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{{short description|English musician}}
{{for|the cancer researcher|Martin Gore (oncologist)}}
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| name              = Martin Gore
| image             = Martin Gore Oct 4 2022 (1) (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Gore in October 2022
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| birth_name        = Martin Lee Gore
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|7|23}}
| birth_place       = London, England
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Alternative dance]]|[[synth-pop]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[Hard rock]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|singer|songwriter|record producer|DJ}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals|keyboards}}
| label             = {{hlist|[[Mute Records|Mute]]|[[Sire Records|Sire]]|[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]}}
| current_member_of = [[Depeche Mode]]
| past_member_of    = [[VCMG]]
| website           = {{url|martingore.com}}
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'''Martin Lee Gore''' (born 23 July 1961)<ref>Malins, p. 1</ref> is an English musician and songwriter. He is one of the founding members of the [[electronic rock]] band [[Depeche Mode]] and is the band's main songwriter.<ref name="factmag.com">{{cite web |title=Depeche Mode's Vince Clarke and Martin Gore reunite in the name of techno |url=https://www.factmag.com/2011/11/24/depeche-modes-vince-clarke-and-martin-gore-reunite-in-the-name-of-techno/ |date=24 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231164257/https://www.factmag.com/2011/11/24/depeche-modes-vince-clarke-and-martin-gore-reunite-in-the-name-of-techno/ |archive-date=31 December 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is the band's guitarist and keyboardist, and occasionally provides lead vocals.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |title=Depeche Mode; The The |url=https://variety.com/1993/legit/reviews/depeche-mode-the-the-1200433227/ |date=23 September 1993 |access-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231164256/https://variety.com/1993/legit/reviews/depeche-mode-the-the-1200433227/ |archive-date=31 December 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gore possesses a [[tenor]] singing voice which contrasts with lead vocalist [[Dave Gahan]]'s dramatic [[baritone]]. He is also known for his flamboyant and (sometimes) [[androgynous]] [[stage persona]]. Gore has also released several solo albums and collaborated with former Depeche Mode member [[Vince Clarke]] as part of [[VCMG]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.depechemode.com/news.html#news_148|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302023525/http://www.depechemode.com/news.html#news_148|title=Depeche Mode|archive-date=2 March 2013|website=www.depechemode.com|url-status=dead }}</ref>

Gore's songs include themes such as sex, religion and politics.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title=Catching up with Depeche Mode |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/23/showbiz/music/martin-gore-depeche-mode/ |publisher=CNN |date=24 April 2013 |access-date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404171558/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/23/showbiz/music/martin-gore-depeche-mode/ |archive-date=4 April 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> He has said he feels lyrical themes that tackle issues related to solitude and loneliness are a better representation of reality, whereas he finds "happy songs" fake and unrealistic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I27PyhhqGV4 |url-status=live |publisher=YouTube |date=22 February 2013 |access-date=27 December 2013 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/I27PyhhqGV4 |archive-date=12 December 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At the same time, he asserts that the band's music contains "an element of hope".<ref>Condran, Ed (25 May 2006). {{cite web |title=On That Note: Comeback Mode |url=http://www.southphillyreview.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/on_that_note-73703507.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722094324/http://www.southphillyreview.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/on_that_note-73703507.html |archive-date=22 July 2015}}. ''[[South Philly Review]]''.</ref>

In 1999, he received the [[Ivor Novello Award]] from the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] for "International Achievement". He was given the [[Moogfest#Moog_Innovation_Award |Moog Innovation Award]] "for his many contributions to the exploration of sound in popular music" in 2019, and became a [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] member in late 2020 with fellow active Depeche Mode members [[Dave Gahan]] and [[Andy Fletcher (musician)|Andy Fletcher]], as well as past members [[Vince Clarke]] and [[Alan Wilder]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=8 November 2020|title=Watch Depeche Mode's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/watch-depeche-mode-rock-roll-hall-fame-acceptance-speech-2812015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210183119/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/watch-depeche-mode-rock-roll-hall-fame-acceptance-speech-2812015|archive-date=10 February 2023|access-date=19 June 2023|website=[[NME]]}}</ref> Following the death of Fletcher in May 2022, Gore became the longest-serving member of the band.

