Martin Lee Gore (Dagenham,
London, England, 23 July 1961) is an English songwriter, singer,
guitarist and keyboardist, and also producer, remixer and DJ. He is a
founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the majority of their songs. His work now spans over three decades. Gore's best-known compositions include hits such as "Personal Jesus", "Enjoy the Silence", "I Feel You", "People Are People", "Everything Counts", "Shake the Disease" and "Never Let Me Down Again".
In addition to composing music and writing lyrics for Depeche Mode
songs, he has also been lead vocalist on several, and usually solo (some
examples are, "Somebody", "A Question of Lust" and "Home"), as evidenced by most of the Depeche Mode concerts, and has been a backing vocalist on many others.
In 1999 he received the Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors
for "International Achievement", the Moog Innovation Award "for his
many contributions to the exploration of sound in popular music" in
2019, and became a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member in late 2020 with
fellow Depeche Mode members, Andrew Fletcher and Dave Gahan.
