The trick with Depeche Mode compared to most other bands who have been around for four decades is that Dave Gahan and Martin ... Early long-time member Alan Wilder left the band in 1995.

A harder industrial sound with new boy Alan Wilder helping the Mode shake off ... I remember me, Andy and Dave all left that project early to go on holiday. We all had holidays booked and we ...

Dave Gahan, the soul of Depeche Mode ... Clarke (later to be reunited with Yazoo and Erasure), the departure of Alan Wilder in 1995 and the sudden death of Andrew Fletcher (an essential link ...

Ha ha! FLETCHER: Dave actually locked himself away for days on end, painting. Alan was really not in a good mood, he was just eating apples, not communicating with anyone else. GAHAN: It sounds ...