Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
July 23, 1961 (age 65)
Place of Birth
Basildon, Essex, England, UK
Also Known As
Martin L. Gore
Depeche Mode
Martin Lee Gore
VCMG
Martin Gore
Biography
Martin Lee Gore (born 23 July 1961) is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist, keyboardist, remixer and DJ. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the vast majority of their songs. His work now spans over three decades, but he is probably best known as the composer of hits such as "Personal Jesus", "Enjoy the Silence" and "I Feel You".
In addition to composing music and writing lyrics of the Depeche Mode songs, he has also sung some of them as the lead vocalist, and usually solo, (for example, "Somebody", "A Question of Lust", "One Caress", "Home", "The Things You Said", "Jezebel" and "Sweetest Perfection"), as evidenced by most of the Depeche Mode concerts, and has been a backing vocalist on many of the others.
In 1999 Gore received the Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for "International Achievement".
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Martin Gore faced a GDR border guard in the '80s
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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2014
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CBS News Sunday Morning
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1979
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Champs-Elysées
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1982
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Sacrée soirée
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1987
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MTV Video Music Awards
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1984
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Sanremo Music Festival
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1951
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Taratata
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1993
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Riverside
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1982
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BBC Radio 2 Piano Room
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Na siehste!
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1987
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Hodgepodge
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2025
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Depeche Mode: M
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2025
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Bestsellery Empiku
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2023
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Spirits in the Forest
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2019
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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2021
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Anton Corbijn Inside Out
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2012
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Other Music
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2019
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Synth Britannia
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2009
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The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
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2005
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Depeche Mode: Tour of the Universe — Live in Barcelona
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2009
Filmography
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