Alan Wilder in Seattle 2010 talking about Martin Gore

[@NessaK1981]

This little clip made me cry just now because I was fortunate enough to meet Alan in Toronto just a week or so later at the Recoil after party!! he was soooooooo nice and sincere! Made lots of eye contact with me and I got to touch his shoulder and he shook my hands 3 times! He also put his arm around me once!!!!! FYI for those who have never shook his hand....his hands are freakishly soft. Like silk! NO LIE!!! LOVE U ALAN!!!

[@wattage2007]

It's my lifetime's ambition to meet this great man.

[@romeonarcizo]

Everybody knows that when Alan left DP their music change forever.The best albums of DM was when Alan was in the group

[@dannyfairclough72]

jeshkam are u on drugs?

[@Violator655]

*A Broken Frame* in that album he already was in the band (unofficially).

[@ash23neuro]

But he wasn't involved in studio work, only live. They wanted to prove to themselves that they were able to record without Clark.

[@josephhoward1858]

My fave was SOFD, and Ultra - right at the time of his departure. The band did change, but did quite well.

[@jeshkam]

@@dannyfairclough72 what?

[@WALES1154]

What a lovely bloke. So down to earth and hasn’t let the fame go to his head. DM were never as good after Alan left

[@Doobie1975]

I always thought Alan was the coolest, most down to earth member of DM and he's definitely someone who I'd love to meet, I also wanted to meet Dave but hear he isn't very friendly to his fans.

[@DxModel219]

looks pretty friendly here…

[@c.cristina5119]

My fave Mr Wilder

[@rocketqueen9887]

From what I've seen on videos he seems like such a sweet person... I wish I could meet him one day.

[@sergeygolovin2760]

For me DM was never the same after Alan Wilder left. He knew how to deliver a great sound and could turn even a simple song to a fabulos track. For example "My Joy"!

[@mr.nativewhitey6397]

AMAZING ALLEN....You can tell he is a sweet person...

[@evelyncastro2632]

Alan is my favourite person in the World

[@vincevirtua]

Seems pretty open to telling his feelings to random fans. Fair play to him.

[@bandit217]

Vincecouk only if they're positive feelings, though. as far as I've seen and read, he was very respectful of not saying anything bad about martin or fletch (he always liked dave) even while they were not speaking and going through their worst times. he was always, and still is, a class act

[@miinfl7143]

@@RothkoWaterhouse that's not how royalties work

[@kennethvalbjoern]

Yes, Alan is very adorable 😀I still listen to the genious Recoil-stuff and the old DM-stuff from especially Violator. Never get tired of that.

[@RaysFerDays]

Everybody loves Alan... I admit he was brilliant at taking the songs martin wrote and layering all those synths and beats to make Dm great.... that said, Ultra is one of their best albums.

[@JM-5150]

G.ray a lan Wilder didn't play or contribute to Ultra.

[@Hirnlego999]

Nope, but he likes it.

[@mickadatwist1620]

exactly. Ulra to me is the last pure DM album

[@JM-5150]

Tim Simenon, was the producer for ultra, if not for him it would have been horrible. Mark Bell produced Exciter, he was a genius that's where bjork got all her techno from. Ultra was an awesome record so was Exciter after that turned in to shit with the exception of 6-7 songs I think

[@ash23neuro]

Talking about Ultra check how many people were involved to record it. Band was broken and without help from outside DM would be finished and Gore would record solo album. Gahan was unable to sing, Flatcher was mentaly instable.

[@r4gg3dt1g3r]

That sounds like a wonderful experience! Thank you for sharing that and this clip with us. :)

[@birgitweigelt8806]

Alan is the missing peace of DM.

[@alonzoartz]

Birgit Weigelt depeche is good without Alan

[@yeppoyou]

yup. just good. with alan they were amazing.

[@rikimarudonchelie1229]

@@yeppoyou more like a mediocre band to me nowadays.

[@miinfl7143]

@@yeppoyou This.

[@delicande]

bello, bello, adorable!!!...si regresa a depeche un sueño hecho realidad..............

[@jasonklein9346]

Alan was critical to Depeche's best music. I wish they would make music with him again.

[@SOLOLULA2]

Alan Wilder Adorable!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️💯💯💯💯💯💯🌹🌹🎶🎵🎶🎵

[@davesdevotee8526]

LUCKY YOUUUUU!!!:-Dthanks for sharing with us:))

[@salozmen29]

Seems like a real nice chap.

[@perrysafer]

Great video... Wow. I'd love to meet him & chat for a few minutes. I'm sure you'll cherish that for the rest of your life. Again, great stuff.

[@SOLOLULA2]

Alan Wilder DM FANTASTIC!!! FOREVER !!!💯💯💯💯💯💯🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@sarawarete]

Yes, Alan he is not only Slick, he is just like silk, so nice. I wish I was there, love Seattle, what's more. That's sure your are a lucky teenager, but I'm not complaining finally, waiting for the warm up in Nice :)

[@rosalbarubio4349]

DAMN!!!YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!!!HE IS SO LOVELY!!!!

