--- product_id: 117481034 title: "Depeche Mode: A Biography" brand: "cooper square press" price: "NT$1251" currency: TWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Book" url: https://www.desertcart.tw/products/117481034-depeche-mode-a-biography store_origin: TW region: Taiwan --- # Depeche Mode: A Biography **Brand:** cooper square press **Price:** NT$1251 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Depeche Mode: A Biography by cooper square press - **How much does it cost?** NT$1251 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tw](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/117481034-depeche-mode-a-biography) ## Best For - cooper square press enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted cooper square press brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Depeche Mode: A Biography ## Images ![Depeche Mode: A Biography - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41gyijHyvoL.jpg) ![Depeche Mode: A Biography - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/3167mCuBi9L.jpg) ![Depeche Mode: A Biography - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51D7jx0QghL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ for the DM loving, music mag loving Brit *by B***K on Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2015* Fans of the band (and I am one) will find lots to enjoy about this book. And if those fans really like articles in music magazines (I don't necessarily), then they will like it even more as the book reads like a compilation of lots and lots of magazine articles about the band. Finally, if those fans also happen to be English, then I suspect they will like it even more. The book is written in English with lots of of English slang that escapes my American mind (no doubt, any Brit who just read that is already thinking up a clever slag response). I enjoyed the book because I enjoy the band, and there's lots of great information. ### ⭐ Bleak Celebration *by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2010* If you're a lover of Martin Gore and Andrew Fletcher who despises Alan Wilder and (to a lesser degree) Dave Gahan, you will probably love this book. I've read several books about the band and this one is far and away the most skewed and slanted of them all. To me a biography about any band should present the events and member statements in a way that allows the reader to form their own opinions. In Black Celebration, Steve Malins appears to have taken considerable time in picking and choosing quotes and stories that fit his own perception of the different members who make up Depeche Mode. While Martin (and Fletch) are presented as good natured, talented, kind people who've never hurt anyone; Dave and Alan (especially) are represented as the most judgmental, elitist, vain, arrogant, selfish, mean spirited, spiteful jerks you'd never want to meet. As if the quotes selected weren't enough, their lead-ins go even further to assure your opinion is a negative one. One example is a quote attributed to Dave from 1985 that starts off by saying "...he also seemed to have rather chauvinistic reasons..." In this instance, and MANY others, Malins seems to be editorializing more than reporting facts. It's as if he doesn't give the reader enough credit and wants to assure that they come to the same conclusions that he has. In doing so he's literally telling the reader how they should feel about someone or something before the story is even told.It's a curious book as a whole because if you didn't already know the ending you would think that the band had split up years ago after some huge falling out. Judging by the comments and quotes made about one another, you would assume that they would have told each other to drop dead many years ago. It seems rather odd for them to still be recording and touring to this day with the amount of disdain towards one another implied in Black Celebration. It's a real shame that an opportunity to tell such an interesting story has been wasted with this book. The actual facts of the 30+ year history of this band and all of its members (past and present) make for a fascinating enough tale without the yellow journalism found in the pages of this book. There are more than enough funny, touching, enlightening, and at times, even disturbing moments in the life of this band to make any book on the subject an enjoyable read. Unfortunately this book lowers itself close to the level of the trashy "unauthorized" tell all biographies that are the tabloids of the book world. Because the subject of the book is Depeche Mode I've given it 1 star when in truth it deserves none. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ New to the DM world *by V***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2014* I'm new to the DM world and I wanted something that would give me a good amount of info and detail on the band and it's member's. 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