Like all good art, the lyrics to Depeche Mo songs such as "Master and Servant" and "Strangelove" leave room for terpretatn. In the small mds of young homophob, most terpretatns erred on the si of man-on-man dungeon sex ssns filled wh dgs, oils and punishment. In "Strangelove," lead volist Dave Gahan sang: "strange highs and strange lows. Strangelove, that's how our love go. …Pa. Will you return ?" In "Master and Servant" he sang about a new game that's a lot like life, a "play between the sheets. Wh you on top and me unrneath, fet all about equaly." The latter song only fed mors that the band was gay by featurg a crackg whip sound as part of the beat.
Contents:
- ARE DEPECHE MO GAY? DO THEY HAVE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA?
- HOW SYNTH-POP INS DEPECHE MO HELPED A BRAZILIAN SUPERFAN COME OUTIN THE NEW DOCUMENTARY "SPIRS THE FORT," A GAY DISCIPLE PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS OWN PERSONAL J.BY CARLA HAYNOVEMBER 19, 2019/9:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2634PX;WIDTH:2622PX;}PL NATK/WIREIMAGEDEPECHE MO ON 12/7/87 CHIGO,ILLOIS. (PHOTO BY PL NATK/WIREIMAGE)BY CARLA HAYNOVEMBER 19, 2019 / 9:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW SYNTH-POP INS DEPECHE MO HELPED A BRAZILIAN SUPERFAN COME OUT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-11-19T14:30:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-11-19T14:30:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CARLA HAY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONCERT DOCUMENTARI ARE UALLY VANY SHOWS FOR THE ARTISTS, BUT BRISH SYNTH-POP BAND DEPECHE MO HAVE FLIPPED THE SCRIPT FOR THEIR NEW DOC, STG THE SPOTLIGHT NOT ON THEMSELV BUT ON SIX LUCKY SUPERFANS OM AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT, WHICH WILL PLAY CEMAS WORLDWI FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY ON NOVEMBER 21, WAS DIRECTED BY LONGTIME DEPECHE MO LLABORATOR ANTON CORBIJN AND FILMED AT WALDBüHNE (“FORT STAGE”) BERL. THE MOVIE FEATUR FOOTAGE OM THE FAL SHOWS OF THE BAND'S 2017-2018 GLOBAL SPIR TOUR, BUT NEARLY HALF OF NSISTS OF TIMATE PROFIL OF THE SIX FANS, WHO EACH SHARE HOW DEPECHE MO HAS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THEIR LIV. ONE OF S MOST PELLG STORI IS OM BRAZILIAN-BORN, BERL-BASED DANIEL CASS, WHO DISCS HOW THE GROUP'S MIC HELPED HIM E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEPECHE MO HAS HAD STRONG TI TO THE LGBTQ MUNY SCE THE BAND FORMED 1980. THEIR 1984 H “PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE” BEME A QUEER-RIGHTS ANTHEM, AND WHILE GLENN HUGH OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE MPILY REPRENTED THE GAY LEATHER SCENE, AND FRANKIE GO TO HOLLYWOOD CHEEKILY TOLD PEOPLE TO “RELAX,” DEPECHE MO SERVED UP THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE TO BDSM REALNS WH THEIR NTROVERSIAL 1984 SGLE “MASTER AND SERVANT.”ALLAN TANNENBM/GETTY IMAGPORTRA OF DEPECHE MO AT THE BEGNG OF THEIR FIRST WORLD TOUR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JANUARY 22, 1982. PICTURED OM LEFT: DAVE GAHAN, ANDY FLETCHER, ALAN WILR, AND MART GORE. (PHOTO BY ALLAN TANNENBM/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEPECHE MO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT THEIR FOLLOWERS OM THE ‘80S AND ‘90S ARE ALL GROWN UP (AND EVEN BRGG THEIR KIDS TO DM NCERTS), THE GROUP'S SHOWS HAVE SHIFTED, BEG MORE FAY-IENDLY. BUT IF MANY FANS ARE THERE TO SG AND DANCE ALONG TO UPBEAT GEMS LIKE "JT CAN'T GET ENOUGH" AND "ENJOY THE SILENCE," OTHERS SEE THEIR MIC AS A FORM OF SOLACE, A WAY OF WORKG THROUGH PERSONAL ISSU AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASS, WHO ME OUT HIS MID-20S, STGGLED WH BEG CLOSETED HIS NATIVE BRAZIL, A UNTRY RTRICTED BY MANY ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS. HE SAYS DEPECHE MO'S SONGS LED HIM TO QUTN EVERYTHG HE BELIEVED ABOUT SEX, LT, AND RELIGN.TRAFALGAR RELEASGDANIEL CASS "DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANIEL CASS DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEIR LYRICS STARTED TO SPEAK TO ME," HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. "‘HEY, YOU N BE WHATEVER YOU WANT. IF YOU DON’T F WH WHAT THEY EXPECT OF YOU, ’S NOT YOUR PROBLEM. IT’S THEIRS!’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER FANS PROFILED THE DOCUMENTARY ARE INDRA AMARJARGAL OM ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA; LIZ DWYER OM LOS ANGEL; CRISTIAN FLUERA OM BUCHART, ROMANIA; CARE PUZENAT OM PERPIGNAN, FRANCE; AND DICKEN SCHRAR, ORIGALLY OM BOGOTá, COLOMBIA, AND CURRENTLY LIVG NEW YORK CY. SCHRAR BEME A YOUTUBE CELEBRY WHEN HE, HIS DGHTER, AND HIS SON FORMED THE DEPECHE MO VER BAND DMK 2010 AND THEIR VIOS WENT VIRAL. HIS KIDS, WHO ARE NOW TEENAGERS, ALSO APPEAR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SIX SUPERFANS WERE CHOSEN FOR SPIRS THE FORT AFTER PARTICIPATG DEPECHE MO’S “TAKEOVER” PROMOTN 2017, WHEN THE BAND HAD A DIFFERENT FAN CURATE POSTS ON S FACEBOOK PAGE EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR AFTER THE RELEASE OF THEIR SPIR ALBUM. FANS WERE THEN ASKED TO FILM A SHORT VIO OF THEMSELV SCRIBG THEIR “TAKEOVER” EXPERIENC; UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, THOSE VIOS WERE DNS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY.TRAFALGAR RELEASGCARE PUZENAT, LIZ DWYER, DANIEL CASS, AND CRISTIAN FLUERA "DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(L-R): CARE PUZENAT, LIZ DWYER, DANIEL CASS, AND CRISTIAN FLUERA DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MOVIE FANS ADDRS THE CHALLENG THEY’VE FACED THEIR LIV. AT AGE 25, PUZENAT WAS A R ACCINT THAT LEFT HER WH AMNIA EXCEPT FOR HER MEMORI OF DEPECHE MO, AND HER REVERY WAS CHALLENGG. NOW A MIDDLE-AGED MOTHER, SHE EQUENTLY BATTL PRSN. FLUERA LIV A UNTRY WHERE GETTG ACCS TO DEPECHE MO’S MIC WAS DIFFICULT AND SOMEWHAT TABOO. DWYER, A DIVORCED BIRACIAL MOTHER OF TWO TEENAGE SONS, SURVIVED BREAST NCER, G THE GROUP'S MIC AS HER EMOTNAL THERAPY. SHE HAS ALSO ALT WH RACISM OM PEOPLE WHO THK DEPECHE MO FANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASS SAYS THE FILM THAT ONE OF THE REASONS HIS FAY WAS HOMOPHOBIC WAS BEE HIS FATHER’S BROTHER DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PLITNS THE EARLY '90S, WHEN MANY PEOPLE HAD THE MISNCEPTN THAT WAS A “GAY DISEASE.” WHILE LIVG GERMANY AS A POST-GRADUATE LLEGE STUNT, CASS MET A MAN NAMED PHILIPP ON A DATG APP. THEY’VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND CASS SAYS HIS FAY HAS PLETELY ACCEPTED HIM AND PHILIPP. HOWEVER, EARNG THEIR ACCEPTANCE WAS A TOUGH PROCS, AND CASS STILL WORRI ABOUT THE RAMPANT HOMOPHOBIA HIS HOME UNTRY. “THERE’S A LOT OF VLENCE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE BRAZIL,” HE SAYS, "BUT WE N HOPE THGS WILL GET BETTER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEG A GAY DEPECHE MO FAN HAS HELPED CASS NNECT WH FELLOW DISCIPL UNEXPECTED WAYS. “I’D BRG DEPECHE MO UP AS A SUBJECT WHEN TRYG TO MAKE SMALL TALK TO DJS AT GAY CLUBS," HE SAYS. "I ONCE MANAGED TO GET LATE DJ AND PRODUCER PETER RHOFER CHATTG WH ME WHILE HE WAS PLAYG—WHICH IS THE OPPOSE OF HOW HE ED TO BE: SILENT AND MOODY—BEE I PASSED HIM BY AND MENTNED REMIX HE HAD DONE FOR DEPECHE MO. HE EVEN PULLED