Martin Gore

-played the guitar for The French Look and Norman & The Worms.

-His full name is Martin Lee Gore.

-wrote ''See You'' at the age of sixteen

-had about 20-30 songs written when he was 16, to use for the next album(A Broken Frame).

-took over the writing for DM songs.

-currently married with two daughters.

-released a solo album in 1989 named Counterfeit EP.

-sings songs for DM like ''Home'', ''Pipeline'', and ''One Caress''.

Dave Gahan

-had an argument with the band and said, ''They only asked me to join because Vince thought I looked good. Bastard!''

-had endured a troublesome adolescence, replete with thievery and vandalism which earned him three appearences in juvenile court.

-quiting school and having about 20 separate jobs including stacking shelves in a supermarket, toiling on a contruction site and working as a packer at Yardley's Factory.

-almost killed himself by trying to slice his wrist and was addicted to drugs.

-has a son named Jack.

-married twice and divorced

Andrew Fletcher

-met Vince at a local Boys Brigade meeting.

-Fletch introduced Martin to Vince.

-is the accountant for DM.

-is 6''4 in height.

-is married

Vince Clarke

-wrote early songs and was lead singer for Compostion of Sound.

-was a member of the band No Romance In China.

-left DM on December 12, 1981. He says, ''Breaking the news was terrible''.

-said he would write songs for the band, which was a lie, but offered a song named ''Only You'', DM turned it down.

-after DM went and did other projects like Yazoo or Erasure.

-did a performence with Erasure of the song ''Just Can't Get Enough'' which he wrote in a fan clun convention.

Alan Wilder

-In 1978, he helped Daphne & The Tenderspots release their debut single ''Disco Hell''.

-Alan's first performance with DM was at Crocs in Rayleigh, in January, 1982.

-His full name is Alan Charles Wilder

-first recorded ''Get The Balance Right!'' and was a full time band member.

-wrote songs for Contruction Time Again, including ''The Landscape is Changing'', ''Two Minute Warning'' and a B-side for the ''Love In Itself'' single, ''Fools''.

-Left the band for the disatisfaction of the input he did which he claims didn't get what it deserved.

-currently doing a solo project named ''Recoil''.

Band

-name came up from the magazine ''Depeche Mode'' which meant ''Fast Fashion''.

-appear to 80,000 people in Athens, Greece on July 23rd, which was Martin's birthday. The fans singed ''Happy Birthday'' sang to him.

-appear in Some Great Bizarre Complication, which made DM's career, with the track ''Photographic''.

-''Boys Say Go!'' was first named ''Boys''. ''Dreaming Of Me'' was first named ''Dreams Of Me/Dreams''. ''Photographic'' was first named ''Bright Light''. ''Puppets'' first name was ''Operator''. ''I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead'' was first named ''Sometimes I Wish/Sometimes Dead''. ''What's Your Name?'' was first named ''Pretty Boy''.

-the album 101 was meant as DM's 101 concert performance.

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