This evening, Depeche Mode was once again shut out of the Grammys. Every time the band is nominated for an industry award, it comes with mixed feelings for fans. Part joy for the possibility they might actually be getting recognized for their amazing work, and part skepticism for the fact they rarely get the respect [...]
Happy 2010 (TwentyTen™) to all of you! To ring in the new year, Mr. Alan Wilder himself sent in brief a video greeting for DepecheMode.de wishing fans a happy holidays, with the promise of some “very interesting news” to come with a “we’ll be.. I’ll be back with more news soon.” …Say what? Something I’ve [...]
Depeche Mode has long been at the forefront of technology from pioneering synthesizer pop, samples and out-of-the-box thinking (literally) to having one of the best official sites on the web. The Band were ahead of the game when they hosted one of the very first live chats between a band and their fans in the [...]
So while I was in a relay thread for today’s show in Mannheim, everyone was anticipating rumored setlist shakeups. The topic of the decreased representation of SOTU tracks on what is the SOTU tour was inevitably raised. What are the representations compared to other albums in this setlist? It was an interesting even spread among [...]
This isn’t necessarily the topic I wanted to have for my first non-tour related post, but it seems fitting. As most fans know by now, today’s gig in Mountain View, California was cancelled as Dave was forced on 48-hour vocal rest. I also had three of my Germany shows cancelled earlier in the tour. This [...]
Violator: A Rose by Another Name
Twenty years ago today, 15,000 teenagers descended upon Wherehouse Music at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles, eagerly awaiting an in-store appearance by the band. The event was to promote the release of Violator, what would become one of Depeche Mode’s master works. It fuelled more publicity than ever imagined as the crowd situation spiraled [...]