In the new decade, Depeche Mode released Violator, a mainstream success. A highlight of this era was the band's concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, where they drew a crowd in excess of 70,000 people. The band's last albums of the 1980s, Black Celebration and Music for the Masses, established them as a dominant force on the mainstream electronic music scene. Depeche Mode have been a trio again since 1995, when Wilder left. Gore took over the lead songwriting duties and, later in 1982, Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, bass guitar, occasional songwriter) officially joined the band to fill Clarke's spot, establishing a line up that would continue for the next 13 years. Original band member Vince Clarke (keyboards, guitar, main songwriter from 1980 to 1981), left the band after the release of the album, leaving the band as a trio to record A Broken Frame, released the following year. Depeche Mode released their debut album Speak & Spell in 1981, bringing the band onto the British new wave scene. The group consists of founders Dave Gahan (lead vocals, occasional songwriter since 2005), Martin Gore (guitar, keyboards, vocals, main songwriter since 1982), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards, bass guitar). While the Killers remain a bit color-by-numbers with the hipster blazers and haircuts, they’ve got a forthcoming debut album mixed by Alan Moulder (U2, Depeche Mode, Smashing Pumpkins) and an upcoming national tour opening for stellastarr* to sharpen their crayons.Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox musical artistĭepeche Mode Template:IPAc-en are an English electronic band that formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex.
Combining the undeniable charisma of Hot Hot Heat’s Steve Bays with the naughty raunchiness of Greg Dulli, Killers frontman Brandon Flowers swaggered between mic and synths with a tempered innocence that teetered on the verge of imminent corruption, as if he was mere moments from channeling his rock star prowess to plunge eagerly into the crowd, smooching scores of willing onlookers along the way.īacked by fiercely danceable grooves from stoic bassist Mark Stoermer and wildly emotive drummer Ronnie Vannucci, Flowers often needed a mere shimmy and a shake to sell the frenetic “Somebody Told Me” and the surging “Jenny.” It was his not-so-long-distance dedication of “On Top” to Spin’s own Ultragrrrl, however, that scored the charming singer instant NYC scenester brownie points, and probably more than a few jealous blog entries from adoring Web journal mavens. Perhaps more of a product of their native Las Vegas then they’d care to admit, opening act the Killers managed to rouse the assemblage with a bit more glitz than their north-of-the-border counterparts.
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