Q+A / Story (1/5): DEPECHE MODE – DAVE GAHAN: “…is the most natural thing in the world.”

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The band at the launch of the “Delta Machine” album. Photo: Markus Nass

Even if you can still recognize the youth of the eighties in his face, Dave Gahan celebrated his 60th birthday last May. Maybe it’s just that alert twinkle in his eyes that tells of his eventful life with Depeche Mode. We take a look back based on some interviews we have conducted in the past.

The most natural thing in the world

He would never have dreamed of still being so active as a world-famous singer at the age of 60. In 2015, he told us, “I remember many years ago, when I was probably in my late twenties, we were doing some TV show in Germany, and Pete Townsend of The Who appeared in the show. We talked a little bit in the hallway. I remember thinking after that, ‘Wow, I hope I don’t do this again when I’m his age!'” He laughed and continued, “Now I understand it better. Because that’s what we do. We’re musicians. We perform and we enjoy it. And hopefully we’ll do other things when we get a little older. But being on stage is the most natural thing in the world. And The Who are still doing it, The Stones are still doing it, so I still have a few years to go.”

In the next part, we will address black times.

(Interview: Marcel Anders, Story & Translation: Claudia Zinn-Zinnenburg)

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