Dave Gahan

I didn't know if that was important or not.

Listen, I love Dave Gahan's voice.

This band would not...

It just wouldn't be the same without it.

So can you play us some vocals from Dave Gahan? And maybe, if I may- Just give me the beginning of verse number one, because that is a way you start a song.

Words like violence break the silence.

Come crashing in, into my little world.

[laughs]

So at a certain point, they decide they need a singer, so they audition for singers.

This gentleman named Dave Gahan enters the picture.

Uh, apparently-

For, uh, for, uh, everybody listening who might be mispronouncing the name, pronounce his name.

And what he brings to the band is he does have a lot of production experience.

He's been in several bands before.

And what clearly seems to happen in this moment, when Alan joins the band, we finally have this sort of perfect songwriting chain, where Martin Gore is focusing on the lyrics, the melody, for Dave Gahan to sing.

Remember, he's the singer, but he's not writing-

It pulls you inward, making the music feel incredibly intimate and introverted, even when it's played through massive speakers.

And sitting inside that architecture of silence is Dave Gahan's voice, which is doing the exact opposite of what Philip Oakey was doing in the Human League.

Totally opposite.

Right.

I also

heard Dave Gann would do that in the studio.

I guess he'd have the monitors cranked up and he'd be singing like live with like an SM58.

I was like, that's incredible.

Give me the multiple choice.

A, Dave Gahan.

B, Andrew Ridgely.

That's him.