1981-11-09 Six O'Clock Rock, BBC Radio Bristol (interwiew Dave Gahan, Andy Fletcher, Martin Gore)
A few hours before the 1981-1 1-09 Locarno, Bristol concert, Dave, Andy , and Martin were invited into BBC Radio Bristol's studio, where host Al Read was accompanied by two young fans, named Jacqui Slade and Debbie. Jacqui has uploaded this interview 37 years later . Jacqui explains: "The "meet and greet" happened as a result of my phoning the station a few days before the concert to give a shout out to my then-boyfriend Steve and as an aside I said "T ell him I'll see him at the Depeche Mode gig on Monday". The radio show assistant who took my call then asked if I liked Depeche Mode, I of course proceeded to tell her how amazing I thought they were. Then she asked me "Would you like to come into the studio before the gig and interview them?" I nearly fell over , naturally I said YES! She told me another fan [Debbie] was also coming in so we could fangirl together! I was star-struck when I first saw the guys, and a bit daunted at the prospect of meeting them, but they were really friendly and I remember Andy being particularly witty and sweet. Dave and Martin were really chatty too. Vince watched the interview through the glass from the production room as he wouldn't be interviewed due to having been misquoted in the press. I also remember some if not all of their girlfriends of the time were also there watching with Vince. They all looked completely gorgeous! Back at home, my mum was ready to press record on my old Waltham cassette recorder to capture the interview for posterity . After 36 years of the cassette being "lost" it eventually showed up in my loft, where it had been subjected to extremes of temperature, dust, humidity and who knows what else - not the most ideal storage environment for an old audio cassette! The sound quality isn't great, there's some distortion in places. It played back in mono, so I had to create a pseudo-stereo version in [software programme] Audacity . All in all it's not terrible, but not fantastic either . I hope the fun content (I honestly cringe at some of the questions asked by my 17 year old self, though I stand by the fun/silly questions at the end as they made for some really fun interjections from Andy and Dave) help make up for the lack of good sound quality!"
A few hours before the 1981-1 1-09 Locarno, Bristol concert, Dave, Andy , and Martin were invited into BBC Radio Bristol's studio, where host Al Read was accompanied by two young fans, named Jacqui Slade and Debbie. Jacqui has uploaded this interview 37 years later . Jacqui explains: "The "meet and greet" happened as a result of my phoning the station a few days before the concert to give a shout out to my then-boyfriend Steve and as an aside I said "T ell him I'll see him at the Depeche Mode gig on Monday". The radio show assistant who took my call then asked if I liked Depeche Mode, I of course proceeded to tell her how amazing I thought they were. Then she asked me "Would you like to come into the studio before the gig and interview them?" I nearly fell over , naturally I said YES! She told me another fan [Debbie] was also coming in so we could fangirl together! I was star-struck when I first saw the guys, and a bit daunted at the prospect of meeting them, but they were really friendly and I remember Andy being particularly witty and sweet. Dave and Martin were really chatty too. Vince watched the interview through the glass from the production room as he wouldn't be interviewed due to having been misquoted in the press. I also remember some if not all of their girlfriends of the time were also there watching with Vince. They all looked completely gorgeous! Back at home, my mum was ready to press record on my old Waltham cassette recorder to capture the interview for posterity . After 36 years of the cassette being "lost" it eventually showed up in my loft, where it had been subjected to extremes of temperature, dust, humidity and who knows what else - not the most ideal storage environment for an old audio cassette! The sound quality isn't great, there's some distortion in places. It played back in mono, so I had to create a pseudo-stereo version in [software programme] Audacity . All in all it's not terrible, but not fantastic either . I hope the fun content (I honestly cringe at some of the questions asked by my 17 year old self, though I stand by the fun/silly questions at the end as they made for some really fun interjections from Andy and Dave) help make up for the lack of good sound quality!"
Duration: 13:06 minutes
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