What’s the official reason the band is called Depeche Mode?ĭave was at art college and really into fashion, and there was a magazine at the time called Depeche Mode from France. I’ve seen conflicting accounts of how you named the band. We never had people breathing down our neck saying, “You can’t do that.” Daniel Miller, who is still involved with us to this day, was very instrumental in our career and allowed us that freedom to evolve naturally.
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We were free to also experiment musically and do whatever we wanted. So we had that kind of umbrella protecting us in many ways. We were on Mute Records, and Mute was licensed through different majors around the world.
(Laughs.) I think we were fortunate that we were always on, for a very long time at least, and for all of the ’80s and ’90s, a small independent label. And even after that.ĭid you get pushback for your image? Did the record companies say, “Can you butch it up?” Our image was quite androgynous in the ’80s, especially. Especially during the ’80s, I would say more. I think we’ve always been fairly aware of that, yes. Were you aware that your music was connecting specifically with gay youth as you were making it? I told a few friends that I’m going to be interviewing you and over and over I kept hearing from LGBTQ friends how much Depeche Mode helped them get through their teen years. From the moment I heard it, I just thought, “That is a perfect representation of the songs that we have ready for this record.” And also it was a very strong title.
And also hitting a milestone birthday of 60, which kind of hit me like a sledgehammer. The reason really that title stood out to me was because of the pandemic and watching tallies around the world and in America rise. It just seemed natural to focus on something and get it done.Īnd the title, which you chose before all this, is Memento Mori, which refers to the inevitability of death. So I don’t think we ever considered not finishing it. Because it’s quite good to have something to focus on, and music’s always a bit of a healer, anyway, as John Lee Hooker once said. I think that we just felt that it was probably healthier for us to continue on with the schedule that we had booked. I don’t think we really considered the band or anything like that. And so it’s just very sad, so unexpected.ĭid it slow the process down or did you feel somehow committed to finishing it for him? He was very excited about starting working again.
And we were due to start recording with Andy about seven weeks after he died. We had all the songs written and we had an idea for the album title already. How were you able to continue to create and be productive after the profound loss of your friend and bandmate, Andy Fletcher? Because I think you were mid-album when it happened? Pennebaker documentary, Depeche Mode: 101. Gore, 61, opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about his thoughts on grief and mortality, and his memories of the band’s historic 1988 Music for the Masses tour stop at the Rose Bowl stadium, attended by 60,000 devout worshippers and captured in the D.A. That the new album, titled well before Fletcher’s passing, is named for a Latin phrase about “the inevitability of death” adds unintended significance to the project. Tragically, one of their founding members will not be along for the ride: Andy Fletcher died unexpectedly earlier this year. Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Bon Jovi Among 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
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