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DAVE GAHAN - Paper Monsters
If Dave Gahan had to make a hundred solo albums, join another band
or do a shuffle on the street corner for change, he would still be recognised
as the voice of Depeche Mode. As a part of one of the best (and
best-known) English cross-decade electronic pop groups, Gahan needed
some freedom it would seem. Dave relates to the more sleazy and
raunchy side of his experiences with DM (which sometimes led to
some moments of fear and danger), its dirty blues and twangy slow groove
sounds filtered into his solo endeavour. Surviving his excesses and strain
of the lifestyle, Gahan has a lot he still needs to express, this
time directly and personally, as opposed to being Martin Gore's
megaphone.
3 / B
- PB
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