This Depeche Mode Song Sparked Dave Gahan's Evolution
Dave Gahan is one of music’s most iconic frontmen, an artist who spearheaded Depeche Mode’s charge from the synth underground to global success. Acting as the conduit for their music, his voice – and stature – is one of the fulcrum’s of the group’s staggering history. Yet one song in particular pushed Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan further – and broke new ground for him as a musician.
Released in 2006, ‘Suffer Well’ was the first Depeche Mode single to be written by Dave Gahan. It’s a remarkable statistic – despite the band enjoyed almost 25 years of history (by that point, anyway), the singer hadn’t written a single.
All that changed with ‘Suffer Well’. A brooding piece of industrial-leaning introspection, it was built alongside two non-Depeche Mode musicians, Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott.
This article from Clash Magazine explores how the song 'Suffer Well' by Depeche Mode marked a significant turning point for lead singer Dave Gahan, as it was the first song he wrote for the band. The song, with its industrial-leaning introspection, was co-written with Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott, and its video was directed by Anton Corbijn. Additionally, 'Suffer Well' was re-recorded in Simlish for the popular computer game The Sims.
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