[@rosalbarubio4349]

YES!!!BRING HIM BACK!!!ALAN!!!ALAN!!!ALAN!!!

[@javsc]

alan sos un maestro, depeche nunca volvera a tener la magia que vos sabias darle a la banda

[@Atoodark]

I Love you Alan

[@easytigeruk123456789]

With flech gone (rip) and both dave and martin clean for many years now it seems like the perfect moment to come back. Momento Mori was a brilliant album I can`t honestly say that about the last few DM albums. but now is the time. Dave said that Alan is not interested but I hope the management, mute, j.k baron, d.miller all ask. can you imagin the next pos last album and tour with Alan in there. wow wee.

[@HennerBoBenner]

WOW thanks for posting!

[@Chris-pv2ht]

I wish Alan could come back to the DM fold even if it was for just one tour or even produce an album for them.

[@masoho323]

i like he very much! thanks a lot!

[@smartalec8855]

Alan was the architect of DM's sound. They need him back so bad. Depeche is my favorite band of all time, I've seen them live 8 times starting on the Black Celebration tour, but I have to say they have gone down hill ever since Alan left. Their last 2 albums absolutely suck in my opinion.

[@JM-5150]

Spacevic 66 amen to that. Can the drummer and get back to basics.

[@IggyWhite]

Everything after Ultra sucks, actually.

[@rswpt]

Ultra was the last good album by DM, now with the heavy metal drummer and all, since Mr. Wilder departure with a the only exception being Ultra (thank you for saving it, simenon) all their albuns have been a disapointment for the fans of the good old days of black celebration, music for the masses, violator and songs of faith and devotion..

[@TaraTheAndroid]

Did you say that in 1997? No, because Ultra is perfection.

[@smartalec8855]

@@TaraTheAndroid Compared to Black Celebration, Music for the Masses, Violator or Songs of Faith and Devotion? Ultra is a good album with some truly great moments especially Home. But not consistently great. A really good record considering the state of the band in 96.

[@mattlatourette513]

I wish he didn’t quit

[@Sebastian_Roth]

They need to reunite .. instant success

[@hanzaa2505]

i felt ever since Alan Wilder left DM their sound has not been that good to me. Their pinnacle albums, IMO, were SoFaD and Violator. Alan was basically the composer of all the music and I LOVED his sound. I'd rather have had fletcher leave...he does NOTHING except raise both his hands at the concerts.

[@abbyboyone]

Hanzaa look, fletch puts a lot of effort into raising his hands LOL

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

Martin wrote the songs, but I think Alan was the one spending most of the time in the studio with the right feeling for sounds and dramatic sonic development of the tracks. DM definitely misses a lot now that he is gone, their music is now so simplistic and liveless. Just compare the 101 movie to they way they sound live now. I can't believe how much they have changed.

[@davidgahan-ks5jh]

Hanzaa he was not the composer off all their music rather than collective effort

[@josephhoward1858]

I recall hearing that Fletcher succeeded in keeping the band together several times. I would be curious how much he contributes on stage.

[@rswpt]

@shadow0106 i would say instead of 'progressing' they degraded in wilder's absense, being the sole exception at Ultra thanks to the producing genious of Tim Simenon, a huge DM fan since a kid, if it was another? it would have been a crash and burn like all the rest.

[@mariaeugeniagonzalez419]

Lo amo!! ❤

[@AndreaAnd-gg4ye]

¿Qué lugar es..?Parece un "despacho" de alimentos...un bar?

[@astrix90333]

Mulkadesas!😂Varu apskaidrot! 🧐No Varda ALAN’s ir Radusies MATES ALIANSE! Vispasaules Dziva in Vienota LEGENDA! 🌞

[@hirsh01]

Dave Gahan is behind the bar !!!

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

waa already 7 years ago. Hope he's OK

[@wattage2007]

Sadly it appears he's retired from making music :(

[@1pseudo]

Absolutely right.

[@marianaroble5984]

no se podria hacer un petitorio a nivel mundial de parte de los fans para que vuelva alan??

[@viktorraldugin2780]

Если бы он был подвластен нашим желаниям...

[@thesynthfloyd]

Alan just saved the 80s

[@bumfarto1]

I couldn't get to the signing but my mom had a friend who was a cleaner at that HMV and managed to get a copy signed for me. Played very carefully once, and once only.

[@abbyboyone]

i believe that alan is a classically trained musician, which means he knows how to read and write music. i think he was a threat to martin and dave who also wanted to write some of the songs.

[@markmccoy8904]

On the money ..... Martin was jealous of Alan’s musical talent !

[@shannonhutton6879]

What even. If you read the albums you would see that Martin wrote a ton of their songs.

[@Garylpool1]

@@shannonhutton6879 Yes we know Martin wrote the songs but he provided them as demos for Alan and the then producer to work on. Musically Martin provided the 'skeleton' of a song and Alan would then take Martins idea and and add 'flesh' to it to change it from a demo to a complete song, look what he did to Martins slow demo of Enjoy the Silence and speeded it up and is now considered one of DM's best. It was documented that when the band got back together after Alan left that they suddenly had to face the huge amount of work Alan did (and now they would have to do it). Sadly they were not adult enough to admitted it and carried on with a 'we will show Alan we don't need him' attitude that over the years has shown to be detrimental to the bands music.

