METALLICA 'Are A Heavy-Sounding Band, But They Write Pop Songs,' Says DEPECHE MODE Frontman

October 9, 2015

In a brand new interview with RollingStone.com, DEPECHE MODE frontman Dave Gahan has revealed that he is a fan of groups like TOOL and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. "I've always liked TOOL," he said. "Even when I was living in Los Angeles, when they were just coming up. In fact, the guitar player [Adam Jones] used to come over to my house a lot. His girlfriend was a roommate of this girl that was living with us, so he used to hang out with us when they were just coming up. I got to see them in a lot of little clubs, but you knew immediately they had something really special."

Gahan called RAGE a great band and said he was always impressed with RAGE guitarist Tom Morello. "It's just great innovative guitar playing, using the guitar in an unconventional way," he said. "It's in the same way that years and years ago, people like Jimmy Page were playing the blues, but much louder. I have a great respect for heavy rock stuff."

Gahan also acknowledged that there is a musical correlation between some metal bands and DEPECHE MODE. "METALLICA are a heavy-sounding band, but they write pop songs," he said. "They've got their dark moments, just like DEPECHE MOD have, but deep in there is a tune with a catchy chorus or a pop arrangement. Certainly bands like METALLICA, MARILYN MANSON, SMASHING PUMPKINS, though I wouldn't necessarily call those metal bands, but METALLICA really do their own thing and always have."

Rolling Stonepublished an article earlier this year exploring DEPECHE MODE's influence on heavy metal.

Find more on Metallica

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).