English singer-songwriter Dave Gahan was born 63 years ago as David Callcott in Epping, Essex, is married and has 2 children. He is the lead singer of the new wave/synth pop group Depeche Mode.
During his teenage years, Dave had trouble with the law many times, and was arrested for stealing, graffiti and other criminal offences. After being put in juvenile court, he tried his best to change and claimed that music saved his life. He was inspired by big music artists like Elvis Presley, Prince, James Brown and David Bowie.
In 1980, he joined the band ‘Composition of Sound’, which was later renamed to ‘Depeche Mode’, following a suggestion from Dave who had come across a magazine bearing the same name. To date, the group released 15 studio albums, as well as two remixes and 4 greatest hits collections and sold over 100 million records globally. In their home country, they had 14 Top 10 singles, amongst which there ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’, ‘See You’, ‘Everything Counts’, ‘People are People’, ‘Master and Servant’, ‘Enjoy the Silence’, ‘I Feel You’, ‘Condemnation’, ‘In Your Room’ and ‘Barrel of a Gun’. They also gained worldwide success with 4 Billboard chart number one singles, one of which is ‘Enjoy the Silence’.
Dave also performs as a solo artist and in 2003 released his debut studio album, which made average success. He had another 2 studio albums, plus a compilation, a live and a video album, extended play, 7 music videos, 9 singles as lead artist and 8 singles as featured artist.
Gahan also contributed as a singer, songwriter and musician, with several bands including Soulsavers, SixToes, Goldfrapp, Null & Voids & Metallica, amongst others.
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