Depeche Mode Keyboardist Says Band Steadier Than Ever But For Rough Start To Tour
By Doug Elfman ~ Depeche Mode’s current tour has been both “calamitous” and “an amazing spectacle,” keyboardist Andy Fletcher tells me. The calamitous: “I found out on the first day of the tour, my father…
Depeche Mode’s Melancholic Melodies
By A.D. Amorosi ~ Making what was once joyless and hurt seem somewhat joyful is Depeche Mode’s game – at least in its present-day live performances. Since the synthesizer-based act’s 1980 start in Basildon, England,…
Depeche Mode World Cafe Interview With David Dye
Depeche Mode: Cosmic Synth-Pop World Cafe, July 10, 2009 – Judging by the charts alone, Depeche Mode could be rated one of the most successful bands in history. Along with 45 U.K. singles, top-ranked records…
Dave Gahan: In Full Work Mode
By Richard Harrington ~ On this very morning a week ago, Dave Gahan slept in. “Which is unusual for me,” the Brit-born, now New York-based singer for Depeche Mode reported from Toronto. “But we just…
Songs Of Innocence & Experience
By Danny Eccleston ~ For 25 years, Depeche Mode have dragged soul-scouring pop out of synthesizers, battling the ogres of smack and Basildon to emerge vindicated. Now if they could only learn to talk to…
