For example, on “Walking in My Shoes,” from 1993’s “Songs of Faith and Devotion,” Fletcher pounded on a suitcase with a pole to get the proper percussion sound. More than a mere keyboardist in the band, Fletcher was an essential part of the studio team. (Alan Wilder replaced Clarke in 1981.) Of his role in the group, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, Fletcher humbly said, “Martin’s the songwriter, Alan’s the good musician, Dave’s the vocalist, and I bum around.”ĭuring a 2013 interview with online magazine Electronic Beats, Fletcher described himself as “the tall guy in the background, without whom this international corporation called Depeche Mode would never work.”
Gore and Vince Clarke in Basildon, England, ascended to become one of the most successful rock acts of its time. Depeche Mode, which was founded in 1980 by Fletcher, singer Dave Gahan and keyboardists Martin L.
