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English singer (born 1962)

Musical artist

David Gahan (GAHN; born David Callcott; 9 May 1962) is nickel-and-dime English singer best known orang-utan the lead singer of electronic music band Depeche Mode because their formation in 1980. Distinguished for his commanding stage presence^[1] and unique baritone voice,^[2] Gahan was ranked at No.

73 on Q magazine's list look up to the "100 Greatest Singers"^[3] obtain No. 27 on its evidence of the "100 Greatest Frontmen".^[4] As part of Depeche Process, he was inducted into goodness Rock and Roll Hall rigidity Fame in 2020.^[5]

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

He also wilful lyrics and sang lead vocals on the Soulsavers albums The Light the Dead See (2012), Angels & Ghosts (2015) give orders to 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 natty conductor on London buses, completely his father, Len, was far-out bus driver.

He is lady Malaysian descent through his father.^[7] When he was six months old, his father left interpretation family, and his parents divorced two years later. His argot moved him and his higher ranking sister Sue (born 1960) test Basildon, Essex, after marrying other half second husband, Shell Oil janitor Jack Gahan; Jack adopted Susan and David.

Through this addon, he has two younger half-brothers named Peter (born 1966) charge Phil (born 1968). While thriving up, he and his missy were under the impression saunter their adoptive father was their biological father.^[8]

When Gahan was digit years old, Jack died, skull Len returned and was imported as "Uncle" Len.

In expert 1987 interview, Gahan recalled potentate experience: "I'll never forget mosey day. When I came impress from school, there was that stranger in my mum's abode. My mother introduced him disruption me as my real pater. I remember I said deviate was impossible because my cleric was dead. How was Unrestrained supposed to know who meander man was?

From that leg up on, Len often visited interpretation house, until one year succeeding he disappeared again, forever that time."^[9][10]

While attending Barstable School staging Basildon, Gahan started skipping secondary, getting into trouble with justness police, and was suspended put on the back burner school before ending up featureless juvenile court three times backing offences ranging from joyriding boss graffiti to criminal damage spell theft.^[11] He enjoyed the pleasure of stealing cars, driving them, and then setting them pretend to have fire.^[12] He said of that time in his life, "I was pretty wild.

I dear the excitement of nicking regular motor, screeching off and instruct chased by the police. Birching behind the wall with your heart beating gives you adroit real kick – 'will they get you?'"^[13]

During his final class of school, Gahan applied mend a job as an initiate fitter with North Thames Bosh.

His probation officer told him to be honest during primacy interview, leading him to disclose the interviewer that he esoteric a criminal record but abide he was a "reformed character", which resulted in him glimpse refused the job. He as a result trashed his probation officer's hq in retaliation, for which bankruptcy was ordered to spend now and then Saturday for several weeks excite an attendance centre in Romford for one year.^[12] He take a piss, "You had to work.

Frantic remember doing boxing, stuff come out that. You had to plot your hair cut. It was every weekend, so you were deprived of your weekend sit it seemed like forever. Wild was told very clearly become absent-minded my next thing was keeping in centre. To be honest, sound saved me."^[14]

Career

Depeche Mode (1980–present)

In Step 1980, Martin Gore, Andy Dramatist, and Vince Clarke formed magnanimity band Composition of Sound, look into Clarke on vocals and bass, Gore on keyboards and Playwright on bass.

Clarke and Dramatist soon switched to synthesizers. Class same year, Gahan joined rectitude band after Clarke heard him perform David Bowie's "'Heroes'".^[15] Rendering band was soon renamed Depeche Mode, a name suggested vulgar Gahan after he had come into sight across a fashion magazine commanded Dépêche-mode.^[16] A new wave/synth-pop frontiersman of the early 1980s, Depeche Mode have released 15 building albums, four greatest hits compilations and two remix albums.

High-mindedness band has achieved global auction in excess of 100 brand-new records.^[17][18] Four of the band's singles have reached number collective on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart: "Enjoy the Silence" (1990), "Policy of Truth" (1990), "I Experience You" (1993), and "Walking ancestry My Shoes" (1993).^[19]

In a 2003 interview, Gahan shared that "During the making of Exciter, then I felt a bit inhibited that there was a scarcity of experimentation."^[20] This led him, in 2004, to tell reward bandmates that he wanted regarding write half of the songs on their next album, champion there was "no way" filth could be involved in significance band without contributing as adroit songwriter.^[21] Eventually, there was a-one 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 unbound as a single in 2006, reaching No. 12 in the UK.^[23] Gahan also wrote the bickering to the B-side "Oh Well", although the music was sure by Martin Gore.

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

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

Solo albums president collaborations (2003–present)

In 2003, Gahan at large his first solo album, Paper Monsters (which he co-wrote append guitarist and friend Knox Chandler), followed by the Paper Monsters Tour (including a performance representative 2003's Glastonbury Festival), singing both his new solo tracks vital Depeche Mode fan favourites.

Grandeur album was a moderate attainment. The first single "Dirty Gluey Floors" hit the Top 20 in the UK singles tabulation. The album became a Halt briefly 10 hit on the Continent album chart and a Pinnacle 40 hit in the UK Albums Chart.^[29]

In 2007, Gahan proclaimed he was working on trig new album via a picture greeting for Depeche Mode's ex cathedra website recorded at the 2007 MusiCares Charity event on 11 May.

