Martin Lee Gore (born July 23, 1961 in Basildon, Essex, England) has been a member of the band Depeche Mode since its inception in 1980. When Vince Clarke departed the band in 1981 after their debut album, Gore became the main songwriter of Depeche Mode. Currently he mostly plays guitar and sings background vocals, although he also has some keyboard duties; Gore also sings lead vocals in several of the band's songs.

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Martin left St. Nicholas's Comprehensive School in 1977 and took a job as a bank teller. During evenings, weekends and any other spare time, he was involved with the local band Norman and the Worms.

In 1980, Martin met Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher at the Van Gogh club and he was soon recruited into his and Vince Clarke's band, Composition of Sound. Soon the band drafted David Gahan to be the lead singer after seeing him sing "Heroes" by David Bowie. Gahan is credited with the name "Depeche Mode" after seeing the phrase as a title of a French fashion magazine, which considered taking them to court, but thought it would be good publicity for the magazine to let the band have the name.

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Martin L. Gore is a genius, and I'm drunk for many many reasons. Happy as can be.
asimplesystem (df) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:48:46 -0000
Martin L. Gore is a genius, and I'm drunk for many many reasons. Happy as can be.
@natemars: kelley polar, gui boratto & martin gore? hook it up!: Bomb The Bass-Back To Light-Coming Soon http://back-to-light.com/
mediajorge (jorge) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:20:32 -0000
@natemars: kelley polar, gui boratto & martin gore? hook it up!: Bomb The Bass-Back To Light-Coming Soon http://back-to-light.com/
Erik Estavillo now sues Blizzard, subpoenas Martin Lee Gore and Winona Ryder: While professionalism has it that I r... http://bit.ly/92gtw4
Online_Oyun (Online Oyun) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:12:38 -0000
Erik Estavillo now sues Blizzard, subpoenas Martin Lee Gore and Winona Ryder: While professionalism has it that I r... http://bit.ly/92gtw4
@brucemarchiano Ka nnete, o bolela Sesotho gabotse! Ke rapela gore Modimo o tlo thusa wena le moruti Martin le batho ba MarchMin
EveB12 (Yvette) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:10:00 -0000
@brucemarchiano Ka nnete, o bolela Sesotho gabotse! Ke rapela gore Modimo o tlo thusa wena le moruti Martin le batho ba MarchMin
"Dirt" de "The stooges" es el único cover que le conozco a Depeche Mode #Depechemode ahh, y una interpretación de Beethoven de Martin Gore
AntonioMarts (Antonio Marts) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:37:43 -0000
"Dirt" de "The stooges" es el único cover que le conozco a Depeche Mode #Depechemode ahh, y una interpretación de Beethoven de Martin Gore
listening to "Nouvelle Vague - 1 Master & Servant (Featuring Mélanie Pain & Martin Gore)" ♫ http://blip.fm/~h84dj
Mettee (Mette) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:24:09 -0000
listening to "Nouvelle Vague - 1 Master & Servant (Featuring Mélanie Pain & Martin Gore)" ♫ http://blip.fm/~h84dj

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