HIS REMIX OF ‘IT’S NO GOOD’ OUT OF HIS CRATE BEE I BROUGHT UP. I’VE MA QUE A FEW IENDSHIPS AMONG DJS GAY CLUBS BEE OF DEPECHE MO. THEY’RE A BAND WH WELL-EARNED RPECT THE CLUB SCENE.”TRAFALGAR RELEASGMART GORE (LEFT) AND DAVE GAHAN "DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEMBERS MART GORE (LEFT) AND DAVE GAHAN DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASS SAYS THAT FILMG HIS SEGMENTS OF THE DOCUMENTARY TOOK ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DAYS, AND HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO SPEND A BRIEF MOMENT WH MEMBER MART GORE BACKSTAGE BEFORE A SHOW, WHEN HE RDIALLY THANKED THE FANS FOR PARTICIPATG THE DOCUMENTARY. THE SCENE DIDN'T MAKE THE FAL CUT, BUT CASS ISN'T SURE NEED TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AFTER WATCHG THE FILM, I REALIZED THAT WAS GOOD THAT THERE’S NOT FOOTAGE OF TERACTG OUTSI OF A CROWD-STAGE RELATNSHIP,” CASS SAYS. “THERE’S MORE FOC ON OUR STORI, WHICH ALMOST ANYONE N RELATE TO, AND THEN THERE’S THE BAND ON STAGE PROVG WHY WE ARE THEIR VOTE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADDS THAT SEEG THE DOCUMENTARY MA HIM VERY EMOTNAL. "I PRETTY MUCH CRIED,” CASS SAYS. “THIS MOVIE IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT FANDOM, BUT ABOUT BEG HUMAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT HS CEMAS WORLDWI NOVEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
ARE DEPECHE MO GAY? DO THEY HAVE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA?
In the new documentary "Spirs the Fort," a gay disciple pays tribute to his own personal J. * depeche mode are gay *
In the small mds of young homophob, most terpretatns erred on the si of man-on-man dungeon sex ssns filled wh dgs, oils, and punishment. The latter song only fed mors that the band was gay by featurg a crackg whip sound as part of the beat. Judgg om the huge crowds at their 1988 US Mic for the Mass tour, the gay rap didn’t much dimish the band’s creasg popular appeal, but did threaten to curtail me.
HOW SYNTH-POP INS DEPECHE MO HELPED A BRAZILIAN SUPERFAN COME OUTIN THE NEW DOCUMENTARY "SPIRS THE FORT," A GAY DISCIPLE PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS OWN PERSONAL J.BY CARLA HAYNOVEMBER 19, 2019/9:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2634PX;WIDTH:2622PX;}PL NATK/WIREIMAGEDEPECHE MO ON 12/7/87 CHIGO,ILLOIS. (PHOTO BY PL NATK/WIREIMAGE)BY CARLA HAYNOVEMBER 19, 2019 / 9:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW SYNTH-POP INS DEPECHE MO HELPED A BRAZILIAN SUPERFAN COME OUT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-11-19T14:30:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-11-19T14:30:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CARLA HAY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONCERT DOCUMENTARI ARE UALLY VANY SHOWS FOR THE ARTISTS, BUT BRISH SYNTH-POP BAND DEPECHE MO HAVE FLIPPED THE SCRIPT FOR THEIR NEW DOC, STG THE SPOTLIGHT NOT ON THEMSELV BUT ON SIX LUCKY SUPERFANS OM AROUND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT, WHICH WILL PLAY CEMAS WORLDWI FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY ON NOVEMBER 21, WAS DIRECTED BY LONGTIME DEPECHE MO LLABORATOR ANTON CORBIJN AND FILMED AT WALDBüHNE (“FORT STAGE”) BERL. THE MOVIE FEATUR FOOTAGE OM THE FAL SHOWS OF THE BAND'S 2017-2018 GLOBAL SPIR TOUR, BUT NEARLY HALF OF NSISTS OF TIMATE PROFIL OF THE SIX FANS, WHO EACH SHARE HOW DEPECHE MO HAS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THEIR LIV. ONE OF S MOST PELLG STORI IS OM BRAZILIAN-BORN, BERL-BASED DANIEL CASS, WHO DISCS HOW THE GROUP'S MIC HELPED HIM