Depeche Mode ( /dɨˈpɛʃ/) are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals, occasional songwriter since 2005), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981), Andy Fletcher (keyboards) and Vince Clarke (keyboards, chief songwriter 1980–81). Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album, Speak & Spell, and was replaced by Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, occasional songwriter) with Gore taking over songwriting. Wilder left the band in 1995; Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher have since continued as a trio. , Halo Lyrics: You wear guilt / Like shackles on your feet / Like a halo in reverse / I can feel / The discomfort in your seat / And in your head, it's worse / There's a pain / A famine in your, Depeche Mode "Halo": You wear guilt Like shackles on your feet Like a halo in reverse I can feel The discomfort in your s.