Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
David Gahan (/ ɡ ɑː n / GAHN; born David Callcott; 9 May 1962) is an English singer best known as the lead singer of electronic music band Depeche Mode since their formation in 1980. Noted for his commanding stage presence [ 1 ] and unique baritone voice, [ 2 ] Gahan was ranked at No. 73 on Q magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Singers" [ 3 ...
Clarke served as chief songwriter and also provided lead vocals until singer Dave Gahan was recruited into the band later in 1980, after which they adopted the name Depeche Mode at Gahan's suggestion. [11] Clarke left the group in late 1981, shortly after the release of their debut album Speak & Spell. [12] Fletcher (right) with Depeche Mode in ...
Depeche Mode co-founder Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher dead at age 60. ... Upon the recruitment of lead singer Dave Gahan, ... After Clarke left Depeche Mode to form Yazoo (and, later on, Erasure ...
Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, keyboardist and one of the founding members of iconic British electronic band Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60. The news was announced via Depeche Mode’s official ...
Fletcher helped define the sound of 1980s and '90s alternative music through hits including 'Just Can't Get Enough,' 'Personal Jesus' and 'People Are People.'
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2022.
Other musicians have stated their admiration for Depeche Mode. In an interview in 2009, Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr argued that Depeche Mode and U2 were the only contemporaries of his band which could be said to have "stayed constantly relevant". [182] Muse's Matt Bellamy said, "They had their own thing, their own style, own sound. I ...
Late band member Andy "Fletch" Fletcher is honored during Depeche Mode's sold out concert at Los Angeles's Kia Forum, March 28, 2023. (Photo: Lyndsey Parker)