E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEPECHE MO HAS HAD STRONG TI TO THE LGBTQ MUNY SCE THE BAND FORMED 1980. THEIR 1984 H “PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE” BEME A QUEER-RIGHTS ANTHEM, AND WHILE GLENN HUGH OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE MPILY REPRENTED THE GAY LEATHER SCENE, AND FRANKIE GO TO HOLLYWOOD CHEEKILY TOLD PEOPLE TO “RELAX,” DEPECHE MO SERVED UP THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE TO BDSM REALNS WH THEIR NTROVERSIAL 1984 SGLE “MASTER AND SERVANT.”ALLAN TANNENBM/GETTY IMAGPORTRA OF DEPECHE MO AT THE BEGNG OF THEIR FIRST WORLD TOUR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JANUARY 22, 1982. PICTURED OM LEFT: DAVE GAHAN, ANDY FLETCHER, ALAN WILR, AND MART GORE. (PHOTO BY ALLAN TANNENBM/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEPECHE MO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT THEIR FOLLOWERS OM THE ‘80S AND ‘90S ARE ALL GROWN UP (AND EVEN BRGG THEIR KIDS TO DM NCERTS), THE GROUP'S SHOWS HAVE SHIFTED, BEG MORE FAY-IENDLY. BUT IF MANY FANS ARE THERE TO SG AND DANCE ALONG TO UPBEAT GEMS LIKE "JT CAN'T GET ENOUGH" AND "ENJOY THE SILENCE," OTHERS SEE THEIR MIC AS A FORM OF SOLACE, A WAY OF WORKG THROUGH PERSONAL ISSU AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASS, WHO ME OUT HIS MID-20S, STGGLED WH BEG CLOSETED HIS NATIVE BRAZIL, A UNTRY RTRICTED BY MANY ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS. HE SAYS DEPECHE MO'S SONGS LED HIM TO QUTN EVERYTHG HE BELIEVED ABOUT SEX, LT, AND RELIGN.TRAFALGAR RELEASGDANIEL CASS "DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANIEL CASS DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEIR LYRICS STARTED TO SPEAK TO ME," HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. "‘HEY, YOU N BE WHATEVER YOU WANT. IF YOU DON’T F WH WHAT THEY EXPECT OF YOU, ’S NOT YOUR PROBLEM. IT’S THEIRS!’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER FANS PROFILED THE DOCUMENTARY ARE INDRA AMARJARGAL OM ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA; LIZ DWYER OM LOS ANGEL; CRISTIAN FLUERA OM BUCHART, ROMANIA; CARE PUZENAT OM PERPIGNAN, FRANCE; AND DICKEN SCHRAR, ORIGALLY OM BOGOTá, COLOMBIA, AND CURRENTLY LIVG NEW YORK CY. SCHRAR BEME A YOUTUBE CELEBRY WHEN HE, HIS DGHTER, AND HIS SON FORMED THE DEPECHE MO VER BAND DMK 2010 AND THEIR VIOS WENT VIRAL. HIS KIDS, WHO ARE NOW TEENAGERS, ALSO APPEAR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SIX SUPERFANS WERE CHOSEN FOR SPIRS THE FORT AFTER PARTICIPATG DEPECHE MO’S “TAKEOVER” PROMOTN 2017, WHEN THE BAND HAD A DIFFERENT FAN CURATE POSTS ON S FACEBOOK PAGE EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR AFTER THE RELEASE OF THEIR SPIR ALBUM. FANS WERE THEN ASKED TO FILM A SHORT VIO OF THEMSELV SCRIBG THEIR “TAKEOVER” EXPERIENC; UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, THOSE VIOS WERE DNS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY.TRAFALGAR RELEASGCARE PUZENAT, LIZ DWYER, DANIEL CASS, AND CRISTIAN FLUERA "DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(L-R): CARE PUZENAT, LIZ DWYER, DANIEL CASS, AND CRISTIAN FLUERA DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MOVIE FANS ADDRS THE CHALLENG THEY’VE FACED THEIR LIV. AT AGE 25, PUZENAT WAS A R ACCINT THAT LEFT HER WH AMNIA EXCEPT FOR HER MEMORI OF DEPECHE MO, AND HER REVERY WAS CHALLENGG. NOW A MIDDLE-AGED MOTHER, SHE EQUENTLY BATTL PRSN. FLUERA LIV A UNTRY WHERE GETTG ACCS TO DEPECHE MO’S MIC WAS DIFFICULT AND SOMEWHAT TABOO. DWYER, A DIVORCED BIRACIAL MOTHER OF TWO TEENAGE SONS, SURVIVED BREAST NCER, G THE GROUP'S MIC AS HER