Depeche Mode both shocked and enthralled listeners when they released their 1989 single “Personal Jesus.” Conservative groups, taking the song at face value, believed it was blasphemous. Depeche Mode ...

I thought I was a true fan of the synth-rock giants, but a convention showed me that I preferred music as a solo experience The first time I really thought about fandom was the evening of 8 July 1990.

As Depeche Mode was rounding out their first decade with their seventh album, Violator, fans and critics thought they had a bead on the band. In August 1989, seven months before Violator’s release, ...

For many of us, 2018 was the Year of the Leppard. The hard rock band headlined and sold out Madison Square Garden for the first time, got nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

Depeche Mode are releasing a new album, Memento Mori, on March 24 via Columbia Records. Last night they were the musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, in which they performed their ...

Last month, Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry kicked off a solo tour, and she’s been doing a whole lot of covers: Madonna, PJ Harvey, Texas, the 1975, “That Thing You Do.” On Tuesday night, Mayberry’s tour ...

Denis Pauna’s creation, titled ‘What If Motörhead wrote Personal Jesus (by Depeche Mode)’, was shared on the video streaming platform late last month (January 28) and has since clocked up over 36,000 ...

Def Leppard recorded a nearly note-perfect rendition of the title track of their 1987 blockbuster album Hysteria, as well as a heavy cover of Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus,” at Spotify’s recording ...