Vince Clarke had already been a founding member of two pivotal new wave bands by the time he joined forces with powerhouse vocalist Andy Bell in 1985 to form Erasure. Clarke started with Depeche Mode ...

Synth pop is more or less the sound that defined the '80s. Inspired by trendsetters like Giorgio Moroder and Kraftwerk, it's pop music built around a single instrument, the synthesizer — from the ...

At the beginning of his career, it looked like British synthesizer wizard Vince Clarke feared long-term commitment. He quit Depeche Mode a month after the band’s debut album was released in fall 1981.

A MAJOR band from the eighties have revealed that they won’t be performing live on stage again. It comes after the group reunited for a string of shows late last ...