In 1995, Alan Wilder left Depeche Mode because of "increasing dissatisfaction with the internal relations and working practices of the group."
Depeche Mode's album Songs of Faith and Devotion debuted at #1 in both the UK and the US.
40,000 tickets were sold within eight hours for Depeche Mode's World Violation Tour at New York Giants Stadium.
Depeche Mode held an in-store autograph signing at the Wherehouse Records music store in Los Angeles to promote their 1990 album Violator. This attracted approximately 17,000 fans and almost caused a riot.
"Personal Jesus" became the biggest-selling 12-inch single in Warner Bros. Records' history.
Depeche Mode played on June 18, 1988 during the Rose Bowl to a sell-out crowd of 90,000 people.
Depeche Mode’s song "People Are People" climbed to #13 on the US charts, and also reached #4 on the UK and Swiss charts.
On April 3, 2006 remastered editions of Depeche Mode's albums Speak & Spell, Music for the Masses, and Violator were released.
Depeche Mode's song "Personal Jesus" was featured in the 2004 movie Saved!.
Depeche Mode's song "Suffer Well" was featured in The Sims 2: Open for Business computer game.
Alan Wilder's first contribution to Depeche Mode was in 1983, on the non-album single "Get the Balance Right!".
Rolling Stone magazine called Speak & Spell, Depeche Mode's first album, "PG-rated fluff."
Depeche Mode won the "Best Group" award at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Depeche Mode's hit "Just Can't Get Enough" was ranked #69 on Rolling Stone magazine and MTV's 100 Greatest Pop Songs.
Legend has it that for the recording of the love song "Somebody," on the album "Some Great Reward," in order to capture the feeling of intimacy from the lyrics, Martin Gore recorded his vocal track while naked.
Two of their songs have been featured on the show Smallville. Their song "Precious" is featured in the episode "Arrival," and "I Want It All" was played in the episode "Fanatic."
David Gahan's last name is pronounce like the word "gone", but some people pronounced it "guh-hahn."
Alan Wilder was a member of the band between 1982 - 1995.
Martin Lee Gore speaks fluent German.
Discography: Speak and Spell (1981), A Broken Frame (1982), Construction Time Again (1983), Some Great Rewards (1984), People Are People (1984), Catching Up With Depeche Mode (1985), The Singles 81-85 (1985), Black Celebration (1986), Music for the Masses (1987), Violator (1990), Song of Faith and Devotion Live (1993), Ultra (1997), The Singles 86-98 (1998), Exciter (2001), Playing the Angel (2005).
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