It's so weird to watch this interview now knowing the hell they were all going through at the time this SOFAD was being made and the subsequent tour. Still one of their best albums though! One of the best bands in the world!
This was a particularly tough time for all 4 members, especially David Gahan. I saw DM on this tour and they were magnificent. So beyond amazing. On stage they had their shit together, but off stage, they were in shambles. I'm happy all 4 members are alive and well. It breaks my heart that Alan Wilder is no longer in the band but he made his decision and we have to live with it. DM by the way is not one of the best but THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD 🤗🤗🤗🖤🖤🖤
It very interesting to see how they were in different places at that time... particularly Dave seems to be completely alone. Spiritually and emotionally. I think that this album was the hardest part of their Career. Indedd it is the Best one in my opionin
I find this really interesting after getting an idea of the changes that the band had gone through to this point. Gambaccini is a good interviewer and I don't think any other DJ or reporter would have been able to get the men as candid as this. Also, at this point, they were all in their early 30s and as someone reaching mid-30s now, early 30s is still young in terms of maturity. It's sad that they're all separate from each other. The cracks had formed and were beginning to expand at this point, but I don't think that it couldn't have been fixed. The tour was the last straw but this...here...changes could have been made. Rehab, counseling, mediation, and more time trying to get all of them sorted out before the tour could have made all the difference. Dave, to me, is the one I care about the most here. Maybe it's because he was suffering the most and going through a lot, but him talking about Martin brings tears to my eyes (and his hair is luxurious). P.S: What was the sound that came out of Martin at 7:54? I think it's supposed to be a laugh but it came out like a goat's bleat.
this all does feel like a joke or maybe since the band was at an all time low inter-personally they didn't care much about coming off as that type of band they never came off as in the past
It's bizarre to hear Alan say that he really enjoys taking most of the responsibility for the music, then 2 years later he left because of that very reason. Makes me wonder whether he was told to say those words rather than them being how he actually felt.
Alan was more hurt and disappointed about the lack of support from his input to their studio and Live work. Though he enjoyed his musical abilities to contribute to the team, in the end of the Sofad tour he felt let down by all lack of support that it grive his heart emotionally that he had to move on or end up being more hurt.
Didn’t like Gahan’s eyebrow raise mentioning Fletch . Rude lad . We know fletch isn’t a musician as such but unprofessional . Of corse he was off his head then and rather disgusting to be fair . Whole period of Dm was horrible
@@marguskiis7711 ultra is really ok.. But seriously Is superior to violator? To black celebration?? ... Wilder defined the sound of the "gollden era". Fact. on the other hand, Martin is a divine composer and Dave is a hell of a front man with fantastic voice.. So even Playing the Angel or Exciter or Ultra are self distinguishing works, except for that little great magic in the construction of beats and the "atmosphere " intense stratification : that was Alan craftmanship excellency!
@giovanniscardetta333 Sometimes people are not able to differ what is objectively “the best” and their “most favourite”. Ultra isn’t better than SOFAD and Violator, despite the fact that I love Ultra more than Violator.
@@giovanniscardetta333 If Wilder was such a genius then where the ef is his "brilliant" solo work? Wilder's own compositions were mediocre. He was always much stronger in the production side of things--adding bits to Martin's work. Martin was and is still the stronger writer and lyricist. But make no mistake that Depeche Mode was still as good without Wilder--Ultra is proof of that. If anything Wilder leaving the band forced them to embrace live instruments resulting in a more modern, grungy and richer sound that would later be mirrored by other musical acts of the time.
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