Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward

By Dave Thompson

Book Overview

Throughout their history, Depeche Mode has combined success with innovation, producing records that have mixed moving melodic lines and pop-star preening with completely synthesizer-driven noises, forever altering the sound of New Wave/modern music. From "Just Can't Get Enough" to "I Feel You" and beyond, Dave Thompson breaks through the enigma to reveal the group that can fully claim to be the most popular electronic act in the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312112629
• ISBN13: 9780312112622
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

depeche mode is definately the best band!

depeche mode has had to go through so much torment and has struggled so much to get where they are today. this book tells you so much about them and gives you a closer view into their lives and you get a better understanding of why they have touched so many people with their music. you get the stories from the band members themselves and you can laugh along at how cute they are! they are truely a hugh inspiration to me.

very entertaining

i thought this book gave some of the best info on my fav band. you find out so much about dm and laugh at how funny and down to earth this little english band really is! especially martin and skirts-that's all i have to say about that-don't get me wrong i love the man and all!

Cool... Very cool

I have not actually bought this book, but one of my friends let me borrow hers. I got through most and enjoyed it. The author didn't actually say much about Dave's drug problems, but it's very interesting to learn about your favorite music group. I hear that Steve Marlins has made a book about DM in May '99. I hope that there's a new DM book every few years that stay in print. Most of the other DM books are out of print, but all I really care about is the music. I hope they release an album soon! Anyway, you'll enjoy this book greatly!!! :)

An excellent book to read if you are a new Depeche Mode fan!

"Some Great Reward" by Dave Thompson talks about the highs and lows of Depeche Mode up to the beginning of the Songs of Faith and Devotion World Tour. It takes you to the beginning where some young boys decided to grasp the new technologies offered to them to what happens when fame and fortune can change the life you once knew. If you've ever wanted to know what started Depeche Mode and what steps they took to become legendary then this is the book to read. It has it all, from pictures to a discography which dates up to 1994. I reccomend buying this book if you are clueless about what started, what's happened, and what the future holds for this renowned band

Alexander Mjagkikh

Did you buy this book? No? Do it? You will find everything you want to know about your favourite band. You will see first steps of Depeche Mode. I have been waiting for such a book and now I am waiting again, but for the second volume. Thank you.