{"id":6278,"date":"2026-07-23T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/happy-birthday-martin-gore\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T11:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:40:44","slug":"happy-birthday-martin-gore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/happy-birthday-martin-gore\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday MARTIN GORE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0723-Martin-Gore-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0723-Martin-Gore-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0723-Martin-Gore-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0723-Martin-Gore-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0723-Martin-Gore-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0723-Martin-Gore.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Travis Shinn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Depeche Mode mastermind<\/strong> Martin Gore celebrates his 64th birthday today! We wish him all the best!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Did you already know these 5 facts?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Before <strong>Depeche Mode<\/strong>, Martin Lee Gore was active in French Look, Norman and the Worms and Composition of Sound.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Martin Gore is a founding member of <strong>Depeche Mode<\/strong> and works as a keyboardist, songwriter, lyricist, guitarist and singer.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Since 2014, he has been in his second marriage to Kerrilee Kaski, with whom he has five children. Among them is <strong>Ava Lee<\/strong>, born in 1995, who is following in her father&#8217;s musical footsteps and was active in the band <strong>Weird Wolves<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Martin trained as a bank clerk.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Away from <strong>Depeche Mode<\/strong>, he devotes himself to his self-titled solo project or <strong>VCMG<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What would you like to add to your collection for this occasion? A new shirt or&#8230;?<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out what is available at:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=14172&amp;awinaffid=1386213&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emp.de%2Fband-merch%2Fdepeche-mode%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMP *<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to <strong>Depeche Mode<\/strong> in our &#8220;Future Pop &amp; Synth Pop&#8221; playlist on Spotify:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/37w7iRY2CT9mBBiHsjolYB?si=20e08fe8eef1460b\" title=\"Spotify Embed: FUTURE POP &amp; SYNTH POP\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/37w7iRY2CT9mBBiHsjolYB?si=20e08fe8eef1460b&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">*Die mit Sternchen markierten Linkempfehlungen sind Affilate-Links\/Partnerprogramm-Links, auf welche Du frei klicken kannst. 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