==Early life==
Martin Lee Gore was born in [[London]], England. His biological father was an [[African-American]] [[G.I. (military)|G.I.]] stationed in Britain.<ref name="Miller 2003">{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Jonathan |title=Stripped: Depeche Mode |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-85712-026-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8dlapcBLwu0C&pg=PT492 }}</ref> Gore was raised by his stepfather David Gore and biological mother Pamela, who both worked at the [[Ford of Britain]] motor plant in [[Dagenham]].<ref name="MARTIN LEE GORE">{{cite web|author=Lilian R. Franke|url=https://depechemodebiographie.de/ebio04martin.php |title=MARTIN LEE GORE |website=depechemodebiographie.de|access-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419173537/https://depechemodebiographie.de/ebio04martin.php |archive-date=19 April 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> He believed his stepfather was his biological father until the age of 30, when he learned of his biological father.<ref>{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Jonathan |title=Stripped: Depeche Mode |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-85712-026-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8dlapcBLwu0C&pg=PT491 }}</ref> Gore later met his biological father in the [[Southern United States|American South]].<ref name="Miller 2003"/> Gore has described his upbringing as "normal" and "stable" and has said that although he was a well-behaved child, he was an introvert who preferred to spend time reading alone rather than with school peers. However, he also stated that he enjoyed his time at school and took part in foreign exchange trips.<ref name="MARTIN LEE GORE"/> His family briefly lived in [[Hornchurch]] during his upbringing before moving to [[Basildon]], where he attended the [[James Hornsby School|Nicholas Comprehensive School]]. During school he was the guitarist in a local band called Norman and the Worms.<ref name="Miller 2003"/><ref name="MARTIN LEE GORE"/>

Gore taught himself to play keyboard from the 1970s, never receiving formal training. He learned to perform chart hits, figuring out their structures via the magazine ''[[Disco 45]]''.<ref name="McCarter2019">{{cite web|url=https://parklifedc.com/2019/04/30/interview-martin-gore-of-depeche-mode-in-conversation-with-daniel-miller-of-mute-records-moogfest-2019-4-26-19/|title=Interview: Martin Gore of Depeche Mode|last=McCarter|first=Mickey|date=30 April 2019|website=Parklife DC|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130005804/https://parklifedc.com/2019/04/30/interview-martin-gore-of-depeche-mode-in-conversation-with-daniel-miller-of-mute-records-moogfest-2019-4-26-19/ |archive-date=30 January 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> He shared a class with [[Andy Fletcher (musician)|Andy "Fletch" Fletcher]], [[Alison Moyet]] and [[Perry Bamonte]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=Alison Moyet: 'I smashed all my gold discs. There were hundreds' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/18/alison-moyet-smashed-gold-discs |website=The Guardian |date=18 April 2013 |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618144105/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/18/alison-moyet-smashed-gold-discs |archive-date=18 June 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Gore left Nicholas Comprehensive after completing his [[A-levels]] in 1979 and took a job as a bank cashier. During evenings, weekends and any other spare time, he remained involved with Norman and the Worms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Basildon Bond: Depeche Mode & The Essex New Town|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/07165-basildon-speak-spell|access-date=7 February 2021|website=The Quietus|language=en-US|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230619111235/https://thequietus.com/articles/07165-basildon-speak-spell |archive-date=19 June 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Dunfearing and the West Country High" – Phil Burdett {{!}} MusicRiot.co.uk|url=http://musicriot.co.uk/album/dunfearing-and-the-west-country-high-phil-burdett/|access-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523235322/http://musicriot.co.uk/album/dunfearing-and-the-west-country-high-phil-burdett/ |archive-date=23 May 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> He became interested in [[electronic music]] upon hearing acts such as [[Kraftwerk]], [[the Human League]] and [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] (OMD).<ref name="McCarter2019"/> He borrowed a Korg 700S from a friend, before purchasing a Yamaha CS5, his first synthesizer.<ref name="McCarter2019"/>

Gore has two younger half-sisters, Karen, born in 1967, and Jacqueline, born in 1968.<ref name="MARTIN LEE GORE"/>

