Click here to watch Depeche Mode – 30 Years at the Edge Pt 1 Now

When four lads got together in 1980 sharing a love of the synthesizer sounds then just gaining ground, they could barely have envisaged the kind of impact they would have on the world music scene. Today Depeche Mode remain the most successful electronic group ever, and have themselves influenced a huge array of artists – stand up Marilyn Manson, NIN, Pet Shop Boys, Linkin Park & the creators of thousands of dance and techno records.