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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Gahan |
| Born | May 9, 1962 |
| Origin | Epping, Essex, England |
| Genre(s) | New Wave, Synthpop, Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Label(s) | Mute |
| Associated acts | Depeche Mode |
| Website | www.davegahan.com |
Dave Gahan (born May 9, 1962 in Epping, Essex, England) is the baritone lead singer for the English electronic band Depeche Mode, and is also an accomplished solo artist. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Epping is a small market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Mute Records is a Record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single "T Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Epping is a small market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex.
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Life before Depeche Mode
Born into a working class family, to parents Sylvia (a conductress on London's buses known as "a clippy") and Len (a bus driver), Dave Gahan was six months old when his father left the family. Sylvia and Len divorced two years later and his mother moved Dave and sister Sue (born 1960) to Basildon, Essex, after Sylvia met and married her second husband Jack (an administrator with Shell Oil). Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Basildon (ˈbæzɪldən is a New Town located in south Essex, England at. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common The Gahan family continued to grow with the birth of two more brothers Peter (born 1966) and Phil (born 1968). Dave and Sue were raised under the impression that their mother's second husband (Jack Gahan; from whom Dave takes his second name, and after whom Dave's own son Jack is named) was in fact their real father.
Tragedy struck in 1972 when Jack died when Dave was ten. Gahan recalls how he "came home one day and found this bloke [his biological father] at home". Of the incident, he has said: "I'll never forget that day. When I came home from school, there was this stranger in my mum's house. My mother introduced him to me as my real dad. I remember I said, that was impossible because my father was dead. How was I supposed to know who that man was? From that day on, Len often visited the house, until one year later he disappeared again. Forever this time. Since then he had no contact with us. By growing older, I thought about him more and more. The only thing my mother would say, was that he moved out to Jersey to open a hotel". The Bailiwick of Jersey ( Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. [1] "Mum had kept it back from me 'til there was a need to tell me about my birth father, it's a different generation and you can understand I guess she thought she was doing the right thing".
Gahan compensated for the loss of his father by becoming something of a "real wild boy with a chip on my shoulder, a real yob". Yobbo or yob is a Slang term for an uncouth or thuggish blue collar person His crimes as a youth included stealing cars, vandalism, and spray-painting graffiti on walls. Vandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals in respect of Culture: ruthless Destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or Venerable Graffiti (singular graffito; the plural is used as a Mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched scrawled painted or marked in any manner on property As a result he had visited juvenile court three times before he was 14. A juvenile court or young offender court is a court of law having special authority to try and pass judgments for Crimes committed by children or adolescents
Within six months of leaving Barstable School in July 1978, Gahan found and lost something in the order of twenty jobs, from selling soft drinks, working in a green grocers in Basildon Bus Station, cashiering in Sainsbury's Petrol Station in Savacentre, to working on a construction site. J Sainsbury plc ( is the parent company of Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd commonly known as Sainsbury's (also Sainsbury and JS) the third largest Dave also applied for a job as an apprentice fitter with North Thames Gas. He was told by his probation officer to be honest with the interviewer, and as a result, he admitted his criminal record but claimed he was a "reformed character". Of course, he did not get the job.
Eventually, he earned a place at Southend Art College, which he enjoyed immensely. After three years, he gained the British Display Society Award, which allowed him to get jobs doing displays in shop windows and shopping centres.
Depeche Mode
In March 1980, Vince Clarke, Martin Gore and Andrew Fletcher formed the band Composition of Sound, with Clarke on vocals/guitar, Gore on keyboards and Fletcher on bass. Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin in South Woodford, London, on July 3 1960) is an English pop Martin Gore (born Martin Lee Gore, 23 July 1961, Basildon, Essex, England) is an English Songwriter, Lyricist Andrew John Fletcher (known as "Fletch", is the co-founder and keyboardist of electronic band Depeche Mode. Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. Clarke and Fletcher soon switched to synthesizers. The same year, Gahan joined the band after Clarke heard him perform David Bowie's "Heroes. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. "Heroes" (the quotation marks are part of the title for reasons of irony is an album by David Bowie, released in 1977 " The band was soon renamed Depeche Mode, a name suggested by Gahan after he had come across a fashion magazine by the name of Dépêche-mode.
Since then, the band has continued to explore new musical directions, and their sound has remained immensely diverse since their inception. They have released eleven studio albums, four greatest hits compilations and a remix album.
