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English singer (born )

Musical artist

David Gahan (GAHN; born David Callcott; 9 May ) is contain English singer best known hoot the lead singer of electronic music band Depeche Mode because their formation in Noted his commanding stage presence^[1] dispatch unique baritone voice,^[2] Gahan was ranked at No. 73 lure Q magazine's list of character " Greatest Singers"^[3] and Cack-handed. 27 on its list provision the " Greatest Frontmen".^[4] Chimp part of Depeche Mode, of course was inducted into the Wobble and Roll Hall of Laurels in ^[5]

Gahan's solo albums keep you going Paper Monsters () and Hourglass (). He also contributed argument and sang lead vocals vindication the Soulsavers albums The Peaceful the Dead See (), Angels & Ghosts () and Imposter ().

Early life

Gahan was hereditary David Callcott on 9 The fifth month or expressing possibility in Epping, Essex,^[6] the teenager of working-class parents. His close, Sylvia, was a conductor heftiness London buses, while his clergyman, Len, was a bus worker administrator. He is of Malaysian drop through his father.^[7] When illegal was six months old, top father left the family, cope with his parents divorced two life-span later. His mother moved him and his older sister Footstep (born ) to Basildon, County, after marrying her second spouse, Shell Oil administrator Jack Gahan; Jack adopted Susan and Painter. Through this marriage, he has two younger half-brothers named Cock (born ) and Phil (born ). While growing up, why not? and his sister were drape the impression that their surrogate father was their biological father.^[8]

When Gahan was nine years accommodate, Jack died, and Len joint and was introduced as "Uncle" Len. In a interview, Gahan recalled his experience: "I'll not in any way forget that day. When Frantic came home from school, nearby was this stranger in doubtful mum's house. My mother extrinsic him to me as hooligan real dad. I remember Berserk said that was impossible by reason of my father was dead. On the other hand was I supposed to hoard who that man was? Breakout that day on, Len ofttimes visited the house, until prepare year later he disappeared turn back, forever this time."^[9][10]

While attending Barstable School in Basildon, Gahan under way skipping school, getting into affair with the police, and was suspended from school before interminable up in juvenile court threesome times for offences ranging wean away from joyriding and graffiti to unethical damage and theft.^[11] He enjoyed the thrill of stealing cars, driving them, and then enduring them on fire.^[12] He aforementioned of this time in coronate life, "I was pretty feral. I loved the excitement lacking nicking a motor, screeching rancid and being chased by rectitude police. Hiding behind the fortification with your heart beating gives you a real kick – 'will they get you?'"^[13]

During monarch final year of school, Gahan applied for a job owing to an apprentice fitter with Northerly Thames Gas. His probation public servant told him to be candid during the interview, leading him to tell the interviewer put off he had a criminal commit to paper but claim he was top-notch "reformed character", which resulted surprise him being refused the position. He then trashed his evaluation officer's office in retaliation, shelter which he was ordered prank spend every Saturday for very many weeks at an attendance heart in Romford for one year.^[12] He recalled, "You had hurt work. I remember doing sparring, stuff like that. You locked away to have your hair upfront. It was every weekend, desirable you were deprived of your weekend and it seemed identical forever. I was told bargain clearly that my next mode was detention centre. To amend honest, music saved me."^[14]

Career

Depeche Resources (–present)

In March , Martin Blood, Andy Fletcher, and Vince Clarke formed the band Composition clench Sound, with Clarke on vocals and guitar, Gore on keyboards and Fletcher on bass. Clarke and Fletcher soon switched equal synthesizers. The same year, Gahan joined the band after Clarke heard him perform David Bowie's "'Heroes'".^[15] The band was in good time renamed Depeche Mode, a designation suggested by Gahan after fair enough had come across a vogue magazine called Dépêche-mode.^[16] A pristine wave/synth-pop pioneer of the beforehand s, Depeche Mode have on the rampage 15 studio albums, four paramount hits compilations and two remix albums. The band has accomplished global sales in excess be incumbent on million records.^[17][18] Four of honourableness band's singles have reached hand out one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart: "Enjoy the Silence" (), "Policy of Truth" (), "I Feel You" (), and "Walking in My Shoes" ().^[19]

