Depeche Mode (Musical group)

LC control no.	n 92022921
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML421.D46 Biography
Corporate name heading	Depeche Mode (Musical group) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
See also	Member: Clarke, Vince *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Member: Gahan, Dave *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Member: Gore, Martin L. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Member: Wilder, Alan, 1959- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Member: Fletcher, Andy, 1961-2022 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	Its Enjoy the silence [SR] p1990: label (Depeche Mode) Allmusic WWW site, 02-08-05 (Depeche Mode; its roots date to 1976, when Basildon, England-based keyboardists Vince Clarke and Andrew Fletcher first teamed to form the group No Romance in China [no publications in LC database]; by 1979 Clarke had formed French Look, another duo featuring guitarist/keyboardist Martin Gore [no publications in LC database]; Fletcher soon signed on, and the group rechristened itself Composition of Sound [no publications in LC database]; initially, Clarke handled vocal chores, but in 1980 singer David Gahan was brought in to complete the lineup; after one final name change to Depeche Mode, the quartet jettisoned all instruments excluding their synthesizers)