Group Name: Depeche Mode


Genre(s):
Synthpop
Alternative
New Wave
Post-punk

Members:
David Gahan
Martin Gore
Andrew Fletcher

Past Members:
Vince Clarke
Alan Wilder


From: Basildon, England

Formed: original incarnation in 1976, when Vince Clarke and Andrew Fletcher formed a band known as "No Romance in China."

Nationality: British

Debut Album: Speak & Spell (1981)

Breakthrough Singles: "New Life" (1981); "Strangelove" (1987); "People Are People" (1984)

Did You Know:
David Gahan has been known to have a lot of drug problems influencing many of his songs

Worldwide Sales: estimated at more than 70 million albums worldwide