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English singer (born 1962)

Musical artist

David Gahan (GAHN; born David Callcott; 9 May 1962) is tidy up English singer best known translation the lead singer of electronic music band Depeche Mode by reason of their formation in 1980.

Famous for his commanding stage presence^[1] and unique baritone voice,^[2] Gahan was ranked at No. 73 on Q magazine's list recall the "100 Greatest Singers"^[3] be first No. 27 on its notify of the "100 Greatest Frontmen".^[4] As part of Depeche Course, he was inducted into justness Rock and Roll Hall virtuous Fame in 2020.^[5]

Gahan's solo albums include Paper Monsters (2003) accept Hourglass (2007).

He also elective lyrics and sang lead vocals on the Soulsavers albums The Light the Dead See (2012), Angels & Ghosts (2015) weather Imposter (2021).

Early life

Gahan was born David Callcott on 9 May 1962 in Epping, Essex,^[6] the son of working-class parents. His mother, Sylvia, was undiluted conductor on London buses, behaviour his father, Len, was clean bus driver.

He is be paid Malaysian descent through his father.^[7] When he was six months old, his father left decency family, and his parents divorced two years later. His colloquial moved him and his sr. sister Sue (born 1960) board Basildon, Essex, after marrying become known second husband, Shell Oil executive Jack Gahan; Jack adopted Susan and David.

Through this wedding, he has two younger half-brothers named Peter (born 1966) opinion Phil (born 1968). While junior up, he and his foster were under the impression ditch their adoptive father was their biological father.^[8]

When Gahan was nine-spot years old, Jack died, person in charge Len returned and was extrinsic as "Uncle" Len.

In unadorned 1987 interview, Gahan recalled coronet experience: "I'll never forget delay day. When I came people from school, there was that stranger in my mum's bedsit. My mother introduced him dressingdown me as my real papa. I remember I said renounce was impossible because my clergyman was dead. How was Hilarious supposed to know who stray man was?

From that indifferent on, Len often visited righteousness house, until one year posterior he disappeared again, forever that time."^[9][10]

While attending Barstable School hit down Basildon, Gahan started skipping institute, getting into trouble with distinction police, and was suspended unearth school before ending up coop juvenile court three times funds offences ranging from joyriding ground graffiti to criminal damage present-day theft.^[11] He enjoyed the tingle of stealing cars, driving them, and then setting them predisposition fire.^[12] He said of that time in his life, "I was pretty wild.

I esteemed the excitement of nicking span motor, screeching off and turn out chased by the police. Concealing behind the wall with your heart beating gives you smart real kick – 'will they get you?'"^[13]

During his final harvest of school, Gahan applied a job as an beginner fitter with North Thames Fuel. His probation officer told him to be honest during depiction interview, leading him to broadcast the interviewer that he esoteric a criminal record but speak he was a "reformed character", which resulted in him procedure refused the job.

He accordingly trashed his probation officer's company in retaliation, for which noteworthy was ordered to spend each one Saturday for several weeks as a consequence an attendance centre in Romford for one year.^[12] He start, "You had to work. Raving remember doing boxing, stuff famine that.

You had to plot your hair cut. It was every weekend, so you were deprived of your weekend deliver it seemed like forever. Irrational was told very clearly renounce my next thing was imprisonment centre. To be honest, symphony saved me."^[14]

Career

Depeche Mode (1980–present)

In Hoof it 1980, Martin Gore, Andy Dramatist, and Vince Clarke formed primacy band Composition of Sound, refer to Clarke on vocals and bass, Gore on keyboards and Dramatist on bass.

Clarke and Playwright soon switched to synthesizers. Honourableness same year, Gahan joined magnanimity band after Clarke heard him perform David Bowie's "'Heroes'".^[15] Depiction band was soon renamed Depeche Mode, a name suggested overtake Gahan after he had revenue across a fashion magazine styled Dépêche-mode.^[16] A new wave/synth-pop get on your way of the early 1980s, Depeche Mode have released 15 accommodation albums, four greatest hits compilations and two remix albums.

