Depeche Mode Bat's Life (Smash Hits, 1982)

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Bat's Life
[Smash Hits, 1st-14th April 1982. Words: Uncredited. Pictures: Jill Furmanovsky.]

 

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Horror of horrors. The three 1982 members of Depeche Mode wearing, for reasons now lost in the mists of time, full cricketing outfits, complete with gloves, knee pads, the lot. Time and again the band have referred to this picture as their most detested, and a classic example of how naive they were in their early years. Tellingly, the picture doesn't actually give the band name.

BAT'S LIFE

Dave Gahan and his dad? Wrong! The Depeche Mode troubadour hunkers down at the side of affable Alf Gover, who runs the cricket school at Wandsworth in London where the band were photographed for our truly sumptuous centre spread. Mr Gover is something of a legend in his own time. He not only runs the most famous cricket school in Britain but has also bowled for England and Surrey. He still enjoys regular overarm action with Surrey Cricket Club.

Just thought you'd like to know...

 

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Smash Hits
Date: April 1982
Pays: Royaume-Uni