Depeche Mode

Dave Gahan speaks to MOJO about the loss of Andy Fletcher and how it ultimately brought him and Martin Gore closer together.

So Martin and I have had to find a different way. “I think Fletch’s presence forced Martin and I to… And I write the songs.’” And that’s where we kind of got to on the last record.” Enjoy access to an archive of previous issues, exclusive MOJO Filter emails with the key tracks you need to hear each week, plus a host of member-only rewards and discounts. So I won’t bother writing 10!” Gahan says he soon realised that it was Gore who would be most in need of support (“I felt a sort of protectiveness”). “In the end James was kind of, ‘I’ve had enough of this! James Ford, the producer of the band’s new LP Memento Mori and Depeche Mode’s previous album, 2017’s Spirit, calls him “the rudder”. Martin and I have been talking and…’ I mean, that got really old. The loss of Andy Fletcher in 2022 robbed Depeche Mode of their Mr Dependable and posed big questions about their future. “It’s still not quite real that he’s gone,” says Gahan.