Depeche Mode

Andy "Fletch" Fletcher, founding keyboard player of the popular British new wave electronic band Depeche Mode, has died at 60.

Though not a hit single in the U.S., its 1981 song “Just Can’t Get Enough” became a breakthrough video during the early days of MTV. (Watch it below.) With 14 studio albums and 55 singles, Depeche Mode has been a staple on the UK charts since the 1980s and breaking through in the U.S. by 1985. Our hearts are with his family, and we ask that you keep them in your thoughts and respect their privacy in this difficult time.” “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher,” the band tweeted. Fletcher’s role in the band also included bass guitar. Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, keyboard player and founding member of the British new wave electronic band Depeche Mode, has died, the band said in a statement.

Andy Fletcher, one of the founding members of Depeche Mode has died. He was 60.

“As a rock star, you are a king for one night whenever you enter a town — especially in the States. For one night, we’d own the saloon, the gambling tables, the alcohol and the girls. I’m the only one left in the band who fancies a drink. I always tell this story, but we had these accountants when we started to make a bit of money, and they drew up a plan – that we’d only last for two or three years. Talking with Die Welt in 2009, Fletcher said the group had been a sedate one for many years. In a 2009 interview with the German newspaper Die Welt, Fletcher explained, “I’m the opposite of Dave. I’m a musician but on the street nobody will recognize me. We had offers in the beginning from major labels, and they promised us a lot of money, but instead we chose a man that was offering us no money.” “Fletch had a true heart of gold, and was always there when you needed support, a lively conversation, a good laugh, or a cold pint,” the post reads. Within the band, I contribute the element of pop. In America and Europe, they tend to be more loyal.” But, he added, “These days, most interviews we do, almost everyone seems to like us.” Speaking of his role in the group, Fletcher said in an interview published in Electronic Beats that he was “the tall guy in the background, without whom this international corporation called Depeche Mode would never work. It’s the electricity that’s generated between us all that produces the good music.” until this album,” he said in 2017, when “Spirit,” the band’s last album to date, was coming out.

"We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher," ...

The band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark tweeted Tributes to Fletcher began to pour in shortly after the band's announcement of his death. The announcement did not specify a cause of death.

Londres, 26 may (EFE).- El teclista y miembro fundador de la banda Depeche Mode, Andy Fletcher, murió este jueves a los 60 años, según anunció el grupo en ...

� EFE 2022. El teclista fundó Depeche Mode en Basildon, en el condado de Essex (este de Inglaterra), en 1980, y hace solo dos años ingresó en el Salón de la Fama del rock. Londres, 26 may (EFE).- El teclista y miembro fundador de la banda Depeche Mode, Andy Fletcher, murió este jueves a los 60 años, según anunció el grupo en sus redes sociales.

A través de su cuenta de Instagram, la banda de rock Depeche Mode anunció el lamentable fallecimiento de Andy «Fletch» Fletcher, quien fuera miembro ...

Andrew Fletcher ejerció como bajista y agente de la banda, hasta que finalmente se integró como el tecladista. Además, la banda pidió a sus seguidores respetar la privacidad de su familia y seres queridos en un momento tan difícil. A través de su cuenta de Instagram, la banda de rock Depeche Mode anunció el lamentable fallecimiento de Andy «Fletch» Fletcher, quien fuera miembro fundador de la banda junto a Dave Gahan, Martin Gore y Vince Clark. Con un breve comunicado, la banda británica anunció la muerte del miembro de la banda a los 60 […]

De izquierda a derecha: Martin Gore, Dave Gahan y el fallecido Andrew Fletcher. FOTO: Cortesía Move Concerts. La partida del tecladista la dio a conocer la ...

En una muerte misteriosa, sin detalles, la banda británica anunció la muerte de Andy Fletcher.

Las razones del fallecimiento de Andy Fletch, como era conocido por la banda, todavía son desconocidas; este hecho lo dieron a conocer las redes sociales de ...

