Membre fondateur des Eagles, Glenn Frey est mort hier des suites de plusieurs maladies à l’âge de 67 ans. Le groupe, notamment célèbre pour son tube planétaire « Hotel California », se dit sous le choc.
Source : Mort de Glenn Frey, guitariste des Eagles – Yahoo Actualités France
Avis Pimpf : Je ne connais que les grands tubes radios des Eagles, cela reste un groupe mythique et de légende… encore une perte de quelqu’un de connu cette année, annoncée hier.
Q: Where did the band Depeche Mode get its name?
A: Although the roots of Depeche Mode stretch back to 1976, the band formed in Basildon, England, in 1980. Their sound was almost entirely built around the synthesizer and they soon became one of the most successful of the techno-pop bands of the 1980s. Martin Gore, the group’s principle songwriter, has said that the band’s name was taken from a French fashion magazine. The name means “hurried fashion” or “fashion dispatch,” concepts that appealed to him and his band mates.
DEPECHE Mode frontman Dave Gahan, has always cited David Bowie’s music as an influence.
The Thin White Duke’s seminal late Seventies albums – Heroes and Low in particular – clearly had a deep effect on the Basildon band, which transformed themselves from hit making synth poppers to stadium rock giants.
Gahan cited Bowie’s influence on his work with Depeche Mode and as a solo artist prior to the release of his album with Soulsavers in September last year. At the time, he said: “David Bowie is the one artist, I would say, who for many decades has always surprised me and also lifted me. I have complete identification with his voice and his melodies.”
Source : Basildon’s Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan inspired by Bowie (From Echo)
Pimpf additional info : At the beginning of Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan was recruited to be the singer of the band by performing a cover of David Bowie’s « Heroes »
Pimpf : Drifting somewhere... 