When Depeche Mode introduced electric guitars into their music on 1987's Music for the Masses, it opened up the English synth-pop pioneers to a whole new realm of possibilities and a more… By Ron Hart ...

Critics say this is the defining Depeche Mode album.

The months leading up to Depeche Mode's seventh album were marked by a growing interest from outside the core goth audience that had been loyal to the English synth-pop band since a string of mid-'80s ...

Twenty-four years ago this week, on March 19, 1990, British synth-pop titans Depeche Mode released the most successful and acclaimed album of their career: Violator. Depeche Mode had been scoring Top ...

Ben Kaplan of dark synth-pop band NoNight told us about his love for a bonafide classic from some likeminded souls. The title really says it all for me. This is a record that oozes sexuality and ...

Michael Christopher's upcoming book Depeche Mode: All That's Left to Know About the World's Finest Synth-Pop Band digs into the history of Depeche Mode and their rise from New Wave outliers to kings ...

Bands don’t usually hit their peak on their seventh album. Depeche Mode did just that with Violator. The synth-pop legends reached new heights in terms of artistic accomplishment and commercial reach ...

In the latest episode of The Vinyl Vault, Ozarks First's Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen discuss Depeche Mode's 1990 album "Violator". The album, which features singles such as "Personal Jesus", "Enjoy ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the latest episode of The Vinyl Vault, Ozarks First's Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen discuss Depeche Mode's 1990 album ...