Since breaking out of England in the early 1980s, Depeche Mode has forged a distinctive and uncompromising legacy. The band has always maintained an outsider’s mentality, even as their group evolved ...

The singular genius of Depeche Mode's music might be the way their songs inspire a gut-wrenching personal response. The best music is, of course, meant to do this, but when Depeche Mode started their ...

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 ...