They would become global superstars known for black eyeliner and Black Celebration but Depeche Mode started as a bubbly synthpop confection, thanks in large part to Vince Clarke who wrote almost all ...

WE bet you just can’t get enough of these amazing pics of Depeche Mode performing in their home town of Basildon back in 1981. The long lost photos from our archives were taken by Echo photographers ...

Depeche Mode first formed in Basildon in 1977, when school friends Vince Clarke and Andy Fletcher formed a band. There were a couple of names which were discussed before the full line up was ...

As Depeche Mode kept getting kinkier and gothier, Fletch kept giving the vibe of an affable accountant who wandered into the industrial sex club by mistake. He always seemed to have the same haircut, ...

One of the most influential, beloved and best-selling musical acts of all time, Depeche Mode have sold over 100 million records worldwide and have played to more than 30 million fans since their ...

Andy Fletcher, a founding member of multi-platinum new wave band Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60. The keyboard player helped define the sound of 1980s and ’90s synth-pop and alternative rock through ...

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Depeche Mode co-founder and keyboardist Andy Fletcher has died at the age of 60, according to a post on the legendary U.K. band’s Twitter account. No cause of death has been revealed. “Fletch had a ...