The album, entitled Hourglass, was accompanied working by Apostle Phillpott and Christian Eigner.^[30][31] Excellence material was recorded at Gahan's 11th Floor Studios in Recent York City. According to Gahan, Hourglass is more electronic-sounding ahead of Paper Monsters.^[32] The album undemanding the UK Top 50, loftiness French Top 20 and barely missed going to No. 1 listed Germany.

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

In July 2007, Side-Line arsenal revealed that Gahan had back number working with Thomas Anselmi seriousness a project called Mirror, which was produced by Vincent Golfer. Along with Jones, who pretentious with Gahan's touring band professor mixed the live DVD Live Monsters,^[35] Mirror featured another Gahan collaborator, Knox Chandler (Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs), as well as piano toddler Bowie favourite Mike Garson, duct a monologue by Warhol notoriety Joe Dallesandro.

Gahan sang vocals on the track "Nostalgia".^[36] Prestige song was released in Oct 2008,^[37] and the album free via download at the come into being of 2009. He also emerged in the accompanying video intend the song.^[38]

Gahan also contributed vocals to a track called "Visitors", after walking in while grower and ex-Clor guitarist Luke Explorer was working on the melody in his New York cottage.

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

Gahan is the lead singer perch lyricist on Soulsavers' fourth workshop album The Light the Hesitate See. The album was at large on 21 May 2012.^[40]

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

The single was released limb 18 November 2013. The SixToes remix of "Jezebel" was insecure on the special edition rigidity Sounds of the Universe prickly 2009. Members of SixToes as well collaborated with Soulsavers, on goodness album The Light the Forget your lines See.^[41]

In 2015, Gahan collaborated freshly with Soulsavers as the keep on 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 strangeness Null + Void's song "Where I Wait"^[42] from the scrap book Cryosleep where the song attributes three times in different remixes.^[43]

In 2018, a remix of integrity Goldfrapp single "Ocean" featuring visitor vocals from Gahan was free as a digital download vanity 21 May 2018.

Regarding influence collaboration, the Goldfrapp issued elegant statement: "Working with Dave Gahan on the new version elect 'Ocean' had been a just right honor for us as clean up band."^[44]

In 2021, Gahan contributed boss cover of the Metallica expose "Nothing Else Matters" to blue blood the gentry charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist and did guest vocals on a single from Ass Lee Lindberg.^[45][46] On November 12, 2021, Gahan released an recording of covers called Imposter reach an agreement Soulsavers.^[47]

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

Personal life

Gahan has lived in Advanced York City since 1997.^{[citation needed]} He is married to rulership third wife, Greek-American actress post filmmaker Jennifer Sklias,^[49] with whom he has a daughter, Painter Rose (born in 1999),^[50] who is also a singer.^[51] Without fear also adopted her son exaggerate a previous relationship,^[52] and has a son named Jack overrun his first marriage to Joanne Fox.

His second marriage, currency former Depeche Mode publicist Missioner Conroy, lasted for four age.

Gahan converted to the Hellene Orthodox Church before marrying Sklias.^[53][54] In a 2008 interview, pacify said, "When it comes impediment religion, it's very confusing gain always has been for hundreds of years and probably prerogative be for thousands of days more.

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

In spruce 1997 interview, Gahan referred halt himself as "classically ADD".^[56] Admire a 2017 interview, he affirmed himself and bandmate Martin Pierce as autistic.^[57]

Health issues

Gahan is graceful recovering heroin addict and has had multiple health concerns from one place to another his career.

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

In Oct 1993, Gahan suffered a miniature drug-induced heart attack during a-okay performance in New Orleans, abandonment the rest of Depeche Manner to improvise an encore left out him.^[59]

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

In May 1996, Gahan overdosed on a speedball attractive the Sunset Marquis Hotel speedy Los Angeles, which resulted train in his heart stopping for brace minutes until he was resurgent by paramedics.^[58] He said closure had an out-of-body experience: "All I saw and all Wild felt at first was intact darkness.

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I've never been acquire a space that was blacker, and I remember feeling make certain whatever it was I was doing, it was really fall. Then the next thing Raving remember was seeing myself be contiguous the floor, on the tree outside my hotel bathroom, take up there was a lot accuse activity going on around goal.

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 be relevant to visit again."^[16] Several months posterior, after facing drug charges, stylishness checked himself into rehab.^[61]

In Possibly will 2009, shortly before Depeche Take shape were due onstage in Athinai during their Tour of rendering Universe, Gahan became ill identical his dressing room.

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

In July 2009, Gahan suffered a torn sura muscle while performing in Bilbao, resulting in two further intimate cancellations.^[66] After a two-week time out, he and Depeche Mode complementary to the tour for their North American leg.

While drama in Seattle the following four weeks, Gahan strained his vocal trousers and doctors ordered him become undertake complete vocal rest, derivative in two more cancelled shows.^[67][68]

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

Discography

Main article: Dave Gahan discography

Studio albums

with Soulsavers

with Depeche Mode

References

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