==Depeche Mode==
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[[File:Depeche-mode-martin-gore2.jpg|thumb|upright|Gore in 1986]]
In 1980, Gore reunited with classmate Andy Fletcher at the Van Gogh club. Fletcher recruited him into his band [[Depeche Mode|Composition of Sound]], along with [[Vince Clarke]]. Soon the band drafted [[Dave Gahan]] to be the band's lead singer after hearing him sing "[[Heroes (David Bowie song)|Heroes]]" by [[David Bowie]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Christopher |first=Michael |title=Depeche Mode FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's Finest Synth-Pop Band |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UKgKEAAAQBAJ |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |date=28 December 2020 |isbn=978-1-4930-5400-8}}</ref> Gore is the band's keyboardist, contributes backing vocals,<ref name="auto2"/> and occasionally provides lead vocals.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |last=Rouner |first=Jef |date=23 July 2012 |title=Happy 51st, Depeche Mode's Martin Gore: A Birthday Playlist |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/happy-51st-depeche-modes-martin-gore-a-birthday-playlist-6493270 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231165803/https://www.houstonpress.com/music/happy-51st-depeche-modes-martin-gore-a-birthday-playlist-6493270 |archive-date=31 December 2022 |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Houston Press}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |last=Tramel |first=Jimmie |date=30 May 2018 |title=Verdict arrives at BOK Center: Oklahoma 'gets' Depeche Mode |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/music/verdict-arrives-at-bok-center-oklahoma-gets-depeche-mode/article_b4822a98-d546-5259-bdc0-148e3792a9c6.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204191008/https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/music/verdict-arrives-at-bok-center-oklahoma-gets-depeche-mode/article_b4822a98-d546-5259-bdc0-148e3792a9c6.html |archive-date=4 February 2021 |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Tulsa World}}</ref>

When explaining the band's choice for their name, 'Depeche Mode' (which was taken from French [[fashion magazine]] ''Dépêche Mode''),<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Excelsior Publications suspend Dépêche mode |url=http://www.strategies.fr/actualites/medias/r67272W/excelsior-suspend-la-parution-de-depeche-mode.html |magazine=Stratégies |date=8 November 2001 |access-date=1 May 2017 |language=fr}}</ref> Gore said, "It means 'hurried fashion' or 'fashion dispatch'. I like the sound of that."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Max |last= Bell |title= Part 2 : Martin Gore – The Decadent Boy |magazine= No1 Magazine |date= 11 May 1985 |access-date= 29 October 2007 |url= http://www.tuug.org/~jaakko/dm/dmtekstit/privatemg.html |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070313232933/http://www.tuug.org/~jaakko/dm/dmtekstit/privatemg.html |archive-date= 13 March 2007}}</ref> However, the magazine's name (and hence the band's) correctly translates to something like "Fashion News" or "Fashion Update".<ref>{{cite web|title= Depeche Mode – the real origin of the band's name |website= Eighty-eightynine |access-date= 17 February 2013 |url= http://www.eightyeightynine.com/music/depeche-mode.html}}</ref>

Gore wrote two tracks on Depeche Mode's debut album, ''[[Speak & Spell (album)|Speak & Spell]]'': "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and the instrumental "Big Muff".<ref>{{citation|title=Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell (2009, CD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Depeche-Mode-Speak-Spell/release/1769423|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> "Any Second Now (Voices)" features Gore's first lead vocals for the band.<ref name=":0" /> When Clarke announced his departure from Depeche Mode in 1981, Gore became the principal songwriter for the band.<ref name="factmag.com"/> Songs Gore wrote for Depeche Mode's second album, ''[[A Broken Frame]]'' (1982), differed musically and lyrically from Clarke's. Gore's writing became gradually darker and more political on subsequent Depeche Mode albums.<ref name=":0" /> He sings lead vocals on several of the band's songs, notably ballads – his [[tenor]] voice provides a contrast to Gahan's dramatic [[baritone]].<ref name="guardian-2017-03">{{cite web | last=Petridis | first=Alexis | title=Depeche Mode: Spirit review – stripped back, amped up and angry | work=The Guardian | date=26 March 2017 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/16/depeche-mode-spirit-review-stripped-back-amped-up-and-angry | access-date = 7 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2017/06/depeche-mode-s-dave-gahan-why-i-don-t-understand-my-own-band|title=Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan: why I don't understand my own band|website=New Statesman|date=June 2017 |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="leamington-2020">{{cite web | last=Iles | first=James | title=The sweetest perfection: Why Depeche Mode's 'Violator' album remains their defining moment | publisher=Leamington Observer | date=4 September 2020 | url=https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/lifestyle/the-sweetest-perfection-why-depeche-modes-violator-album-remains-their-defining-moment-22658/ | access-date = 7 February 2021}}</ref>