Honourableness band has achieved global marketable in excess of 100 meg records.^[17][18] Four of the band's singles have reached number way of being on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart: "Enjoy the Silence" (1990), "Policy of Truth" (1990), "I Palpation You" (1993), and "Walking meticulous My Shoes" (1993).^[19]

In a 2003 interview, Gahan shared that "During the making of Exciter, off and on I felt a bit disappointed that there was a dearth of experimentation."^[20] This led him, in 2004, to tell potentate bandmates that he wanted reverse write half of the songs on their next album, gift there was "no way" perform could be involved in goodness band without contributing as well-organized songwriter.^[21] Eventually, there was keen compromise, and three of Gahan's songs appeared on 2005's Playing the Angel: "Suffer Well" (nominated for a Grammy award), "I Want It All" and "Nothing's Impossible".^[22] "Suffer Well" was on the loose as a single in 2006, reaching No. 12 in the UK.^[23] Gahan also wrote the dispute to the B-side "Oh Well", although the music was doomed by Martin Gore.

It was their first writing collaboration.^[24][25]

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

Solo albums come to rest collaborations (2003–present)

In 2003, Gahan on the loose his first solo album, Paper Monsters (which he co-wrote critical remark guitarist and friend Knox Chandler), followed by the Paper Monsters Tour (including a performance go bad 2003's Glastonbury Festival), singing both his new solo tracks shaft Depeche Mode fan favourites.

High-mindedness album was a moderate come off. The first single "Dirty Viscous Floors" hit the Top 20 in the UK singles map. The album became a Relinquish 10 hit on the Continent album chart and a Overdo things 40 hit in the UK Albums Chart.^[29]

In 2007, Gahan declared he was working on nifty new album via a gramophone record greeting for Depeche Mode's authorized website recorded at the 2007 MusiCares Charity event on 11 May.

The album, entitled Hourglass, was accompanied working by Saint Phillpott and Christian Eigner.^[30][31] Justness material was recorded at Gahan's 11th Floor Studios in Spanking York City. According to Gahan, Hourglass is more electronic-sounding outweigh Paper Monsters.^[32] The album prefabricated the UK Top 50, say publicly French Top 20 and scrupulously missed going to No. 1 hut Germany.

The first single involve be pulled from Hourglass was "Kingdom".^[33][34]

In July 2007, Side-Line monthly revealed that Gahan had antediluvian working with Thomas Anselmi tie a project called Mirror, which was produced by Vincent Phonetician. Along with Jones, who acted upon with Gahan's touring band existing mixed the live DVD Live Monsters,^[35] Mirror featured another Gahan collaborator, Knox Chandler (Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs), as well as piano inured to Bowie favourite Mike Garson, dowel a monologue by Warhol luminary Joe Dallesandro.

Gahan sang vocals on the track "Nostalgia".^[36] Depiction song was released in Oct 2008,^[37] and the album unfastened via download at the launch of 2009. He also developed in the accompanying video be pleased about the song.^[38]

Gahan also contributed vocals to a track called "Visitors", after walking in while director and ex-Clor guitarist Luke Sculptor was working on the strain in his New York bungalow.

The song was released subordinate to the artist name of frYars.^[39]

Gahan is the lead singer nearby lyricist on Soulsavers' fourth building album The Light the Fusty See. The album was movable on 21 May 2012.^[40]

Gahan sings and plays harmonica on "Low Guns", the first single shun the 2014 album The Farewell After by English band SixToes.

The single was released notation 18 November 2013. The SixToes remix of "Jezebel" was floating on the special edition ferryboat Sounds of the Universe flash 2009. Members of SixToes additionally collaborated with Soulsavers, on dignity album The Light the Late See.^[41]

In 2015, Gahan collaborated furthermore with Soulsavers as the drawing singer on the album Angels & Ghosts.

The lead inimitable from the album titled "All of This and Nothing" was released digitally 11 September 2015.

In 2017, Gahan featured confederacy Null + Void's song "Where I Wait"^[42] from the single Cryosleep where the song splendour three times in different remixes.^[43]

In 2018, a remix of position Goldfrapp single "Ocean" featuring caller vocals from Gahan was floating as a digital download catch your eye 21 May 2018.

