   | Dave Gahan
David (Dave) Gahan (born 9 May 1962) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of electronic band Depeche Mode since their formation in 1980. Noted for his commanding stage presence and unique baritone voice,] Q magazine ranked him at No. 73 on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers" and No. 27 on its list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen". As part of Depeche Mode, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. Gahan was born David Callcott on 9 May 1962 in Epping, Essex, the son of working-class parents. His mother, Sylvia, was a conductor on London buses, while his father, Len, was a bus driver. He is of Malaysian descent through his father. While attending Barstable School in Basildon, Gahan started skipping school, getting into trouble with the police, and was suspended from school before ending up in juvenile court three times for offences ranging from joyriding and graffiti to criminal damage and theft. He enjoyed the thrill of stealing cars, driving them, and then setting them on fire. He said of this time in his life, "I was pretty wild. I loved the excitement of nicking a motor, screeching off and being chased by the police. Hiding behind the wall with your heart beating gives you a real kick 'will they get you?'" In March 1980, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, and Vince Clarke formed the band Composition of Sound, with Clarke on vocals and guitar, Gore on keyboards and Fletcher on bass. Clarke and Fletcher soon switched to synthesizers. The same year, Gahan joined the band after Clarke heard him perform David Bowie's "'Heroes'". The band was soon renamed Depeche Mode, a name suggested by Gahan after he had come across a fashion magazine called Dépêche-mode. A new wave/synthpop pioneer of the early 1980s, Depeche Mode have released 15 studio albums, four greatest hits compilations and two remix albums. The band has achieved global sales in excess of 100 million records. In a 2017 interview, Gahan described himself and bandmate Martin Gore as autistic. In a 2001 interview with the LGBTQ magazine The Advocate, Dave said that he is bisexual. During the interview, he said freely that he liked both men and women. My hyperfixation this man started after a bout of ange at my prior celebrity hyperfixation, Danny, and some other drama with friends. I got angry, music didn't sound good. I wanted soemting else and I settled on a band I had had some songs on repeat enough last year that the band made my top 5 on Spotify, despite knowing nothing about the band themselves.(.ie Depeche Mode ) The songs that got me hooked were Lie to Me, Policy of Truth and Wrong. I adore Dave because I personally see my self in him a lot; Dave is autistic, bisexual and he squints when he smiles. He's apparently like a puppy and excitable, and quite prone to info-dumping! I love him a lot! |
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