In the world of music, there are one-hit-wonders and then there are legends--legends that have diehard fans who have loved them for decades. Now these fans can share their love of bands like DEPECHE MODE with their children, nieces and nephews, or even grandchildren! Enter the world of Band Bio Records, a picture book series that gives children a look into the history of some of the biggest bands around: Metallica, Depeche Mode, the Ramones, and Queen. In a large picture book format meant to replicate the size of a vinyl record, children will learn the story behind the bands that will one day be their favorites too.
An unprecedented collection of artefacts presented together for the first time, this volume offers extensive information, background facts, and anecdotes that will cater to both newcomers and die-hard Depeche Mode fans alike.
Depeche Mode
An updated edition of the biography about Depeche Mode, four Essex lads who became award-winning stadium superstars and champions of synth pop/rock.
Mode might never have seen the light of day, and for that I'm very grateful. ... Deb and Martin Mann, Jo Gahan, Rob Andrews and Gary Smith, plus the supporting cast who helped me piece together those 'Basildon Bygone Daze' and beyond; ...
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Depeche mode
Depeche Mode's dark, synthesizer-driven music struck a chord with displaced, suburban youth all over the world.
Now, 15 years later, they are #1 on the charts. Here is the first full-lengh biography of the group that can fully claim to be the most popular electronic act in the world. Photographs. Original trade paperback.
Part musical odyssey, part cultural history, Spence draws on dozens of firsthand interviews to give us an inside view of one of the most unlikely stories in pop and rock.
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