Martin Gore

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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Gore licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia