In 1996, Carter left Chrysalis Records and joined Cooking Vinyl . With Salv from the band S*M*A*S*H on bass, Wez’s brother Steve on guitar, and teenager Ben Lambert on keyboards , Carter became a six-piece band.
In June 1995, Alan Wilder announced that he was leaving Depeche Mode, explaining:
The band found some new popularity after signing with Trent Reznor ‘s Nothing Records in the U.S. and touring with Nine Inch Nails , as well as having their songs included in the PlayStation game Loaded . In March 1995, the band released the Dos Dedos Mis Amigos remix album…
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Wilder would later be called the “Musical Director” of the band, responsible for the band’s sound until his departure in 1995.
In 1995, following a long break, U2 contributed ” Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me ” to the soundtrack album of the film Batman Forever . The song reached number one in Australia and Ireland, number two in the UK, and number 16 in the US. In November,…
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The film was directed by Anton Corbijn , and in 1995 earned the band their first Grammy nomination.
Despite Gahan’s increasingly severe personal problems, Gore tried repeatedly during 1995 and 1996 to get the band recording again.
Released on May 15, 1995, Six/Nine was an even more psychological, conceptual album than Darker Than Darkness: Style 93 had been. Before the album was released, the band performed another set of video concerts, featuring equally conceptual music videos for each song, directed by Wataru Hayashi. One of the songs,…
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The final leg of the tour, called the and US Summer ’94 Tour, consisting of more North American dates, followed shortly thereafter and ran until July.
The album Give Out But Don’t Give Up was released in May to mixed reviews.