Depeche Mode became associated with the gothic culture that was coming to force around that time. The Black Celebration album, released in 1986, with the impressing composition Stripped finished the band's transition from cheerful dance music to dark electronica. The single of 1984 People Are People, devoted to the theme of racism, gave Depeche Mode the status of international stars. The third disc Construction Time Again with the hit Everything Counts astonished the listeners with its industrial flavor and political-social issues. Alan Wilder entered the band as the new keyboardist. The success of this dance work with electronic sound was strengthened by the international tour. They proved to be good authors on the electronica album A Broken Frame, which saw light only a year after the debut. As Clarke was the author of the majority of the songs of Depeche Mode, Gore and Gahan changed him in this respect. He continued as the part of projects Yazoo and Erasure. However, in 1981, soon after the release of the debut disc Speak & Spell, Clarke left the band. ![]() When the artists used the idea to try Gahan on lead vocals, they called their collective Depeche Mode under the influence of inspiration. The original line-up of Depeche Mode - Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke - was formed after all the musicians played in various groups in 70's together or separately: No Romance In China, The Plan, Norman And The Worm, The French Look and, the last one, Composition Of Sound.
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