Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dave Gahan. Early Depeche Mode albums were made by a band that looked and sounded like clean-cut choir boys. But by the time they ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

Depeche Mode's *Songs of Faith and Devotion* in 5.1 surround sound elevates the raw, soulful intensity of this 1993 album, immersing listeners in its powerful fusion of rock, gospel, and electronic ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...