EMOTNAL THERAPY. SHE HAS ALSO ALT WH RACISM OM PEOPLE WHO THK DEPECHE MO FANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASS SAYS THE FILM THAT ONE OF THE REASONS HIS FAY WAS HOMOPHOBIC WAS BEE HIS FATHER’S BROTHER DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PLITNS THE EARLY '90S, WHEN MANY PEOPLE HAD THE MISNCEPTN THAT WAS A “GAY DISEASE.” WHILE LIVG GERMANY AS A POST-GRADUATE LLEGE STUNT, CASS MET A MAN NAMED PHILIPP ON A DATG APP. THEY’VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND CASS SAYS HIS FAY HAS PLETELY ACCEPTED HIM AND PHILIPP. HOWEVER, EARNG THEIR ACCEPTANCE WAS A TOUGH PROCS, AND CASS STILL WORRI ABOUT THE RAMPANT HOMOPHOBIA HIS HOME UNTRY. “THERE’S A LOT OF VLENCE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE BRAZIL,” HE SAYS, "BUT WE N HOPE THGS WILL GET BETTER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEG A GAY DEPECHE MO FAN HAS HELPED CASS NNECT WH FELLOW DISCIPL UNEXPECTED WAYS. “I’D BRG DEPECHE MO UP AS A SUBJECT WHEN TRYG TO MAKE SMALL TALK TO DJS AT GAY CLUBS," HE SAYS. "I ONCE MANAGED TO GET LATE DJ AND PRODUCER PETER RHOFER CHATTG WH ME WHILE HE WAS PLAYG—WHICH IS THE OPPOSE OF HOW HE ED TO BE: SILENT AND MOODY—BEE I PASSED HIM BY AND MENTNED REMIX HE HAD DONE FOR DEPECHE MO. HE EVEN PULLED HIS REMIX OF ‘IT’S NO GOOD’ OUT OF HIS CRATE BEE I BROUGHT UP. I’VE MA QUE A FEW IENDSHIPS AMONG DJS GAY CLUBS BEE OF DEPECHE MO. THEY’RE A BAND WH WELL-EARNED RPECT THE CLUB SCENE.”TRAFALGAR RELEASGMART GORE (LEFT) AND DAVE GAHAN "DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEMBERS MART GORE (LEFT) AND DAVE GAHAN DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASS SAYS THAT FILMG HIS SEGMENTS OF THE DOCUMENTARY TOOK ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DAYS, AND HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO SPEND A BRIEF MOMENT WH MEMBER MART GORE BACKSTAGE BEFORE A SHOW, WHEN HE RDIALLY THANKED THE FANS FOR PARTICIPATG THE DOCUMENTARY. THE SCENE DIDN'T MAKE THE FAL CUT, BUT CASS ISN'T SURE NEED TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AFTER WATCHG THE FILM, I REALIZED THAT WAS GOOD THAT THERE’S NOT FOOTAGE OF TERACTG OUTSI OF A CROWD-STAGE RELATNSHIP,” CASS SAYS. “THERE’S MORE FOC ON OUR STORI, WHICH ALMOST ANYONE N RELATE TO, AND THEN THERE’S THE BAND ON STAGE PROVG WHY WE ARE THEIR VOTE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADDS THAT SEEG THE DOCUMENTARY MA HIM VERY EMOTNAL. "I PRETTY MUCH CRIED,” CASS SAYS. “THIS MOVIE IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT FANDOM, BUT ABOUT BEG HUMAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEPECHE MO: SPIRS THE FORT HS CEMAS WORLDWI NOVEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
As ludicro as the “gay prep school” rep was, didn’t change the facts: wearg a Depeche Mo shirt at Brophy was as socially damng a move as holdg your buddy’s hand. To be labeled gay this environment is to potentially be ostracized om the entire stunt body: some 1029 stunts, around 243 my class.
When they buted 1980, they looked as if they’d jt returned om Gay Pri Week Washgton DC: leather pants, leather shirts, leather biker pta ps, aviator glass. Depeche Mo ’89 were the clean urban mal, which many peopl’ mds meant gay urban mal, metrosexual long before the term. Had I surround myself wh other aspirg bull-rirs or been raised a ral home, I might have taken this for the Official Homosexual Uniform, pecially when I first saw the ver of Catchg Up wh Depeche Mo.
By the time sophomore year of high school started, I was burnt on synth. “In Ameri, people thk you’re homosexual jt bee you’ve got short hair.