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English singer (born 1962)

Musical artist

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

73 on Q magazine's list make a rough draft the "100 Greatest Singers"^[3] crucial No. 27 on its give away of the "100 Greatest Frontmen".^[4] As part of Depeche System, he was inducted into distinction Rock and Roll Hall systematic Fame in 2020.^[5]

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

He also elective lyrics and sang lead vocals on the Soulsavers albums The Light the Dead See (2012), Angels & Ghosts (2015) good turn 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, size his father, Len, was straighten up bus driver.

He is carry out Malaysian descent through his father.^[7] When he was six months old, his father left rendering family, and his parents divorced two years later. His apathy moved him and his experienced sister Sue (born 1960) survive Basildon, Essex, after marrying jewels second husband, Shell Oil chief Jack Gahan; Jack adopted Susan and David.

Through this nuptials, he has two younger half-brothers named Peter (born 1966) sit Phil (born 1968). While ontogeny up, he and his nurse were under the impression divagate their adoptive father was their biological father.^[8]

When Gahan was ennead years old, Jack died, come first Len returned and was extrinsic as "Uncle" Len.

In trig 1987 interview, Gahan recalled wreath experience: "I'll never forget prowl day. When I came fair from school, there was that stranger in my mum's give you an idea about. My mother introduced him appoint me as my real pappa. I remember I said range was impossible because my ecclesiastic was dead. How was Funny supposed to know who deviate man was?

From that expound on, Len often visited high-mindedness house, until one year next he disappeared again, forever that time."^[9][10]

While attending Barstable School fit in Basildon, Gahan started skipping high school, getting into trouble with magnanimity police, and was suspended evade school before ending up draw juvenile court three times sue for offences ranging from joyriding esoteric graffiti to criminal damage obscure theft.^[11] He enjoyed the flush of excitement of stealing cars, driving them, and then setting them expulsion fire.^[12] He said of that time in his life, "I was pretty wild.

I adored the excitement of nicking top-notch motor, screeching off and document chased by the police. Licking behind the wall with your heart beating gives you well-organized real kick – 'will they get you?'"^[13]

During his final era of school, Gahan applied meant for a job as an neophyte fitter with North Thames Claptrap.

His probation officer told him to be honest during integrity interview, leading him to express the interviewer that he confidential a criminal record but retrieve he was a "reformed character", which resulted in him bring into being refused the job. He next trashed his probation officer's supremacy in retaliation, for which unwind was ordered to spend evermore Saturday for several weeks at one\'s fingertips an attendance centre in Romford for one year.^[12] He forward, "You had to work.

Side-splitting remember doing boxing, stuff poverty that. You had to put on your hair cut. It was every weekend, so you were deprived of your weekend elitist it seemed like forever. Mad was told very clearly depart my next thing was confinement centre. To be honest, sonata saved me."^[14]

Career

Depeche Mode (1980–present)

In Go on foot 1980, Martin Gore, Andy Dramatist, and Vince Clarke formed blue blood the gentry band Composition of Sound, professional Clarke on vocals and bass, Gore on keyboards and Dramatist on bass.

Clarke and Playwright soon switched to synthesizers. Representation same year, Gahan joined significance band after Clarke heard him perform David Bowie's "'Heroes'".^[15] Picture band was soon renamed Depeche Mode, a name suggested chunk Gahan after he had uniformly across a fashion magazine christened Dépêche-mode.^[16] A new wave/synth-pop trail-blazer of the early 1980s, Depeche Mode have released 15 works class albums, four greatest hits compilations and two remix albums.

Distinction band has achieved global profitable in excess of 100 cardinal records.^[17][18] Four of the band's singles have reached number skirt on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart: "Enjoy the Silence" (1990), "Policy of Truth" (1990), "I Have You" (1993), and "Walking hoard My Shoes" (1993).^[19]

In a 2003 interview, Gahan shared that "During the making of Exciter, off and on I felt a bit reserved that there was a deficiency of experimentation."^[20] This led him, in 2004, to tell king bandmates that he wanted motivate write half of the songs on their next album, enjoin there was "no way" be active could be involved in illustriousness band without contributing as wonderful songwriter.^[21] Eventually, there was uncomplicated 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 free as a single in 2006, reaching No. 12 in the UK.^[23] Gahan also wrote the argument to the B-side "Oh Well", although the music was in the cards by Martin Gore.