In out interview, Gahan shared that "During the making of Exciter, now and then I felt a bit guarded that there was a inadequacy of experimentation."^[20] This led him, in , to tell cap bandmates that he wanted drop in write half of the songs on their next album, weather there was "no way" closure could be involved in character band without contributing as span songwriter.^[21] Eventually, there was uncut compromise, and three of Gahan's songs appeared on 's Playing the Angel: "Suffer Well" (nominated for a Grammy award), "I Want It All" and "Nothing's Impossible".^[22] "Suffer Well" was movable as a single in , reaching No.&#;12 in the UK.^[23] Gahan also wrote the disagreement to the B-side "Oh Well", although the music was backhand by Martin Gore. It was their first writing collaboration.^[24][25]

Gahan's guise onstage is influenced by Dave Vanian, frontman of the Damned.^[26][27] He has also credited Pioneer, James Brown, Elvis Presley wallet Prince as influences.^[28]

Solo albums dowel collaborations (–present)

In , Gahan floating his first solo album, Paper Monsters (which he co-wrote peer guitarist and friend Knox Chandler), followed by the Paper Monsters Tour (including a performance mock 's Glastonbury Festival), singing both his new solo tracks paramount Depeche Mode fan favourites. Honourableness album was a moderate come next. The first single "Dirty Problematic Floors" hit the Top 20 in the UK singles classify. The album became a Gap 10 hit on the Denizen album chart and a Take a breather 40 hit in the UK Albums Chart.^[29]

In , Gahan declared he was working on wonderful new album via a gramophone record greeting for Depeche Mode's not working properly website recorded at the MusiCares Charity event on 11 The fifth month or expressing possibility. The album, entitled Hourglass, was accompanied working by Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner.^[30][31] The counsel was recorded at Gahan's Eleventh Floor Studios in New Dynasty City. According to Gahan, Hourglass is more electronic-sounding than Paper Monsters.^[32] The album made character UK Top 50, the Sculpturer Top 20 and narrowly overlook going to No.&#;1 in Frg. The first single to superiority pulled from Hourglass was "Kingdom".^[33][34]

In July , Side-Line magazine rout that Gahan had been functioning with Thomas Anselmi on well-ordered project called Mirror, which was produced by Vincent Jones. Ahead with Jones, who played collect Gahan's touring band and hybrid the live DVD Live Monsters,^[35] Mirror featured another Gahan cooperator, Knox Chandler (Siouxsie & rank Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs), considerably well as piano by A surname e.g. David Bowie favourite Mike Garson, and straighten up monologue by Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro. Gahan sang vocals secret the track "Nostalgia".^[36] The theme agreement was released in October ,^[37] and the album released around download at the start build up He also appeared in righteousness accompanying video for the song.^[38]

Gahan also contributed vocals to topping track called "Visitors", after lifeless in while producer and ex-Clor guitarist Luke Smith was operative on the song in monarch New York studio. The melody was released under the organizer name of frYars.^[39]

Gahan is influence lead singer and lyricist steal Soulsavers' fourth studio album The Light the Dead See. Dignity album was released on 21 May ^[40]

Gahan sings and plays harmonica on "Low Guns", dignity first single from the ep The Morning After by Honestly band SixToes. The single was released on 18 November Excellence SixToes remix of "Jezebel" was released on the special printing of Sounds of the Universe in Members of SixToes as well collaborated with Soulsavers, on dignity album The Light the Stop midstream See.^[41]

In , Gahan collaborated come again with Soulsavers as the basic singer on the album Angels & Ghosts. The lead unique from the album titled "All of This and Nothing" was released digitally 11 September

In , Gahan featured on Nada + Void's song "Where Unrestrained Wait"^[42] from the album Cryosleep where the song features tierce times in different remixes.^[43]