Gore sometimes plays guitar (typically his [[Gretsch White Falcon]] or Gretsch Double Anniversary) on Depeche Mode songs.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Martin Gore – Part Of Guitar Collection|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdRvPW_qqw|access-date=|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Gore's Guitar Gear {{!}} Equipboard|url=https://equipboard.com/pros/martin-gore|access-date=7 February 2021|website=equipboard.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Backstage Depeche Mode Martin Gore's gear @ Los Angeles Staples Center Oct, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q3k5i1WyQA|access-date=|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The first time guitar was used as the main instrument was on "[[Personal Jesus]]", although he used small guitar parts on previous songs, such as "[[Behind the Wheel]]" and "[[Love, in Itself]]". Gore's guitar playing developed even more on ''[[Songs of Faith and Devotion]]''.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 March 2017|title=Depeche Mode Reinvigorate Their Sound With Gritty Rock on 'Spirit'|url=https://observer.com/2017/03/depeche-mode-spirit-album-review/|access-date=7 February 2021|website=Observer|language=en-US}}</ref> In live performances, he switches his keyboards for his guitar on some older Depeche Mode songs, such as "[[Never Let Me Down Again]]" and "[[A Question of Time]]".<ref name="Martin Gore">{{cite web|title=Martin Gore|url=https://garage.ericasynths.lv/articles/martin-gore/|access-date=7 February 2021|website=garage.ericasynths.lv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=April 2010|first=Future Music21|title=Depeche Mode's live setup revealed|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/depeche-modes-live-setup-revealed-245774|access-date=7 February 2021|website=MusicRadar|date=21 April 2010}}</ref> In mid-1990, Gore said, "I think in a way we've been at the forefront of new music; sort of chipping away at the standard [[Radio_format |rock format stations]]."<ref>''[[NME]]'' – July 1990; Tobler, p. 472</ref>
[[File:Martin Gore in 2009.jpg|thumb|Gore in 2009]]

==Other work==
Gore has released the following solo albums: ''[[Counterfeit EP]]'' (1989), ''[[Counterfeit 2|Counterfeit²]]'' (2003), ''[[MG (album)|MG]]'' (2015) and ''[[The Third Chimpanzee (EP)|The Third Chimpanzee]]'' (2021).

=== VCMG ===
Former Depeche Mode colleague [[Vince Clarke]] collaborated with Gore for the first time since 1981 as techno duo [[VCMG]] on an instrumental minimalist electronic dance album called ''Ssss'', released on 12 March 2012. The first single, ''Spock'', was originally released worldwide exclusively on Beatport on 30 November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.depechemode.com/news.html#news_148|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907005656/http://www.depechemode.com/news.html#news_148|title=Depeche Mode|archive-date=7 September 2009|website=www.depechemode.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=VCMG music download – Beatport|url=https://www.beatport.com/artist/vcmg/229464|access-date=7 February 2021|website=www.beatport.com}}</ref> The second, ''Single Blip'', was also released exclusively on Beatport on 20 February 2012, and the third one, ''Aftermaths'', was released on 20 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 July 2012|title=Mute Records • VCMG • EP3 / Aftermaths: Digital & 12" Release – 20 August 2012|url=http://mute.com/mute/ep3-aftermaths-digital-12%e2%80%9d-release-%e2%80%93-20-august-2012|access-date=7 February 2021|website=Mute Records|language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== MG ===
In late February 2015, several teaser images were displayed on Gore's official Facebook page,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.facebook.com/MartinGore/photos/a.268680676511589.65165.126376044075387/845465602166424/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/126376044075387/845465602166424 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title = Facebook – Martin Gore #MGxMG first promotion image|date = 25 February 2015|access-date = 26 March 2015|website = Facebook}}{{cbignore}}</ref> citing a [[hashtag]] "MGxMG", which was later revealed to be a promotional tool for his new solo studio album, titled ''[[MG (album)|MG]]'' (named similarly to his previous collaborative album, ''VCMG'', with Vince Clarke from 2012). In a news post on his official website and various social media on 2 March, this confirmation of his new studio album announced its release would be on 27 or 28 April and previewed a track, ''Europa Hymn'', from the new album.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.martingore.com/news.html|title = Martin Gore Official Website News|date = 2 March 2015|access-date = 26 March 2015|website = Martin Gore Official Website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Minsker|first=Evan|title=Depeche Mode's Martin Gore Announces Solo Album MG, Shares "Europa Hymn"|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/58678-depeche-modes-martin-gore-announces-solo-album-mg-shares-europa-hymn/|access-date=7 February 2021|website=Pitchfork|date=2 March 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Electric Ladyboy studio ==
Gore has a personal studio in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] with a sizeable collection of [[Eurorack]]s, [[Moog synthesizer|Moog]] and Erica synthesizers (among others), where he has recorded solo work and written music for [[Depeche Mode]].<ref name="Martin Gore"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Depeche Mode's Martin Gore Doesn't Want to Talk About Synths Anymore|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/zngeq8/depeche-modes-martin-gore-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-synths-194|access-date=7 February 2021|website=www.vice.com|date=12 May 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Depeche Mode News|url=https://www.facebook.com/depechemode.news/posts/1412521738877011 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1189308854531635/1412521738877011 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|access-date=7 February 2021|website=www.facebook.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Work|url=https://www.sondhus.com/work|access-date=7 February 2021|website=SONDHUS|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=17 November 2020|title=Martin Gore Goes Back To Nature With New Electronic Instrumental Album, "The Third Chimpanzee"|url=https://post-punk.com/martin-gore-goes-back-to-nature-with-new-electronic-instrumental-album-the-third-chimpanzee/|access-date=7 February 2021|website=Post-Punk.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Third Chimpanzee: Clash Meets Depeche Mode's Martin Gore|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-third-chimpanzee-clash-meets-depeche-modes-martin-gore|access-date=7 February 2021|website=Clash Magazine|date=20 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Martin Gore & Daniel Miller @ Moogfest 2019 {{!}} interview + award acceptance {{!}} full webcast|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2-BX6QRD3Y|access-date=|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

== Awards ==
{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Depeche Mode}}
On 27 May 1999, Gore was presented with an award by [[Daniel Miller (music producer)|Daniel Miller]] for "International Achievement" by the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] at the 44th [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>Pride, Dominic:  "[https://books.google.com/books?id=uw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40 Cher, Hynde among Ivors' U.S winners] ''Billboard'', 12 June 1999. (p. 40). Retrieved 21 October 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.depechemode.com/video/other/novello.html Video of Martin Gore receiving the Ivor Novello award] ''depechemode.com.'' Retrieved 21 October 2010.</ref>

In 2019, Gore received the [[Moog Music|Moog]] Innovation Award "for his many contributions to the exploration of sound in [[popular music]]".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Martin Gore To Receive 2019 Moog Innovation Award|work=|url=https://www.moogmusic.com/news/martin-gore-receive-2019-moog-innovation-award|access-date=}}</ref>{{blockquote|Musical pioneer Martin Gore's masterful electronic meditations on the human condition have illuminated the connection between transformative sound and pure emotion for decades. A founding member of the band Depeche Mode, Gore's sensual electronic compositions and introspective lyrics have resonated with faithful audiences around the world and impacted the direction of countless visionary artists from [[Trent Reznor]] to [[Johnny Cash]]. Gore's enduring ability to connect the rawest aspects of the human experience to the dance floor defined an era and perpetually reminds us what it means to be human through the emotional power of electronic sound.|''Moog''<ref name=":2" />}}

==Personal life==
Gore lives in [[Santa Barbara, California]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Dorian Lynskey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/28/depeche-mode-interview-delta-machine-dysfunctional |title=Depeche Mode: 'We're dysfunctional. Maybe that's what makes us tick' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 March 2013 |access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref> He started dating lingerie designer and model Suzanne Boisvert after meeting in Paris in 1989. They married in August 1994, had three children and divorced in 2006.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Quietus {{!}} Features {{!}} A Quietus Interview {{!}} People Are People: Martin Gore On Brexit & Finding Acceptance In The UK|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/22177-martin-gore-depeche-mode-interview-2|access-date=7 February 2021|website=The Quietus|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sinagra|first=Laura|date=9 December 2005|title=Intimations of Betrayals Big and Small (Published 2005)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/arts/music/intimations-of-betrayals-big-and-small.html|access-date=7 February 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Songfacts|title=Precious by Depeche Mode – Songfacts|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/depeche-mode/precious|access-date=7 February 2021|website=www.songfacts.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In June 2014, he married Kerrilee Kaski, with whom he has two daughters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kerrilee.kaski.1 |title=Kerrilee Gore |publisher=Facebook |access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|last=says|first=C. J.|title=Cover Story: Depeche Mode : Illinois Entertainer|url=https://illinoisentertainer.com/2017/07/cover-story-depeche-mode-3/|access-date=7 February 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>

