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In the words of singer Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode were a new sort of band from a new sort of town : Basildon, a radical post-war experiment in design and living; a city of the future that serves as a mirror for Depeche Mode s stark, electronic ultra-pop. Drawing on a wealth of new interviews with friends and lovers, club runners and church elders, pluggers and producers, early band-mates and key industry executives including fellow Basildonian Alison Moyet and industrial pioneer Genesis P. Orridge author Simon Spence brings a fresh perspective to the lives of Dave, Martin, Vince, and Fletch, the place they grew up in, and their place in the rock n roll firmament.
Part musical odyssey, part cultural history, Just Can t Get Enough traces the story of Depeche Mode from front rooms and school halls to London fetish clubs and legendary Berlin studios; from the Basildon Arts Centre to Top Of The Pops; and from their earliest recordings to Black Celebration and the cusp of transatlantic superstardom.
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Simon Spence ist renommierter Musikjournalist und veröffentlicht u.a. in NME, The Face, i-D, International Herald Tribune und The Independent. Er lebt in Manchester.
