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Penance Extra [NME, 18th September 1993. Words: Gavin Martin. Pictures: Stefan de Batselier / Anton Corbijn.]

Good Violations [NME, 7th August 1993. Words: Dele Fadele. Pictures: Stefan de Batselier.]

What Can You Do With A Raging Hanover? [NME, 19th June 1993. Words: Paul Moody. Pictures: Ed Sirrs.]

Depeche Moody!/Discography part 2 [NME, 10th April 1993. Words: Uncredited. Pictures: Jill Furmanovsky, John Stoddart.] Depeche Mode’s record company, Mute, and the police have launched an investigation into the mysterious appearance of their new album at a car boot sale in South Wales a...

Mode Break In To Palace/UK Discography part 1 [NME, 3rd April 1993, Words: Martin Talbot. Pictures: Anton Corbijn.]

That'll Be The Deity [NME, 20th March 1993. Words: David Quantick. Illustration: Run.]

Ich Bin-Liner Berliner [NME, 13th March 1993. Words: Danny Kelly. Pictures: Steve Pyke.]

Depeche Mode: Strange Too, Another Violation [NME, 10th November 1990, Words: Stephen Dalton. Picture: Stefan de Batselier.] Depeche Mode: Strange Too, Another Violation (Mute Video £9.99) Four Basildon boys pull up at a desert drive-in to watch several of their own promos. They are in a...

Success All Areas [NME, 3rd November 1990. Words: James Brown. Pictures: Stefan de Batselier.]

Violator, Alligator [NME, 7th July 1990. Words: Jeff Giles. Pictures: John Stoddart.]

Violators Are Blue [NME, 17th March 1990. Words: Helen Mead. Picture: Anton Corbijn.] Depeche Mode Violator (Mute LP / Cassette / CD) With the current musical climate settling so far into “electronically produced” music, it’s very hard to think of anything in this genre as being other...

Sin Machine [NME, 17th February 1990. Words: Stuart Maconie. Pictures: A J Barratt.]

Gore Blimey! [NME, 26th August 1989. Words: Uncredited. Picture: Anton Corbijn.] Depeche Mode (pictured above) ran into trouble during the promotional campaign for their new single “Personal Jesus”, with some regional newspapers refusing to accept ads for the record. Both the Aberdeen...

Basildon Bondage [NME, date unknown, 1987. Words: Jane Solanas. Artwork: Uncredited.] While warm and positive, this intended review of Music For The Masses does somewhat lose its way. The author begins by discussing how Depeche Mode have darkened and dirtied by 1987, and forgets to stop. Still...

Black In The Night [NME, date unknown (March 1986). Words: Steve Sutherland. Picture: John Stoddart.] The same old song. That Depeche Mode are willing to worm their way out of their lucrative niche as mega-cuddlies is encouraging even if they’ve been at it so long they’ve fashioned a career...

Fake The Disease Will Depeche Mode – chart-thrashing chaps though they are – ever find the energy to progress into a more adventurous avenue? This is Danny Kelly’s gripe, which he puts first to that nice young man in the leather skirt, then to the rest of the group. Photography (12” mix) by...

Killer Influence [NME, 8th April 2006. Words: Alan Woodhouse. Picture: Uncredited.] For a long time, Essex boys Depeche Mode found themselves in a strange position when it came to their standing in the UK. Despite achieving almost constant chart success throughout the ‘80s, critically they...

Peter Robinson Vs. Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode [NME, 29th September 2007. Woords: Peter Robinson. Picture: Uncredited.] The Depeche Mode frontman is THE original Amy Winehouse. Hello, Dave. Isn’t it a lovely day today? “It is. I’ve just arrived in London from New York and while it’s weird being...

Deconstruction Time Again [NME, 22nd December 1984. Words: Don Watson. Pictures: Derek Ridgers.] You thought they were prissy pinkos. But no! They drink, talk to girls, wear leather mini-skirts! Don Watson walks tall with Depeche Mode, the new Neubatens of Basildon. Photos by Derek Ridgers...

Red Rockers Over The Emerald Isle [NME, 17th September 1983. Words: X. Moore. Pictures: Adrian Boot.] RED ROCKERS OVER THE EMERALD ISLE The graffiti on the walls is what you’d expect – mainly because you’ve already read the headline and seen Boot’s snapshots – “T.O.H.”, “THE CLASH”, “THE...