Depeche Mode has never shied away from dealing with tough topics. While the band might be primarily known for its dance hit “Just Can’t Get Enough,” Depeche Mode has managed to keep up a pop beat ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

Since breaking out of England in the early 1980s, Depeche Mode has forged a distinctive and uncompromising legacy. The band has always maintained an outsider’s mentality, even as their group evolved ...

At the end of 1981, lead songwriter Vince Clarke quit the Basildon synth-pop band as they were poised for international ...

Many bands who went the synth-pop route in the 80s struggled to maintain much longevity beyond the genre’s heady early days. Depeche Mode defied that trend to the point where people still eagerly ...