La última vez que Depeche Mode vino a México fue durante su The Global Spirit Tour los días 11 y 13 de marzo de 2018 en el Foro Sol de la CDMX. Antes de esta ocasión, fueron recibidos en octubre de 2009 mientras promocionaban su Tour of the Universe con el que ofrecieron cuatro conciertos en nuestro país: dos en Ciudad de México, uno en Monterrey y otro en Guadalajara. Esta tarde, Depeche Mode compartió a través de sus redes sociales que Andrew Fletcher, uno de los miembros fundadores de la banda, ha fallecido a la edad de 60 años. Las causas de su deceso todavía son desconocidas, pues ni la banda, ni los miembros de la misma o algún familiar o representante de Fletcher han compartido esta información.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, keyboardist for British synth pop giants Depeche Mode for more than 40 years, has died at age 60.

“We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch' Fletcher,” the band's posts said. Fletcher would lend his keyboards to classic albums including “Music for the Masses,” “Black Celebration” and “Violator." The band would break out a year later with their debut album “Speak and Spell," which opened with the modest hit “New Life” and closed with one of the band's enduring hits, “Just Can't Get Enough.”

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher has died at the age of 60, the band announced in a statement Thursday.

Fletcher helped define the sound of 1980s and '90s alternative music through hits including 'Just Can't Get Enough,' 'Personal Jesus' and 'People Are People ...

Depeche Mode, which was founded in 1980 by Fletcher, singer Dave Gahan and keyboardists Martin L. Gore and Vince Clarke, in Basildon, England, ascended to become one of the most successful rock acts of its time. We crossed many of the same pathways as younger men. Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode has passed,” wrote the Cure’s Lol Tolhurst on Twitter. “I knew Andy and considered him a friend.

Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, keyboardist and one of the founding members of iconic British electronic band Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60.

“As a rock star, you are a king for one night whenever you enter a town — especially in the States. For one night, we’d own the saloon, the gambling tables, the alcohol and the girls. I’m the only one left in the band who fancies a drink. Talking with Die Welt in 2009, Fletcher said the group had been a sedate one for many years. I always tell this story, but we had these accountants when we started to make a bit of money, and they drew up a plan — that we’d only last for two or three years. In a 2009 interview with the German newspaper Die Welt, Fletcher explained, “I’m the opposite of Dave. I’m a musician but on the street nobody will recognize me. We had offers in the beginning from major labels, and they promised us a lot of money, but instead we chose a man that was offering us no money.” “Fletch had a true heart of gold, and was always there when you needed support, a lively conversation, a good laugh, or a cold pint,” the post reads. In America and Europe, they tend to be more loyal.” But, he added, “These days, most interviews we do, almost everyone seems to like us.” Within the band, I contribute the element of pop. And because I don’t push myself to the fore, many mistake me for the fifth wheel." There is this big misunderstanding that in guitar bands real men are working real instruments — evening after evening — while in a synthesizer band like Depeche Mode nobody works, because it’s all machines." "Sometimes a band can’t stand each other but that electricity makes for great music.

Andy Fletcher, teclista y miembro fundador de Depeche Mode, falleció, informó la banda en sus canales oficiales de redes sociales.

Considerados pioneros del synth-pop, la electrónica y el new wave, la banda, incluidos los exintegrantes Clarke y Alan Wilder, fue incluida en el Salón de la Fama del Rock & Roll en 2020. "Conocía a Andy y lo consideraba un amigo. "Fletch tenía un verdadero corazón de oro y siempre estaba allí cuando necesitabas apoyo, una conversación animada, una buena carcajada o una pinta fría".

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, tecladista de la banda electrónica británica Depeche Mode por más de 40 años falleció. Tenía 60 años.

Gahan fue reclutado más adelante en el año y cambiaron su nombre a Depeche Mode. No cantaba ni escribía canciones, y su rostro no era tan conocido como el de sus compañeros. “Desde que teníamos 10 años”, tuiteó Moyet el jueves. “Fletch tenía un verdadero corazón de oro y siempre estaba ahí cuando necesitabas apoyo, una conversación alegre, una buena risa o una cerveza bien fría”. “Martin es el compositor, Alan es el buen músico, Dave es el vocalista y yo soy un vago por ahí”, dijo en el documental de la gira “101”. Fletcher tocó el teclado en álbumes clásicos de Depeche Mode como “Music for the Masses”, “Black Celebration” y “Violator”.

El anunció del deceso lo dio a conocer la banda a través de su cuenta de Twitter.

