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DM News

Aug 27th - The fourth unofficial Los Angeles Depeche Mode Convention will take place at The Palace in Hollywood, California.  For more info see here.

July 23rd - Happy Birthday Martin Gore!

July 8th - Happy Birthday to Andrew Fletcher!

June 5th - Depeche Mode started recording their new album in London.

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Discography

Studio releases

Speak and Spell 09/81
A Broken Frame 09/82
Construction Time Again 08/83
Some Great Reward 08/84
Black Celebration 09/86
Music for the Masses 09/87
Violator 03/90
Songs of Faith and Devotion 03/93
Ultra

Compilations

People Are People 06/84
The Singles 81-85 09/85
Cathcing Up with Depeche Mode (*)
Singles Boxes 1/2/3
The Singles 86-98
The Singles 81-85 (re-release)

Official Live Albums

101 02/89
Songs of Faith and Devotion - Live 12/93
Total Live  05/95

* Essentially the same album as The Singles 81-85, just released in different country (Catching Up being US release)

DM Basics

Band Members: David Gahan, Martin Lee Gore, Andrew John "Fletch" Fletcher.  Past Members: Vincent Clarke, Alan Charles "Slik" Wilder

Started as a trio of Vince Clarke (lead guitar), Martin Gore (keyboards) and Andrew Fletcher (bass guitar) under the name Composition of Sound.  David Gahan soon joined as lead vocalist and the name was changed to Depeche Mode.

They released their first track, a slightly different version of "Photographic" on the independent Some Bizzare label.   Their first single "Dreaming of Me" was released in early 1981 on the Mute label and peaked at 57 on the UK charts.  After their third release "Just Can't Get Enough" they began work on their first album, "Speak and Spell"

After recording Speak and Spell Vince (main songwriter) announced he would leave the band.  Martin then assumed the songwriting duty and Alan Wilder joined the band as the replacement keyboardist after the recording of "A Broken Frame"

It is this line up that would carry Depeche Mode into its prime years (see discography)  In 1993 Alan left the band.  In 1995 David mad a suicide attempt by slashing his wrists and then nearly overdosed on heroin, leading to an arrest on drug charges.  However they were back on track with 1997's Ultra which went number 1 in the UK and entered the American album charts at #5.

In October 1998 Depeche Mode released "The Singles: 86-98" and went back on the road with a new tour to support the album

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