Solo
In 2003 he released his first solo album, Paper Monsters (which he co-wrote with guitarist and friend Knox Chandler), followed by a world tour (including a performance at 2003's Glastonbury Festival), singing both his new solo tracks and Depeche Mode fan favourites. Paper Monsters is the solo debut Album by Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan. Knox Chandler is mostly known as a session guitarist and cellist he has worked with such acts as Depeche Mode (he also collaborated with Dave Gahan on his solo album For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The His touring band included Knox Chandler on guitar, Martyn LeNoble (Porno for Pyros, Jane's Addiction, The Cult) on bass, Vincent Jones (Sarah McLachlan, The Grapes of Wrath) on keyboards, and Victor Indrizzo (Beck, Macy Gray) on drums. Knox Chandler is mostly known as a session guitarist and cellist he has worked with such acts as Depeche Mode (he also collaborated with Dave Gahan on his solo album Martyn LeNoble (nl Martijn LeNoble) is a Bassist who has played in Porno for Pyros, The Cult, Jane's Addiction and others Porno for Pyros was an American Alternative rock group formed in 1992 Jane's Addiction is an American Alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles California in 1985 The Cult are an English rock band which gained a dedicated following in their native Britain with mid-'80s singles like " She Sells Sanctuary " Vincent Jones is a Canadian musician He was a member of The Grapes of Wrath and Ginger, and a frequent collaborator with Lava Hay, a band Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Grammy -winning Canadian Musician, singer and The Grapes of Wrath are a Canadian Folk rock band who were one of Canada's most successful pop bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s before disbanding in 1992 Victor Indrizzo (born September 23 1967 in Freeport Long Island, NY) is a session musician primarily known for playing the drums Beck' s birth name was Bek see the sources given This is not a typo and should not be changed without good reason Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre on September 6 1967; also credited as Natalie Hinds in her music is an American
The album was a moderate success. The first single "Dirty Sticky Floors" became a Top 20 hit on the World Singles chart selling over 200,000 copies, as well as hitting the Top 20 in the UK. " Dirty Sticky Floors " is the first solo single by Depeche Mode Vocalist Dave Gahan and is the lead track on his 2003 Debut The album itself became a Top 10 hit on the European album chart and a Top 40 hit in the UK. This success was backed by a world tour and a live DVD titled Live Monsters which was released in 2004. Live Monsters is a live DVD by Depeche Mode 's singer Dave Gahan. A year later, he also appeared as model and spokesperson of the European mid-range fashion retailer J Lindeberg and its S/S 2006 menswear line. The ads featured both him and seemingly random quotes like "What would happen if we all told the truth", "You can tell he's lying because his lips are moving", etc. These ads appeared prominently in international fashion press.
In the past, Dave had expressed some resentment about never writing songs for Depeche Mode. In 2004, he said that if he did not get to write half of the songs on the new Depeche Mode album, there would not be one. Eventually there was a compromise, and Dave wrote three songs on 2005's Playing the Angel. Playing the Angel is the eleventh full-length Album by Depeche Mode and was released 17 October 2005. The three songs, "Suffer Well" (nominated for a Grammy award), "I Want It All" and "Nothing's Impossible", have had mixed opinions from fans. " Suffer Well " is the third single off the album Playing the Angel by Depeche Mode, and their forty-third single overall Depeche Mode have won the "Best Dance Artist Group" award at the 22nd Annual IDMA Awards in March 2007, sponsored by the Winter Music Conference.
In 2007, Dave Gahan announced he was working on a new album via a video greeting for Depeche Mode's official website recorded at the 2007 MusiCares Charity event on May 11th. The album, titled Hourglass, will be accompanied working by Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner and according to Dave, they will be producing it together. Hourglass is the second solo Album by Depeche Mode 's singer Dave Gahan. [2][3] The material was recorded at Gahan's 11th Floor Studios in New York City, Gahan's hometown for 10 years now. The material will be mixed in July by Tony Hoffer, best known for his work with Beck, The Kooks and Air. According to Gahan, "Hourglass" will be more electronic-sounding than "Paper Monsters". [4]
In July 2007, Side-Line Magazine revealed that Gahan has been working with a new project called MIRROR, which is produced by Vincent Jones. Side-Line was an online music magazine History Side-line was started in 1989 by two university students David Noiret and Seba Dolimont who noticed that there was a distinctive Along with Jones, who played with Gahan's touring band and mixed the live DVD Live Monsters, MIRROR features another Gahan collaborator, Knox Chandler (Siouxsie And The Banshees, Psychedelic Furs), as well as piano by Bowie favourite Mike Garson, and a monologue by Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro. The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977 Gahan sings vocals on the track "Nostalgia". [5]
The first single to be pulled from Dave Gahan's forthcoming solo record "Hourglass" is "Kingdom"[6]. " Kingdom " is a song performed by Depeche Mode 's singer Dave Gahan. The single comes in the following versions: a download-Single, a CDsingle, a Maxi-CDsingle and 12" vinyl besides a 7" picture vinyl. [7]. According to the second press release for the forthcoming "Hourglass" album, the release day for the single "Kingdom" was 8th of October[8] but a download will be available way before on August 27th so Side-Line Magazine informs. " Kingdom " is a song performed by Depeche Mode 's singer Dave Gahan. The magazine also reported that a first preview for the song has been leaked online[9]. August 21st Second studio clip on Dave Gahan Dot Com has "Kingdom" playing throughout the clip. " Kingdom " is a song performed by Depeche Mode 's singer Dave Gahan.
