depeche mode

The only punk band Dave Gahan said "could actually play"

2026-01-10 12:30:00 UTC

Punk was a complete musical revolution, but actual musical skill was hard to come by, with only one group standing out in the mind of Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan.

Depeche Mode concert film, M, released on Netflix

2026-01-10 12:30:00 UTC

The film was captured when the band played to almost 200,000 fans across three sold-out nights in Mexico City in September 2023

"A powerful tribute to the unbreakable connection between music, tradition and the human spirit." Depeche Mode’s acclaimed concert film M to premiere on Netflix this week

2026-01-10 12:30:00 UTC

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Depeche Mode (/dəˌpɛʃ ˈmoʊd/) are an English electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band has consisted of Gahan and Gore since 2022.

With Clarke as their primary songwriter, Depeche Mode released their debut album Speak & Spell in 1981 amid the British new wave scene and were a part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion. Clarke left the band at the end of 1981, going on to form the groups Yazoo and later Erasure. The remaining trio recorded their second album, A Broken Frame (1982), with Martin Gore as chief songwriter. The band then recruited Alan Wilder, establishing a line-up that continued until 1995, beginning with the albums Construction Time Again (1983) and Some Great Reward (1984). The albums Black Celebration (1986) and Music for the Masses (1987) cemented them as one of the most popular alternative bands of the 1980s, and their June 1988 concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl drew a crowd of over 60,000 people.