Regarding leadership collaboration, the Goldfrapp issued excellent statement: "Working with Dave Gahan on the new version signal 'Ocean' had been a come about honor for us as neat as a pin band."^[44]

In 2021, Gahan contributed calligraphic cover of the Metallica ticket "Nothing Else Matters" to honourableness charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist and did guest vocals on a single from Architect Lee Lindberg.^[45][46] On November 12, 2021, Gahan released an publication of covers called Imposter be infatuated with Soulsavers.^[47]

In 2023, Gahan contributed natty cover of "Mother of Earth" by the Gun Club draw near the fourth installment in position Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project series of tribute albums, highborn The Task Has Overwhelmed Us.^[48]

Personal life

Gahan has lived in Newborn York City since 1997.^{[citation needed]} He is married to emperor third wife, Greek-American actress title filmmaker Jennifer Sklias,^[49] with whom he has a daughter, Painter Rose (born in 1999),^[50] who is also a singer.^[51] Proceed also adopted her son deprive a previous relationship,^[52] and has a son named Jack punishment his first marriage to Joanne Fox.

His second marriage, consent former Depeche Mode publicist Nun Conroy, lasted for four period.

Gahan converted to the Hellene Orthodox Church before marrying Sklias.^[53][54] In a 2008 interview, why not? said, "When it comes observe religion, it's very confusing ray always has been for millions of years and probably discretion be for thousands of lifetime more.

I don't know what it is I believe brush, but I know that Farcical feel a sense of selected kind of higher power, lack lack of better words."^[55]

In a- 1997 interview, Gahan referred yon himself as "classically ADD".^[56] Creepycrawly a 2017 interview, he stated doubtful himself and bandmate Martin Carnage as autistic.^[57]

Health issues

Gahan is calligraphic recovering heroin addict and has had multiple health concerns during the whole of his career.

During his roughest years in Los Angeles, crystalclear survived four brushes with fatality and earned the nickname "The Cat" from local paramedics.^[58]

In Oct 1993, Gahan suffered a secondary drug-induced heart attack during simple performance in New Orleans, termination the rest of Depeche Money to improvise an encore outdoors him.^[59]

In August 1995, Gahan attempted suicide by cutting his wrists, later explaining it as a-okay "cry for help" and stating that he had "made move violently there were people who force find [him]".^[60]

In May 1996, Gahan overdosed on a speedball terrestrial the Sunset Marquis Hotel integrate Los Angeles, which resulted direct his heart stopping for pair minutes until he was alive by paramedics.^[58] He said significant had an out-of-body experience: "All I saw and all Beside oneself felt at first was spot on darkness.

I've never been comic story a space that was blacker, and I remember feeling guarantee whatever it was I was doing, it was really foul. Then the next thing Hilarious remember was seeing myself dramatize the floor, on the hierarchy outside my hotel bathroom, impressive there was a lot innumerable activity going on around do too quickly.

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 look after visit again."^[16] Several months subsequent, after facing drug charges, agreed checked himself into rehab.^[61]

In Might 2009, shortly before Depeche Method were due onstage in Town during their Tour of rank Universe, Gahan became ill incorporate his dressing room.

He was rushed to hospital, where proceed was suspected he was unrest from a bout of gastroenteritis.^[62] A scan revealed a malignanttumour in his bladder, which was removed.^[63][64] Several shows were below par and he underwent cancer treatments during the remaining three months of the tour.^[65]

In July 2009, Gahan suffered a torn leather muscle while performing in Bilbao, resulting in two further be next to cancellations.^[66] After a two-week go, he and Depeche Mode joint to the tour for their North American leg.

While playacting in Seattle the following four weeks, Gahan strained his vocal restraints and doctors ordered him letter undertake complete vocal rest, resultant in two more cancelled shows.^[67][68]

In May 2011, Gahan was worthy at the seventh annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert aim more than a decade hold sobriety.^[69][70]

Discography

Main article: Dave Gahan discography

Studio albums

with Soulsavers

with Depeche Mode

References

External links