Top 11 Heartbreaking Depeche Mode Facts That Made Them ’80s Legends!

Top 11 Heartbreaking Depeche Mode Facts That Made Them ’80s Legends!

Despite all their successes, it’s remarkable Depeche Mode is still a band and that all of its members are still alive. The group has suffered quite a few setbacks and tragedies on their path to super stardom. Here’s the shocking, harrowing, sad, and dangerous story of Depeche Mode.

Depeche Mode is known for its distinctive sound, dark and electronic but velvety smooth, soulful, and hard-rocking when it isn’t danceable. That’s a style that came with time and evolution, as Depeche Mode’s first album, 1981’s Speak & Spell, is straightforward synth pop, equal parts catchy and cold on memorable tunes like “Just Can’t Get Enough” and “New Life.” Probably the main reason Speak & Spell sounds so different from, say, “Enjoy the Silence” or “People are People” is because original member Vince Clarke wrote almost the entire thing.

However, almost immediately after the album hit stores, Clarke left Depeche Mode. He was certainly successful, as he formed two of the most influential and popular synth-pop acts ever in Yazoo and Erasure. But his departure from Depeche Mode right after its debut threatened to destroy the band. Fortunately, member Martin Gore stepped up to become the band’s primary songwriter, and keyboardist Alan Wilder joined to fill Clarke’s instrumental post.

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