The third single Just Can't Get Enough reached eighth place in the UK chart.

ДЄfter the band was discovered by Daniel Miller, the head of the record label Mute, at a concert, the first album Speak & Spell was released in 1981. Gahan suggested the name, inspired by the French fashion magazine DГ©pГЄche Mode. The band then renamed itself Depeche Mode. First Gahan took over roadie activities, later the band hired him as a singer. A short time later, the band Composition of Sound emerged from French Look, in which Andrew Fletcher was also involved. Gahan took over mixing work for the band. In 1979 Gahan met Vince Clarke, who had just formed the band French Look with Martin Gore. At that time he was still strongly influenced by punk rock, listened to groups like Generation X and The Damned and attended their concerts. There he completed his training as a designer. This culminated briefly in a stay in a youth prison.ДЄfter finishing school, Gahan tried to keep himself afloat with various jobs until he was finally accepted at Southend Art College, an art college. He became a criminal, sprayed house walls, and stole cars that he sold to support his family financially. At the age of 13, Gahan joined the punk scene. However, his adoptive father passed away when David was ten years old. The brothers Peter and Philip shortly thereafter expanded the Gahan family. Mother Sylvia married her second husband Jack Gahan, David and his older sister Susan adopted. Shortly after his birth, his parents separated and he was no longer in contact with his biological father, Len. David Gahan grew up in difficult circumstances.

Dave gahan teresa conroy