Depeche Mode Interviews

1984-12-16 Wereldparade, KRO FM, Hilversum, Netherlands

Martin: [...] hello.

Host: Hello. How's life in Rotterdam?

Martin: Sorry?

Host: How's life in Rotterdam?

Martin: Life in Rotterdam is pretty good, we only arrived yesterday, but we're enjoying, we're having quite a good time.

Host: What do I hear on the background? Who's playing there?

Martin: Well, we got a piano, right next to me here, and Mr. Alan Wilder is playing a few Depeche Mode hits in the background.

Host: Eh, thanks very much for that. By the way, Karin van Haren is here in our studio, and Karen wants to talk to you for about two minutes...?

Martin: That's alright, yeah.

Host: Here she is.

Karin: OK, hello, how are you?

Martin: Hello, alright, thank you.

Karin: I wanna ask you something. Why did you chose the name Depeche Mode?

Martin: Why?

Karin: Yes.

Martin: Well, originally we had a very bad name, and we had to get rid of it, and we spent a lot of time thinking about the name but we couldn't come up with anything, and at the time, Dave was at college doing Window Display and Fashion Design, so he used the magazine Depeche Mode quite a lot, the French fashion magazine, so we just stole the name, because we couldn't think of anything better.

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Alan Is Going To Sunny Spain

Karin: OK. And are you home with Christmas and New Year? Or you have concerts? [sic]

Martin: I'm going on holiday. Me and Alan are going on holiday for Christmas.

Karin: Oh, where?

Martin: I'm going to Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, and Alan is going to sunny Spain.