“No lo puedo creer, qué noticia tan triste”, “Dios lo tenga en su santa gloria”, “Era el mejor... siempre lo recordaré por su talento” y “Fue un hombre que desde pequeño tuvo claro que iba ser una estrella de la música, te amararé por siempre”, han sido algunos de los comentarios que hasta el momento recibe el comunicado de prensa por parte de cibernautas y fanáticos. “Estamos conmocionados y llenos de una tristeza abrumadora por el fallecimiento prematuro de nuestro querido amigo, miembro de la familia y compañero de banda Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher”, afirmó la banda en su comunicado de prensa, el cual expresa plenamente el profundo dolor que siente tras la partida del tecladista.

Andy "Fletch" Fletcher, keyboardist for British synth pop giants Depeche Mode for more than 40 years, has died at age 60. The band announced the death of ...

With Gore, who Fletcher met at a pub in Basildon in 1980, they formed the trio Composition of Sound, with all three playing synthesizer. A fan of soccer team Chelsea FC with a penchant for chess, Fletcher assumed a low-profile in the group. As usual, Fletcher let his bandmates do nearly all the talking. “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher,” the band’s posts said. “Since we were 10,” Moyet tweeted Thursday. “Same estate. Gahan, Fletcher and Gore had to accept the honor remotely along with all the other inductees in the pandemic year.

A través de su cuenta de Instagram, la banda de rock Depeche Mode anunció el lamentable fallecimiento de Andy «Fletch» Fletcher, quien fuera miembro ...

Andrew Fletcher ejerció como bajista y agente de la banda, hasta que finalmente se integró como el tecladista. Además, la banda pidió a sus seguidores respetar la privacidad de su familia y seres queridos en un momento tan difícil. A través de su cuenta de Instagram, la banda de rock Depeche Mode anunció el lamentable fallecimiento de Andy «Fletch» Fletcher, quien fuera miembro fundador de la banda junto a Dave Gahan, Martin Gore y Vince Clark. Con un breve comunicado, la banda británica anunció la muerte del miembro de la banda a los 60 […]

Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, tecladista de la banda electrónica británica Depeche Mode por más de 40 años, falleció.

Gahan fue reclutado más adelante en el año y cambiaron su nombre a Depeche Mode. No cantaba ni escribía canciones, y su rostro no era tan conocido como el de sus compañeros. “Desde que teníamos 10 años”, tuiteó Moyet el jueves. “Fletch tenía un verdadero corazón de oro y siempre estaba ahí cuando necesitabas apoyo, una conversación alegre, una buena risa o una cerveza bien fría”. “Martin es el compositor, Alan es el buen músico, Dave es el vocalista y yo soy un vago por ahí”, dijo en el documental de la gira “101”. Fletcher tocó el teclado en álbumes clásicos de Depeche Mode como “Music for the Masses”, “Black Celebration” y “Violator”.

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney. (CNN) — Andy Fletcher, teclista y miembro fundador de Depeche Mode, falleció, informó la banda en sus canales oficiales de ...

Considerados pioneros del synth-pop, la electrónica y el new wave, la banda, incluidos los exintegrantes Clarke y Alan Wilder, fue incluida en el Salón de la Fama del Rock & Roll en 2020. “Conocía a Andy y lo consideraba un amigo. “Fletch tenía un verdadero corazón de oro y siempre estaba allí cuando necesitabas apoyo, una conversación animada, una buena carcajada o una pinta fría”.

Born in 1961 in Nottingham, Fletcher befriended schoolmate Vince Clarke in the '70s and formed the band No Romance in China, in which he played bass. In 1980 he ...

Clarke departed the group in 1981, and Alan Wilder joined in 1982 (though he too left in 1995), though Fletcher remained in the group up until the present day. Born in 1961 in Nottingham, Fletcher befriended schoolmate Vince Clarke in the ’70s and formed the band No Romance in China, in which he played bass. “Our hearts are with his family, and we ask that you keep them in your thoughts and respect their privacy in this difficult time.”

Andy Fletcher, the keyboarding and co-founder of Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60.

Depeche Mode were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. Depeche Mode were officially founded in 1980, and the band would go on to release 14 studio albums with Fletcher playing on all of them. Andy Fletcher, the keyboarding and co-founder of Depeche Mode, has died.