[@rswpt]

Actually dave was wilder best friend inside the band, and they never stopped being close friends, even after wilder left the band.

[@Garylpool1]

@@rswpt We know that. But I could imagine that attitude of 'we don't need Alan' was mainly Andy Fletcher's. Just out of interest, as i don't know, has Alan Wilder ever played on any of Dave's solo albums?

[@tori7022]

I

[@robd2184]

He’s a clever bloke

[@eelponna3145]

I wonder what it would sound like if Alan and Vince Clarke got together to make an album?

[@BloodyandEnchained]

man i gotta stop drinking

[@bonifaceo]

You are all in love with Alan and this guy cant have a different opinion?! For you all maybe Martin's the bad guy and Alan the brilliant one... all starts with Martin demos. [Almost] ALL!

[@CommunityGuidelines]

Calm down, Martin.

[@rocketqueen9887]

+M. Woofington lmao

[@milendee]

Agreed

[@mattbelinski7760]

Weird how the guy just kept baiting him to say something negative about Martin and he just kept talking through it and saying things like how great Mart was doing.

[@sacrebleu1697]

DM died in 1995…

[@JM-5150]

Tim Simenon, was the producer for or ultra. He basically crafted the sound and direction of the that album. Flood did SOFAD, along with Alan Wilder. Everything thing since has been shit, with the exception of a few on each album. I

[@SLEEPLESSinGLASGOW]

Where in Seattle was this and what was it for?

[@JavierDM]

Recoil's "Selected Events Tour"

[@ahumanjustbeing2466]

alan > dm

[@alonzoartz]

a Human just Being Depeche is a very good band without Alan

[@davideciot2524]

Please, i'm and Italian guy. I can't understand what he said. Is there Simeone Who can write what he said?

[@serlserv]

I can write it in English?

[@davideciot2524]

Yes please, It would be perfect!

[@serlserv]

Alan:...4 years... Cameraman: Good...So, you guys get along better? Alan: He's been drinking before that. Cameraman: Oh yeah, I know. Alan:

[@marguskiis7711]

"He (Martin) stopped drinking 4 years ago... Now clean he is totally different person now." So, that was the reason why AW left the band. I suppose Alan and Martin hated each other for years.

[@azynkron]

You shouldn't believe everything the news papers write, mate.

[@bandit217]

margus kiis it was a mystery for a long time, but he pretty much came out and said so in those 2006 documentaries that came with each of their albums. he always liked dave but felt he lost his ally when he turned to heroin and was not around for SoFaD, and he thought fletch was kind of annoying but mostly just tried to ignore him. it was the tensions between him and martin, and his perceived lack of appreciation from him, that finally drove away.

[@chemicalpoisons]

bandit217 Basically, it was Martin's refusal (I think) to allow Alan to express himself through the music and/or lyrics, a thing that Dave had also strongly complained about. Had Alan had Dave's support, things may have had turned out different. But, as you said, Dave was knee deep into his own problems at that time. But also, the one thing that nearly destroyed the group was the success of Violator. They were so pressed to be as successful as they were, that SoFaD was a product of mandatory work, not an outcome of a fun environment and spirit. According to them, they were _miserable_ in the recording studio of Madrid.

[@bandit217]

Stephanie Louise I agree about the expression through music, but not necessarily through lyrics. Dave complained about it later, yea, but Alan has always said he was fine letting Martin write the lyrics. In fact when they "let" (i.e. Made) him write those few songs on Construction Time Again and SGR he said it made him very uncomfortable. He was much more about the musical atmosphere and production. Input which Martin, and his little yes man sidekick Fletch, was squashing more and more on SoFad without Alan's backup to help him out.

[@chemicalpoisons]

bandit217 I am sorry, I was misinformed apparently, I thought Alan wanted to write lyrics as well. But yeah, SoFaD, as great as an album it was, its production through turmoil, and the hellish Devotional tour afterwards, did little to help them. Especially since, from Dave to Alan to Martin, everyone kept their opinions inside, and never sat down to solve their problems. And those problems eventually combusted. (I also assume you wanted to write _without _*_Dave's_*_ backup to help him out_, not Alan's?)

[@kaylaschulz2277]

She's never going to see him again

[@MrJhonnyjulian]

MR arrengement

[@oceane_chin]

Cool

[@null140]

"Known your place"?! WHAT?!

[@simoharjane7823]

hate it when people bring up old negativity just to sound stupid

[@glopglop4722]

Que devient Alan ? What becomes Alan ?☹

[@infix90]

What is this ? kkkk Laser Disc !!

[@CommunityGuidelines]

I bought a laser disc player years ago SPECIFICALLY so I could watch the "Strange Too" laserdisc. :D

[@M_Carter_]

you really don't get it

[@davidgahan-ks5jh]

Talking about martin...hahaha....he was an input to their music but you just faded away to darkness