Producer Steve Lyon Talks About Working with Alan Wilder | VG Clips 

Unsound, absolute masterpiece

Yes. It is sad that he felt he had to retire due to a lack of support. VG :-)

I wish he had joined The Cure when he was given the opportunity. Financial security and he probably would have enjoyed working with Robert Smith.

@@mikewilson3581 I don't think he would have enjoyed that (I would have). He was already tired of being taken for granted, and that was when he had creative control. Under Robert, it would have been worse. I just wish he had taken on more commercial projects as producer or engineer, a la Flood, rather than pursuing being the primary artist in a climate that didn't appreciate him. I would have loved to see him produce an actual rock record. When he quit music it was a turbulent time for all but the most established artists, and even some of them. The old revenue streams dried up and he didn't know how to fit in, like so many of the old guard, electronic music overrun with shitty dance music. Shit, if he'd just become a youtube synth personality even he'd be at the top of the list now. The technology that fueled him sadly did him in.

@@alexwestconsulting Yeah. It's a shame his talents are not being utilized. If he only had the recognition like Gary Numan (who Alan is friends with) or Jean Michel Jarre. They are both still going strong. But I think Alan being pretty much the "quiet one" when he was in Depeche Mode didn't help matters.

Wouldn't we all? VG 👍🎹😎😎👍

@@VaughnGeorge but you could do it! Maybe a Depeche documentary series would be something amazing that Alan would accept for an interview?

@@VaughnGeorge i think he is not aware of how many of the DM fans adulate him

@cutalin But I am sure his 4 kids (OK, except the youngest one) could see and notice this on YT, FB etc. This guy is a legend without any doubts ❤️

Alan was the secret ingredient of their great success. They wouldn’t became SO great without him, even with Martin’s and Dave’s brilliant talents. They never were workoholics and didn’t have such musical taste and education as Alan.

1000%. No one can stop us from dreaming. Reasonable dreaming. They can't get over the fact Alan was just the best and the only. They lost their sound when he left.

@Alex666Murdoc they definitely changed a bit when they carried on without Alan. They still have some good songs without him but overall not the same.

If DM still made good music I could get over it . But that’s not the case .

@@rnkmode1876 Yep... Alan was the difference between making a quality album, first track to last track... and just making an album with one or two quality tracks with a bunch of fillers. Heck... when Alan was in DM... even the tracks that did not make it... that were B-sides... were just amazing tracks on their own.

@sephlar True. You had a ton of B sides. Fools, Dangerous, Sea of Sin, My Joy, a ton of mixes, etc..

A very good question!! I have often wondered this myself.... VG :-)

@VaughnGeorge Can you ask Alan about it please? For us all? 😘😉

@@InfraRedLight I’m sure Vaughn has a list of questions compiled and ready for that interview when it comes - I’m convinced an interview with Alan will happen one day!

You're so wrong.. He's still the frontman he became during the Alan era, which is, like Martin's song writing, to his credit not Alan's

Forget DM, the problem with Recoil is that it's all very 90s, no matter what you listen to. As for Dave, I'm old enough to have attended gigs in 1993 and Dave stumbling around, unable to sing was a thing then.

@sutteren “a cartoon band” 👍🏻