La banda de música electrónica británica anunció el fallecimiento de Andy Fletcher, a quien consideran una persona con un "corazón de oro".

Hace dos años fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll. Lol Tolhurst, el baterista de la banda The Cure, dijo que era "muy triste" saber de la muerte de Fletcher. Lo describieron como un "querido amigo, miembro de la familia y compañero de la banda", quien tenía un "corazón de oro".

On the other hand: Dave Gahan, the flamboyant, extroverted, extremely topless lead singer, never shy about preening in white jeans. Fletch was in the middle, ...

The gorgeous 2005 Playing the Angel is a top-five Depeche Mode album, with one of their loveliest singles in “Precious.” And they remained monstrously awesome as a live act. When Depeche Mode was inducted into the Hall of Fame, via long-distance video, Dave Gahan gave a speech thanking the group’s artistic heroes, like David Bowie, Iggy and the Stooges, the Clash. Fletcher chimed in, “The Eagles!” In the classic D.A. Pennebaker documentary 101, fans follow the group on an American tour. “But you know, we do travel in a certain amount of luxury.” They always kept making great music in the studio—their last album, 2017’s Spirit, is a truly underrated banger. Fletch spends the whole movie looking slightly surprised, yet amused by all the fan hysteria around him, not to mention the melodrama in the group itself. As he told the NME right at the beginning, in 1981, “You don’t have to be a great musician to play and get a message out. On one hand: Martin Gore, the brooding songwriter, pouting “Understaaand me” to the camera in a leather jacket. “Traveling gets harder as we get older,” Fletch told me in 2009. “You don’t need to get four people together in some warehouse to practice.” For him, that set artists free for new kinds of creative liberation. He always seemed to have the same haircut, the same glasses, the same dry smirk. The group started off with in the London suburb Basildon, with synth wizard Vince Clarke writing the songs. Fletch, who died at age 60 of natural causes, was a founding member of the pioneering synth-pop sages, and a crucial element in their chemistry. The closest he came to the others’ theatrical decadence was lip-synching the screams in the “Master and Servant” video.

A person close to the band said Fletcher died Thursday from natural causes at his home in the United Kingdom. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because ...

With Gore, who Fletcher met at a pub in Basildon in 1980, they formed the trio Composition of Sound, with all three playing synthesizer. A fan of soccer team Chelsea FC with a penchant for chess, Fletcher assumed a low-profile in the group. As usual, Fletcher let his bandmates do nearly all the talking. “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher,” the band's posts said. “Since we were 10,” Moyet tweeted Thursday. “Same estate. Gahan, Fletcher and Gore had to accept the honor remotely along with all the other inductees in the pandemic year.

En una noticia que tomó a todos por sorpresa, esta mañana se anunció el repentino fallecimiento del tecladista y miembro fundador de Depeche Mode, Andy.

Compañero de la otrora banda Composition Of Sound junto a Marvin Gore y Vince Clarke, misma que se convirtió en Depeche Mode cuando se les unió Dave Gahan. Fletcher era conocido como el Business Man de la agrupación debido a sus virtudes para los negocios y las relaciones públicas, mismos que se tradujeron en los primeros contratos y acuerdos comerciales del proyecto y que hasta el día de hoy, lo mantenían involucrado en todo el aspecto financiero de la banda. Las causas de su deceso aún se desconocen; sin embargo, la banda declaró lo siguiente en un comunicado oficial: “Estamos conmocionados y llenos de una tristeza abrumadora por el fallecimiento prematuro de nuestro querido amigo y compañero de banda». En una noticia que tomó a todos por sorpresa, esta mañana se anunció el repentino fallecimiento del tecladista y miembro fundador de Depeche Mode, Andy Fletcher, a los 60 años de edad.

Founding member of Depeche Mode Andy Fletcher has died, aged 60. No cause of death has yet been officially announced.

In 1980, he formed Depeche Mode – initially under the name Composition Of Sound – with schoolfriend Vince Clarke, with Clarke on guitar and vocals and Fletcher on bass. And in 2020, Fletcher, Gahan and Gore were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame during a virtual ceremony. “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher”, say the band in a statement.

Fletcher assumed a low-profile in the group, but was a uniting figure and often the tiebreaking vote in the squabbles of his more famous bandmates.

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