Depeche Mode

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    This is the band that got me into music in the first place, along with New Order. Unfortunately it's just not the same since Alan Wilder left the band.

    I think classic DM is everything from Some Great Reward to Songs and Faith and Devotion...but even that last one is pushing it a bit with the grunge and gospel influences lol. Black Celebration, Music for the Masses and Violator are still the best ones IMO.

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    • Completely agreeMondoMorphic
    • The band died with the era they defined. I dont know what DM would have been like in the 90s if they kept producing in the same tempodrgs
    • Their interesting period spans for no more than 10 years. QBN has existed for twice as long, weirddrgs
    • Completely agree, too. Around Faith and Devotion(?) they made a point to use real instruments but ended up changing the sound pretty much. bummerSquiddy
    • What's funny is I remember music journalists had no respect for bands like DM back then..."it's not real music, they just play keyboards" etc.yuekit
    • Now electronic music has pretty much taken over everything and they're looked back on as a very influential band. But at the time it felt like a very weird,yuekit
    • fringe subculture.yuekit
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