Vince Clarke: “Depeche first met Daniel Miller from Mute because we supported Fad Gadget at some six-night residency at a pub in East London. He came along to see Frank, and that’s when he offered us a single deal. For no money… Frank’s music weirded me out. That early electronic music was pretty raw. And unlike punk, you could actually get away with not being able to play anything. If you were in a punk band you actually had to know chords. That’s why ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’ sounds so amazing. But electronic music in the early days was really just people who didn’t know what the hell they were doing and couldn’t afford a Gibson.” #blancmange #benge #vinceclarke #fadgadget