In , a remix of the Goldfrapp single "Ocean" featuring guest vocals from Gahan was released bring in a digital download on 21 May Regarding the collaboration, prestige Goldfrapp issued a statement: "Working with Dave Gahan on nobleness new version of 'Ocean' locked away been a real honor defend us as a band."^[44]

In , Gahan contributed a cover past its best the Metallica song "Nothing Under other circumstances Matters" to the charity burgeon album The Metallica Blacklist presentday did guest vocals on regular single from Jenny Lee Lindberg.^[45][46] On November 12, , Gahan released an album of bedding called Imposter with Soulsavers.^[47]

In , Gahan contributed a cover dying "Mother of Earth" by ethics Gun Club to the section installment in the Jeffrey Appreciate Pierce Sessions Project series hint tribute albums, titled The Charge Has Overwhelmed Us.^[48]

Personal life

Gahan has lived in New York Single-mindedness since ^{[citation needed]} He interest married to his third helpmeet, Greek-American actress and filmmaker Jennifer Sklias,^[49] with whom he has a daughter, Stella Rose (born in ),^[50] who is besides a singer.^[51] He also adoptive her son from a earlier relationship,^[52] and has a idiocy named Jack from his good cheer marriage to Joanne Fox. Rulership second marriage, to former Depeche Mode publicist Teresa Conroy, lasted for four years.

Gahan protected to the Greek Orthodox Communion before marrying Sklias.^[53][54] In spruce interview, he said, "When smash into comes to religion, it's as well confusing and always has antediluvian for thousands of years mount probably will be for a lot of years more. I don't know what it is Raving believe in, but I understand that I feel a esoteric of some kind of a cut above power, for lack of unscramble words."^[55]

In a interview, Gahan referred to himself as "classically ADD".^[56] In a interview, he declared himself and bandmate Martin Pierce as autistic.^[57]

Health issues

Gahan is put in order recovering heroin addict and has had multiple health concerns all the way through his career. During his roughest years in Los Angeles, oversight survived four brushes with wasting and earned the nickname "The Cat" from local paramedics.^[58]

In Oct , Gahan suffered a subsidiary drug-induced heart attack during a-ok performance in New Orleans, end the rest of Depeche Money to improvise an encore destitute him.^[59]

In August , Gahan attempted suicide by cutting his wrists, later explaining it as uncluttered "cry for help" and stating that he had "made find fault with there were people who strength find [him]".^[60]

In May , Gahan overdosed on a speedball afterwards the Sunset Marquis Hotel observe Los Angeles, which resulted require his heart stopping for four minutes until he was resuscitated by paramedics.^[58] He said appease had an out-of-body experience: "All I saw and all Raving felt at first was wrap up darkness. I've never been squash up a space that was blacker, and I remember feeling wander whatever it was I was doing, it was really disappointment. Then the next thing Unrestrained remember was seeing myself denouement the floor, on the tree outside my hotel bathroom, bear there was a lot outline activity going on around cause to be in. In some ways it was very liberating. Then I came to and a cop was handcuffing me. It certainly wasn't a place I'd like cope with visit again."^[16] Several months consequent, after facing drug charges, take steps checked himself into rehab.^[61]

In Haw , shortly before Depeche Means were due onstage in Athinai during their Tour of decency Universe, Gahan became ill mark out his dressing room. He was rushed to hospital, where punch was suspected he was accommodate from a bout of gastroenteritis.^[62] A scan revealed a malignanttumour in his bladder, which was removed.^[63][64] Several shows were delayed and he underwent cancer treatments during the remaining three months of the tour.^[65]

In July , Gahan suffered a torn calfskin muscle while performing in Bilbao, resulting in two further county show cancellations.^[66] After a two-week snap, he and Depeche Mode correlative to the tour for their North American leg. While the theater in Seattle the following four weeks, Gahan strained his vocal agreement and doctors ordered him be undertake complete vocal rest, contingent in two more cancelled shows.^[67][68]

In May , Gahan was worthy at the seventh annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert beseech more than a decade thoroughgoing sobriety.^[69][70]

Discography

Main article: Dave Gahan discography

Studio albums

with Soulsavers

with Depeche Mode

References

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