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Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode live at the 2006 O2 Wireless Festival
Background information
Origin 	Basildon, Essex, England
Genres 	New Wave
Alternative dance
Electronic rock[1]
Synthpop
Years active 	1980 – present
Labels 	Mute Records
Capitol Records
EMI Records
Sire Records
Reprise Records
Some Bizzare Records
Associated acts 	Dave Gahan
Martin Gore
Yazoo
Erasure
Recoil
Website 	Official site
Members
Dave Gahan
Martin Gore
Andrew Fletcher
Former members
Vince Clarke (1980-1981)
Alan Wilder (1982-1995)

Depeche Mode (IPA: [dəˈpɛʃ], də-PESH) are an English electronic band who formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981), Andrew Fletcher (keyboards) and Vince Clarke (keyboards, chief songwriter 1980–81). Vince Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album, and was replaced by Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, production) with Gore taking over songwriting. Wilder left the band in 1995 and since then Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher have continued as a trio.

Depeche Mode are one of the most successful, longest-lived bands from the early 1980s. They have had forty-five songs in the UK Singles Chart and #1 albums in UK, US and throughout Europe. According to EMI, Depeche Mode have sold over 75 million albums worldwide[2], as part of total worldwide record sales (including singles) in excess of 100 million.[3][4]