They are perhaps Britain’s most European band of all, far bigger on the continent than in their homeland. Here, Dr Sophia L Deboick traces Depeche Mode’s creative awakening, back to its roots, behind the Iron Curtain
The Quietus: Western Pop In The Eastern Bloc – Depeche Mode: Monument
Sophia Deboick explores this aptly-named publication, a time capsule of sorts, by turns a personal history and listographic account of the unlikely importance of Basildon’s own Depeche Mode to the youth culture of the Eastern Bloc
The Quietus: Basildon Bond – Depeche Mode & the Essex New Town
Three decades on from the release of their debut album, Sophia Deboick argues that it’s time that Depeche Mode’s home town of Basildon honoured its most famous sons
Sophia Deboick 