England
Driving Force - A need to be independent at the risk of commercial success.