Depeche Mode

 Anton Corbijn
Formed: 1980 in Basildon, Essex, England
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Genre: Rock, Dance-Rock
Styles: Post-Punk, Club/Dance, Synth Pop, Alternative Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
Group Members: Vince Clarke, Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin L. Gore, Alan Wilder
Biography: Originally a product of Britain's new romantic movement, Depeche Mode went on to become the quintessential electro-pop band of the 1980s. One of the first acts to establish a musical identity based completely around the use of synthesizers, they began their existence as a bouncy dance-pop outfit but ...Read full biography
Violator
Released: 1990
Label: Reprise
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In a word, stunning. Perhaps an odd word to use given that Violator continued in the general vein of the previous two studio efforts by Depeche Mode: Martin Gore's upfront lyrical emotional extremism and ...Read full review
Some Great Reward
Released: 1984
Label: Reprise
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The peak of the band's industrial-gone-mainstream fusion, and still one of the best electronic music albums yet recorded, Some Great Reward still sounds great, with the band's ever-evolving musical and ...Read full review
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