Gore became a vegetarian for health and moral reasons (along with bandmate [[Alan Wilder]]) in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=Depeche Mode (1980 – )|url=http://www.ivu.org/people/music/depeche.html|publisher=International Vegetarian Union}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Famous Vegetarian Musicians|url=http://www.veganwolf.com/famous_vegetarians.htm|website=Veganwolf.com|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref>

He had [[Causes of seizures#Stress|stress-induced]] seizures during the band's 1993 [[Devotional Tour]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music-a-la-mode-1259205.html|title=Music a la Mode|date=2 May 1997|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref> and publicly acknowledged his past [[alcoholism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/28/depeche-mode-interview-delta-machine-dysfunctional|title=Depeche Mode: 'We're dysfunctional. Maybe that's what makes us tick'|first=Dorian|last=Lynskey|date=28 March 2013|access-date=3 April 2019|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref> During a break on the Devotional Tour in [[Denver, Colorado]], he was arrested by local police and fined $50 for holding a loud party in his hotel room.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://totally80s.com/article/november-1993-when-martin-gore-depeche-mode-got-arrested-denver|title=November 1993: When Martin Gore of Depeche Mode got arrested in Denver|access-date=25 June 2022|website=Totally 80s}}</ref>

In a 2017 interview, [[Dave Gahan]] described both himself and Gore as [[autism spectrum|autistic]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vandromme |first1=Frederick |title=Blijven Gahan: Depeche Mode |url=https://www.humo.be/nieuws/blijven-gahan-depeche-mode~b7bcfd20/ |website=[[HUMO]] |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729121649/https://www.humo.be/nieuws/blijven-gahan-depeche-mode~b7bcfd20/ |archive-date=29 July 2021 |language=Dutch |date=20 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

He is a supporter of [[Arsenal Football Club]].