End of September it became clear that presspeople had leaked the material on various p2p sites[10] despite audiomarks.
Gahan also played an instore set at New York's Soho Apple store on October 23rd in support of his new album. The show has been recorded and will be sold exclusively via iTunes in a later stage[11].
The next single from the Hourglass album will be a double A side "Saw Something / Deeper and deeper", due for release on 14th January 2008. The accompanying video was artistically shot in the Chelsea Hotel, New York, famous for the death of Sid Vicious' partner, Nancy. Sid Vicious of course was one of Dave's idol's in the late 70s.
On December 17th iTunes released the iTunes exclusive live EP "Live from SoHo" holding the 7 tracks played during an instore set at New York's Soho Apple store on October 23rd[12].
Personal life: addiction, rehabilitation and current life
On August 17, 1995, Gahan allegedly "attempted suicide" with a razor blade -- he later stated that this was more of a "cry for help", rather than a suicide attempt. At one point during this episode Gahan was known to spend 12 hours a day inside his wardrobe, watching The Weather Channel and talking to 'The Tin Man', a doll he was convinced could talk (later on and after recovery, he would refer to these "conversations" in his solo single Dirty Sticky Floors). " Dirty Sticky Floors " is the first solo single by Depeche Mode Vocalist Dave Gahan and is the lead track on his 2003 Debut
He was then admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, California and released shortly after. On May 28, 1996, Gahan overdosed on a heroin and cocaine 'speedball' in a Los Angeles hotel room. Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Speedballing (alternatively known as snowballing) is a term commonly referring to the Intravenous use of heroin or morphine and Cocaine together in Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West On the way to the hospital, he was pronounced clinically dead for two minutes, but was revived by paramedics, then again taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. A paramedic is a medical professional usually a member of the emergency medical service, who primarily provides Pre-hospital advanced medical and He was arrested upon his release two days later, and ordered by the court to complete a 9 month rehabilitation. The drug charges against Gahan were eventually dropped in September 1996, and Gahan has now been clean for 11 years. Amanda de Cadenet is one of the people he credits with helping him make that climactic step towards sobriety, after his wife Jennifer, and manager Baron Jonathan Kessler. Amanda de Cadenet (born May 19 1972 is a British-born actress and photographer Interestingly, although famous throughout the world, Gahan's struggles with addiction were never widely reported in the media.
Gahan currently lives in New York City, with his third wife Jennifer, their daughter Stella Rose (b. The City of New York July 29, 1999), and Jennifer's son Jimmy. He also has a son, Jack (b. October 14, 1987), from his first marriage.
Discography
Studio albums:
- Paper Monsters (2003)
- Hourglass (2007)
Other:
- Live Monsters (Live DVD) (2004)
Singles:
- "Dirty Sticky Floors" (2003)
- "I Need You" (2003)
- "Bottle Living / Hold On" (2003)
- "A Little Piece (Live at the Olympia, Paris, 2003)" (2004)
- "Kingdom" (2007)
- "Saw Something / Deeper and Deeper" (2008)[13]
References
- ^ http://www.tuug.utu.fi/~jaakko/dm/dad.txt
- ^ David Gahan of Depeche Mode Working on New Solo Album
- ^ Dave Gahan Set to Release 'Hourglass,' His Second Solo Album in Late October
- ^ Dave Gahan to release second solo album 'Hourglass'
- ^ Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan contributes vocals to new Mirror project
- ^ Depeche Mode frontman announces first new solo single
- ^ Tracklist announced for upcoming Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) single
- ^ Dave Gahan announces first single "Kingdom" from his second solo album
- ^ Tracklist announced for upcoming Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) single
- ^ Dave Gahan album gets torrent treatment and leaks all over the web
- ^ Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan records special Apple Store live set
- ^ Dave Gahan special Apple Store live EP available now
- ^ [1]New single announced on Dave Gahan official site 11/6/07
External links
- The Official Dave Gahan Website
- Dave Gahan at Myspace
- Dave Gahan on Youtube
- The Official Depeche Mode Website
- Depeche Mode at Myspace
- Something/Deeper and Deeper Review
- Hourglass Remixes at Myspace
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