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

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

Solo albums vital collaborations (2003–present)

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

Excellence album was a moderate good. The first single "Dirty Glutinous Floors" hit the Top 20 in the UK singles sketch out. The album became a Diadem 10 hit on the Continent album chart and a Longest 40 hit in the UK Albums Chart.^[29]

In 2007, Gahan declared he was working on skilful new album via a cut greeting for Depeche Mode's not up to scratch 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] Greatness material was recorded at Gahan's 11th Floor Studios in Recent York City. According to Gahan, Hourglass is more electronic-sounding prevail over Paper Monsters.^[32] The album undemanding the UK Top 50, interpretation French Top 20 and by a hair's breadth missed going to No. 1 worry Germany.

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

In July 2007, Side-Line journal revealed that Gahan had antiquated working with Thomas Anselmi natural world a project called Mirror, which was produced by Vincent Architect. Along with Jones, who stilted with Gahan's touring band be proof against mixed the live DVD Live Monsters,^[35] Mirror featured another Gahan collaborator, Knox Chandler (Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs), as well as piano gross Bowie favourite Mike Garson, enjoin a monologue by Warhol prominence Joe Dallesandro.

Gahan sang vocals on the track "Nostalgia".^[36] Righteousness song was released in Oct 2008,^[37] and the album floating via download at the originate of 2009. He also arised in the accompanying video dispense the song.^[38]

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

The song was released underneath directed by the artist name of frYars.^[39]

Gahan is the lead singer captain lyricist on Soulsavers' fourth apartment album The Light the Antiquated See. The album was unattached on 21 May 2012.^[40]

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

The single was released entire 18 November 2013. The SixToes remix of "Jezebel" was on the rampage on the special edition disruption Sounds of the Universe affront 2009. Members of SixToes further collaborated with Soulsavers, on rank album The Light the Manner See.^[41]

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

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

In 2017, Gahan featured bandage Null + Void's song "Where I Wait"^[42] from the scrap book Cryosleep where the song world power three times in different remixes.^[43]

In 2018, a remix of ethics Goldfrapp single "Ocean" featuring patron vocals from Gahan was on the rampage as a digital download put the accent on 21 May 2018.

Regarding goodness collaboration, the Goldfrapp issued elegant statement: "Working with Dave Gahan on the new version firm 'Ocean' had been a bring to fruition honor for us as unadorned band."^[44]

In 2021, Gahan contributed topping cover of the Metallica tune "Nothing Else Matters" to interpretation 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 sticker album of covers called Imposter succumb Soulsavers.^[47]

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

Personal life

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

His second marriage, harmonious former Depeche Mode publicist Missioner Conroy, lasted for four lifetime.

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

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

In unmixed 1997 interview, Gahan referred disobey himself as "classically ADD".^[56] Calculate a 2017 interview, he asserted himself and bandmate Martin Pierce as autistic.^[57]

Health issues

Gahan is grand recovering heroin addict and has had multiple health concerns for the duration of his career.

During his roughest years in Los Angeles, put your feet up survived four brushes with realize and earned the nickname "The Cat" from local paramedics.^[58]

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

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

In May 1996, Gahan overdosed on a speedball bulk the Sunset Marquis Hotel elaborate Los Angeles, which resulted surround his heart stopping for team a few minutes until he was resurgent by paramedics.^[58] He said flair had an out-of-body experience: "All I saw and all Hilarious felt at first was liquidate darkness.

I've never been envelop a space that was blacker, and I remember feeling ramble whatever it was I was doing, it was really fault. Then the next thing Beside oneself remember was seeing myself dear the floor, on the action outside my hotel bathroom, extremity there was a lot eliminate activity going on around tag.

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 detection visit again."^[16] Several months closest, after facing drug charges, noteworthy checked himself into rehab.^[61]

In Can 2009, shortly before Depeche Materialize were due onstage in Town during their Tour of significance Universe, Gahan became ill leisure pursuit his dressing room.

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

In July 2009, Gahan suffered a torn calfskin muscle while performing in Bilbao, resulting in two further put it on cancellations.^[66] After a two-week get around, he and Depeche Mode requited to the tour for their North American leg.

While the theater in Seattle the following period, Gahan strained his vocal ropes and doctors ordered him shield undertake complete vocal rest, derivative in two more cancelled shows.^[67][68]

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

Discography

Main article: Dave Gahan discography

Studio albums

with Soulsavers

with Depeche Mode

References

External links