In the first half of the '80s, when Depeche Mode was just a baby-faced synth-pop band singing bubblegum love songs, America couldn't be bothered to care. The boys from Basildon, England, were neither as pretty as Duran Duran nor as cartoonish as all those New Romantics on MTV, and singles like…

When synth-pop trailblazers Depeche Mode put out their darkly hued seventh album, Violator, a quarter of a century ago, it was an event. The Beatles may have had Beatlemania, but the group had their own bloodthirsty zombie horde willing to crush anything standing between them and their favorite…

Usually, when reviewing an album for XS Noize, I’m obliged to give a rating out of ten to reflect how I feel about it. Whenever I am considering how an album rates on that scale, Violator by Depeche Mode is the benchmark I use as, in my opinion it is simply the finest album ever made. I don’t…

Remek alkalom egy ilyen nap áttekinteni az itt ritkábban szereplő dalokat, főleg, ha ilyen kitűnő fanvideóval párosulnak!

A kissé még ügyetlenke playback előadás dátuma természetesen rosszul szerepel a videó alatt, a helyes évszám 1990.

Itt található: https://soundcloud.com/homemode/25-homes-25-years-of-violator-tribute Az interjúk mellett az alábbi dalok különböző verziói csendülnek fel: Happiest GirlKaleidEnjoy The SilencePolicy Of TruthHaloBlue DressWorld In My EyesPersonal JesusMemphistoSweetest PerfectionWaiting…

The 19th of March is always a very special day for Depeche Mode fans. To anybody else it’s just a regular day, but for us, The Devotees, it’s the day we honor the release date of Depeche Mode’s landmark album, Violator. This March 19th, however, is a little more special than the others. Today…

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