by cheekymonkey » Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:59 pm
Jana wrote:Barely.
What was interesting was the singer, Dave Gahan, almost died b/f that album, Ultra. He was a heroin addict. And had had two heart attacks previously b/c of drugs and overdosing. And Alan Wilder, the keyboardist, fed up, left, who composed all the music and Martin Gore was the writer of the lyrics. Dave Gahan never wrote any of the music that he sang, ever. They thought without Wilder the band couldn't go on after Dave got out of rehab. And Ultra was a very dark album b/c of the circumstances of Dave almost dying and his addiction and Wilder leaving, and a much more mature album, not the dance sound, but I thought amazing. Dave finally wrote songs on a solo album and I believe their last DM album.
I know Dave's history, ( He's been in recovery for quite a few years now,) but I meant hung in as in still producing music to this day, almost 30 years. Ultra is a very cool album.
Life is about being honest, openminded, willing and loving well.
They were a great band.
