History (part 3)
According to Darren Smith, the guitarist of the post- band Funeral for a Friend, "dark, moodier stuff" in his band's music was "Depeche Mode-influenced."
Depeche Mode's influence on heavy metal bands is clear through the numerous covers of their songs. Examples include It Dies Today's "Enjoy The Silence", Lacuna Coil's "Enjoy the Silence", Vader's "I Feel You", Arsis' "The Things You Said", Rammstein's "Stripped", Lollipop Lust Kill's "Personal Jesus", Marilyn Manson's "Personal Jesus", A Perfect Circle's "People Are People", Sonata Arctica's "World in My Eyes" and In Flames' "Everything Counts". Other artists to have covered the band's songs include Moonspell ("Sacred"), The Smashing Pumpkins ("Never Let Me Down Again"), Tori Amos and HIM ("Enjoy the Silence"), Johnny Cash ("Personal Jesus"), Dope ("People Are People"), Finger Eleven ("Walking In My Shoes"), Chevelle ("It's No Good"), Deftones ("To Have & To Hold") and more recently The Saturdays ("Just Can't Get Enough").
Colombian singer Shakira is also highly influenced by Depeche Mode. Ximena Diego, the author of the book "Shakira - Woman Full of Grace" wrote in this book: "At thirteen Shakira especially liked Depeche Mode, an electronic rock band from Great Britain. One day she was listening to the band's song, Enjoy the Silence. She noticed that she was not only hearing the music but also feeling the music in her body. She said to her mother, Every time I hear that guitar riff [a rhythmic musical phrase] I feel this weird thing in my stomach".
In August 2008, Coldplay released a "cover version" of the video for "Enjoy the Silence", as an alternate video for their single "Viva la Vida". On their website where the video is shown, they are quoted as saying, "This is our attempt at a video cover version, made out of love for Depeche Mode and the genius of Anton Corbijn...". The video shows Chris Martin dressed as a king like Dave Gahan, walking through The Hague.
"I feel more connected to Depeche Mode" (compared to other acts of the 80s) claimed Magne Furuholmen, the keyboardist of a-ha. In July 2009, a-ha performed a cover of "A Question of Lust" during a live performance for BBC Radio 2 - The Dermot O'Leary Show.
Christian rock band Mad at the World leader Roger Rose cited the band as an influence musically, although lyrically he was very different, on the bands first disc Mad at the World.
The Posters Came from the Walls is a documentary about Depeche Mode fans around the world co-directed by Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller and filmmaker Nicholas Abrahams.
Depeche Mode is also mentioned in the video game Left 4 Dead 2 on a playable character's t-shirt.
Information courtesy of Wikipedia
