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DEPECHE M/DE
The Original Line Up ... VINCE CLARKE,
MARTIN GORE and ANDY FLETCHER. DAVE
GAHAN later joined as lead singer
The Name ... DEPEHE M/DE, meaning Fast
Fashion, was nicked from a French
fashion magazine of the same name
Signed to Mute ... after being spotted
playing support to FAD GADGET at the
Bridgehouse, Canning Town, by the
company's founder DANIEL MILLER
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DEPECHE M/DE
First Single ... Dreaming of Me, which
only broke into the lower reaches of
the charts back in 198o. Their second
single, New Life, made No.11 and the
third, 'Just Can't Get Enough', made
the Top 10
First Album ... Speak And Spell,
released back in October 1981, was
followed by brief UK and European touqu
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DEPECHE M/DE
VINCE CLARKE Leaves ... early 1982,
preferring to work in the studio than
on the road
First US Concerts ... at The Ritz in
New York, with new member ALAN WILDER
on synthesiser
Second Album ... Leave In Silence,
recorded late 1982
Spring 1983 ... the band pay their
first visit to the Far East, performing
in TOKYO, HONG KONG and BANGKOK
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DEPECHE M/DE
Construction Time Again ... their third
album, recorded in Berlin, Germany
People Are People ... also recorded in
Berlin and released in March 1984,
reaches No.4 in the UK Charts. The song
was No.1 in Germany for three weeks
Some Great Reward ... their fourth
album, was released in September, 1984.
the song made it to No.5 in the UK
album charts
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DEPECHE M/DE
DEPECHE MODE break the US ... in 1985,
as People Are People rises to No.13 in
the Billboard Charts
Shake The Disease ... and It's Called a
Heart both made the UK Top 20 in 1985,
and the compilation album the Singles
'81-'85 made it to No.6 in the UK album
chart at the end of 1985
February 1986 ... sees the release of
"Stripped", DEPECHE MODE's latest
single, and the prize in this week's
Starfile competiton ...
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DEPECHE MODE
Original DEPECHE MODE member VINCE
CLARKE left the band to form a
successful double-act with one of
Britain's best known singers ALISON
MOYET. What was the double act called?
Answers on a postcard, please, to:
DEPECHE MODE Starfile Comeptition
BSVs, ORACLE, Craven House
25-32 Marshall Street, London W1V 1LL
...by tomorrow, please! Ten winners
will be sent a special five-track,
12" version of DEPECHE M/DE's new
single "Stripped".
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