Dave cut his hair off! - Well, now his style is a la Violator Era again!

"It's No Good" take first position in Billboard Hot Dance Tracks Chart !

"ULTRA" was #1 in GB Album Charts, Indie U.K., Germany, Greece, Czech Republic and Sweden, ?5 in U.S. Billboard Chart. It was #1 in Music & Media's European Top 100 charts! (Norway, France - #2; Finland, Denmark - #3; Ireland - #4; Austria- #7).

Home, 3rd from Ultra, was released on June 16th. - It's release date in Great Britain, in States date isn't led yet. (Details - here). Video was filmed on May 13th, by Steven Green (NOT Anton Corbijn!) - in San Fernando Valley.

Depeche Mode do a live I-net chat - On May 13th, LiveConcerts.Com was the place to be for a live internet Chat with Depeche Mode. The RealVideo braodcast originated from the House Of Blues at 6:30 PM PST. The chat was hosted by Kevin & Bean (KROQ FM radio DJ's - L.A.), and featured David, Martin & Andy. It was really cool to hear and to see (!) live(!) our favorites! This Chat was a part of promotion organized by Reprise Records for Ultra in US.

Shot from Chat

Opening of Official DM web-site - Depeche Mode have their own web page now! DepecheMode.com site was officially opened on May, 13. It is not very friendly to some browsers ('cos Java & frames), but when you get there, you'll find nice Ultra design, sound samples of new songs, a few video clips, and some other interesting bits (including Band's history flashback).

Depeche Mode on The Tonight Show - Depeche Mode appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, USA) on May 15th, 1997, at 11:35 PM. (details - here).

Depeche Mode play live in L.A. - On Friday, May 16th, the Band appeared live at a "secret location" in Los Angeles, and performed 5 songs. (click for details).

The Ultra Electronic Press Kit - The Ultra EPK (Electronic Press Kit), an 18 minute video, was released to the press (promo-only video). It contains interview footage, as well as the BOAG video and some clips from previous videos. It is a very interesting tape! Emma Davis (ex of Mute Records) did a killer job on this tape! By the way, Reprise Records has a 12 minute RealAudio file up on their site of this video...it's shorter than the 18 minute promo-only video, but definately worth a listen! Go to their site, and check it out!

US promo-only remixes of It's No Good - BRAT (Famous Guy!) have done Radio Edits of the US-Only promo mix for It's No Good (Club 69 Future Mix), as well and the Dom T Bass Bounce Mix, for Groove Radio in L.A. (and Reprise Records). Both were edited down considerably from their original versions. You can download both tracks from Brat Bio page.

New Recoil project - David in his KROQ-FM interview (see below) mentioned that Alan had a new baby, and that he was pretty sure that Alan was working on a new Recoil project (!).

David Gahan at KROQ-FM (L.A.,02/18/97) - David Gahan was at KROQ-FM (L.A.) February 18th, 1997, being interviewed with Kevin & Bean. Besides "Barrel Of A Gun", KROQ also played "Sister Of Night", "Useless", "It's No Good" and "Freestate" (from a custom-made recordable CD manufactured - across the street from KROQ - at Warners/Reprise). David was extremely pleasant over the air, sounding great, and he was in a great mood. Among a lot of questions (he was on air for about 51 minutes - off and on!) was a question about an upcoming tour. David said there was no plan for a tour, but there was a possibility of a few selected "launch parties", where the band would play a few songs off the new album, in some major cities like Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, etc.

"BEST" CD - There was a new Depeche Mode CD coming out in Japan on October 18th titled "Best" (on the Pony/Canyon label). I say that there "was" a new Depeche CD coming out because it's been suspended. MSI, a Japanese importer, has "officially" announced that the project has been "cancelled". Other importers, such as Phantom, had been saying that this CD, as well as another called "DM vs Yazoo" (a Vince Clarke compilation) were coming out. In fact, if you look in magazines such as Goldmine, or on the online record stores, the CD's are listed in their "upcoming" catalogs. This is based on the import distributors' information. Now that it has been confirmed by Mute, and the other distributors, that the CD's are vaporware...let's all get depressed. A nice compilation of rare tracks that had not been on CD before would have definately sold a LOT of copies (are you listening Mute?).

info from BRAT

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