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Former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder stated that learning of Fletcher's death was "a real bolt from the blue". [42] Lol Tolhurst of the Cure wrote, "I knew Andy and considered him a friend. We crossed many of the same pathways as younger men. My heart goes out to his family, bandmates, and DM fans. RIP Fletch." [42]
Fletcher helped define the sound of 1980s and '90s alternative music through hits including 'Just Can't Get Enough,' 'Personal Jesus' and 'People Are People.'
Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, co-founder and keyboardist of pioneering British new wave band Depeche Mode, has died at age 60. Fletcher’s bandmates announced the shocking news Thursday afternoon ...
Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, keyboardist and one of the founding members of iconic British electronic band Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60. Andy Fletcher, founding member of Depeche Mode, dies at 60
The band was soon renamed Depeche Mode, a name suggested by Gahan after he had come across a fashion magazine called Dépêche-mode. [16] A new wave/synth-pop pioneer of the early 1980s, Depeche Mode have released 15 studio albums, four greatest hits compilations and two remix albums. The band has achieved global sales in excess of 100 million ...
Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart, 17 Top 10 albums in the UK chart, and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. [2] [3] Q included the band in its list of the "50 Bands That Changed the World!" [4] Depeche Mode also rank No. 98 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time."
Mark Bell's early musical influences came from three specific sources. [2] One was an art teacher in school who taught art and played music by Jean-Michel Jarre and Kraftwerk, an older sister who played disco, funk music and electro from her bedroom, and a music shop in Leeds Mark described as having "arcade games like Tempest and Defender" and that it would play "loads of early hip hop like ...
Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, keyboardist and one of the founding members of iconic British electronic band Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60. The news was announced via Depeche Mode’s official ...