Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode in Barcelona 2006

Depeche Mode are a highly influential English electronic music band, formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. They are one of the longest-lived and most successful bands to have emerged from the New Wave and New Romantic era, but were actually part of the "futurist" scene. As of 2006, it was estimated that Depeche Mode have sold over 73 million albums worldwide.

Quotes

• I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
  but I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
  And when I die, I expect to find Him laughing.
  • "Blasphemous Rumours", 1984

• Your own personal Jesus
  Someone to hear your prayers
  Someone who cares
  Your own personal Jesus
  Someone to hear your prayers
  Someone who's there
  • "Personal Jesus", 1989 single (also in Violator, 1990)

• All I ever wanted
  All I ever needed
  Is here in my arms
  Words are very unnecessary
  They can only do harm
  • "Enjoy the Silence", Violator (1990)