Steve Masters headed backstage to interview Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore at Shoreline Amphitheatre before their show on September 26, 2013. Here are some highlights from their Q and A … On the band return to the Bay after five years: “On the last tour we didn’t actually play here because we…

Many consider the trio of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher to be the godfathers of New Wave.   Since 1981, Depeche Mode has produced dozens of synth-induced dance-pop hits in the U.K. – earning them the distinction “The most popular electronic band the world has ever known” from…

Synth-pop began 30 years ago as a soundtrack for the cynical. The Eurythmics divided the world into those who want to abuse and those who want to be abused (“Sweet Dreams”). Soft Cell saluted porn theaters and sexual fetishes (“Seedy Films,” “Sex Dwarf”), while the Pet Shop Boys offered…

Having survived drugs, disease, infighting and '80s haircuts, Depeche Mode continues to build an electronic-rock body of work on the consistency level of U2. For 33 years, beginning with hits such as "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Personal Jesus," the band has hyper-polished its formula -- Dave…

The crowd at Depeche Mode's sold-out Sunday night show at Toronto's Molson Ampitheatre may have given the impression that there were a heckuva lot of babysitters on duty across the GTA, but the music hardly sounded as old as much of the audience. That's the benefit of being an electronic act, even…

Depeche Mode, despite its ’80s roots, doesn’t ever want to seen as an oldies act. The electronic pop group, which performs 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, at Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, released its 13th album, “Delta Machine,” in March and has just kicked off the North American leg of an…

Twenty years ago Depeche Mode was in a best of times/worst of times situation. The British electronic pop group had released “Songs of Faith and Devotion,” its first No. 1 album in both the U.S. and the U.K. and a critical triumph. But frontman Dave Gahan was in the throes of a worsening…

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Ben Hillier looks nice like that. He laughs all the time. Except that behind the screen of all this kindness English hides a monster resume work as structured professional training Companions. Among the victims of his fury, piochons U2, The Smashing Pumpkins, Suede, Editors, PVT, or The Horrors. A…