How Depeche Mode launched their career with one of the most important synth-pop records ever released

One of the band's biggest tunes marked the end of their first chapter, but became a springboard that would propel both them ...

The story of Depeche Mode’s Stripped, the song that sampled Dave Gahan’s Porsche and inspired Trent Reznor to start writing Pretty Hate Machine

But this new approach did not mean Depeche Mode were dispatching with chief songwriter Gore’s indelible way with a hook. Instead, everything was delivered with more power and depth, something designed ...
Miami New Times

10 Songs That Show Depeche Mode Are Synth-Pop Masters

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...
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Depeche Mode drops somber new song as part of new concert film

Depeche Mode, those pre-Industrial gods who influenced metal as much as EDM, are delivering fans plenty of gifts recently. First, the group's most recent concert film, Depeche Mode: M, has been ...
American Songwriter

Let’s Get it Started: What was the First U.S. Top-40 Hit by Depeche Mode?

It’s always a bit of a mystery why a band with a lot of success in one pocket of the world struggles to break through to other regions. And when it does happen, it’s interesting to examine why a ...