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lundi 18 janvier 2016

20160118 - News : ON THE RECORD: How did Depeche Mode get its name? | Arts & Music | rapidcityjournal.com

ON THE RECORD: How did Depeche Mode get its name? | Arts & Music | rapidcityjournal.com

Q: Where did the band Depeche Mode get its name?

A: Although the roots of Depeche Mode stretch back to 1976, the band formed in Basildon, England, in 1980. Their sound was almost entirely built around the synthesizer and they soon became one of the most successful of the techno-pop bands of the 1980s. Martin Gore, the group’s principle songwriter, has said that the band’s name was taken from a French fashion magazine. The name means “hurried fashion” or “fashion dispatch,” concepts that appealed to him and his band mates.

lundi 12 octobre 2015

20151012 - News : Dave Gahan Talks New Depeche Mode | News | Clash Magazine

Dave Gahan Talks New Depeche Mode | News | Clash Magazine

Dave Gahan is the middle of something of a creative purple patch.

"No plans at the moment but I'm not ruling out Martin (Gore) and I being back in the studio at some point next year," he explained. "I know he's started a bit of writing and I've started a little bit of writing as well. I did see him recently and we talked a little bit about getting together later this year just to sort of have a chat about what that might be."

"Look, there's going to be another Depeche record. We're not done," he insisted. "We always have that feeling... after a tour, you're like: I'm done. And then suddenly this feeling starts coming up again, like, well we could have made a better record or we could have worked with that guy or we could have done this or we could have done that. There's still that nagging feeling that I have with Martin. And I think that between us Martin and I are just starting to scratch at something that's a little different between us. We're much more of a team these days than we've ever been, which has taken a long time."