Depeche Mode's 101
Valle, Mary (Mary K.)2024
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Depeche Mode's 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its 'Concert for the Masses,' 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche Mode, despite low American album sales and a lack of critical acclaim, declared they had arrived and ascended to the rare air of stadium rock. On June 18, 1988, 65,000 screaming, singing Southern Californians flocked to Pasadena's Rose Bowl to celebrate DM's coronation. The concert also revealed the power of Southern California radio station and event host KROQ, which had turned Los Angeles into DM's American stronghold through years of fervent airplay. KROQ's innovative format, which brought 'new music' to its avid listeners, soon spread across the country, leading to the explosion of alternative rock in the 1990s.
Main title:
Depeche Mode's 101 / Mary Valle.
Author:
Valle, Mary (Mary K.), author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
Collation:
136 pages ; 17 cm.
Series title:
33 1/3 ; 187.
ISBN:
9781501390326 (pbk)
Dewey class:
782.421660922782.421
LC class:
ML421.D46
Language:
English
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BRN:
3924961
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