==Discography==
{{Main|Depeche Mode discography}}

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Details
! colspan="8"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_G.HTM|title=Chart Log UK: Gina G – GZA|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Danish Albums Chart|DEN]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://danishcharts.dk/search.asp?cat=a&search=Martin+L.+Gore|title=danishcharts.dk – Danish charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Martin+L.+Gore|title=lescharts.com – French charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br><ref name=GER>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Martin%20L.%20Gore |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Discographie von Martin L. Gore |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[FIMI|ITA]]<br><ref name=ITA>{{cite web|url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Martin+L.+Gore&titel=Stardust&cat=s|title=italiancharts.com – Italian charts portal – Martin L. Gore |publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Martin+L.+Gore|title=swedishcharts.com – Swedish charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?search=Martin+L.+Gore&cat=a|title=The Official Swiss and Music Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Dance/Electronic Albums|US Dan]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=martin gore|chart=Dance/Electronic Albums C}}|title=Martin L. Gore Album & Song Chart History – Dance/Electronic Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Counterfeit 2|Counterfeit²]]''
|
* Release date: 29 April 2003
* Label: [[Mute Records|Mute]]
* Formats: CD, [[music download]]
| 102
| 32
| 52
| 12
| 25
| 23
| 79
| 3
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[MG (album)|MG]]''<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.martingore.com/news.html|title = Martin Gore Official Website news|date = 2 March 2015|access-date = 26 March 2015|website = Martin Gore Official Website}}</ref>
|
* Release date: 27 April 2015
* Label: Mute
* Formats: [[LP album|LP]], CD, music download
| 50
| —
| 90
| 7
| —
| —
| 28
| 1
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Details
! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name=UK>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/446/MARTIN-L--GORE/|title= Official Charts Company – Martin L. Gore |publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br><ref name=GER />
! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=martin gore|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=Martin L. Gore Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Counterfeit EP]]''
|
* Release date: 12 June 1989
* Label: Mute
* Formats: CD, LP album, [[Compact cassette|cassette]]
| 51
| 41
| 156
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[MG (album)#MG Remix EP|MG Remix EP]]''
|
* Release date: 9 October 2015
* Label: Mute
* Formats: 12" vinyl, digital bundle
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Third Chimpanzee (EP)|The Third Chimpanzee]]''
|
* Release date: 29 January 2021
* Label: Mute
* Formats: 12" vinyl, digital bundle, CD, streaming
| —
| 13
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''The Third Chimpanzee Remixed''
|
* Release date: 20 August 2021
* Label: Mute
* Formats: 12" vinyl, digital bundle, CD, streaming
| —
| —
| —
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name=UK />
! style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Danish Singles Chart|DEN]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://danishcharts.dk/search.asp?cat=s&search=Martin+L.+Gore|title=danishcharts.dk – Danish charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Martin+L.+Gore&cat=s|title=lescharts.com – French charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br><ref name=GER />
! style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[FIMI|ITA]]<br><ref name=ITA />
! style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Alternative Songs|US<br>Alt]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=martin gore|chart=Alternative Songs}}|title=Martin L. Gore Album & Song Chart History – Alternative Songs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1989
! scope="row"| "Compulsion"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 18
| rowspan="2"| ''Counterfeit e.p.''
|-
! scope="row"| "In a Manner of Speaking"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2003
! scope="row"| "Stardust"
| 44
| 16
| 92
| 29
| 28
| —
| rowspan="2"| ''Counterfeit²''
|-
! scope="row"| "Loverman"
| —
| —
| —
| 53
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2015
! scope="row"| "Europa Hymn"
|
|
|
|
|
|
| rowspan="2"| ''MG''
|-
! scope="row"| "Pinking" (Christoffer Berg Remix)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" colspan="9" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===with VCMG===
*''[[Ssss]]'' (Mute, 2012)

===Other appearances===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! style="width:250px;"| Song
! style="width:370px;"| Album
! style="width:250px;"| Notes
|-
|1985
| "Happiness Is Hard To Take"<br />"Don't Know Where I Belong"
| ''Humpe•Humpe''
| Gore is credited with playing keyboards on two tracks from German female duo [[Inga Humpe|Humpe & Humpe]]'s debut album.
|-
|1995
| "Coming Back to You"
| ''[[Tower of Song]]: The Songs of Leonard Cohen''
| Gore sings lead vocals on a cover version of the [[Leonard Cohen]] song.
|-
|2004
| "Overdrive"
| ''[[City (Client album)|City]]''
| Recorded with English female duo [[Client (band)|Client]]. Gore sings backing vocals on this track.
|-
|2004
| "Cloud Nine"
| ''Item'' (EP)
| Recorded with duo [[Onetwo (band)|Onetwo]] ([[Claudia Brücken]] und [[Paul Humphreys]]). Gore co-wrote the song with Brücken, and he also plays guitar on this track. Also appears on the Onetwo album ''Instead'' (2007), and Brücken's compilation ''Combined'' (2011).
|-
|2006
| "Wonderful Life"
| ''[[The Sweet Escape]]''
| Recorded with American singer [[Gwen Stefani]]. Gore plays guitar on this track.<ref name="Gwen">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Sweet Escape |type=liner notes |others=Gwen Stefani |publisher=Interscope Records |year=2006 |id=B0008099-02 IN02}}</ref>
|-
|2009 
| "[[Master and Servant]] (feat. Martin Gore)"
| ''[[3 (Nouvelle Vague album)|3]]''
| Cover of the 1984 [[Depeche Mode]] hit, recorded with French band [[Nouvelle Vague (band)|Nouvelle Vague]]. Lead vocal by [[Melanie Pain]], with Gore on backing vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/MUSIC.html |title=Official homepage of Nouvelle Vague |website=Nouvellesvagues.com |access-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709054050/http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/MUSIC.html |archive-date=9 July 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|2010
| "Milakia"
| ''[[Back to Light]]''
| Recorded with [[Bomb the Bass]]. Gore wrote, produced and performed on this instrumental track.
|-
|2010
| "Once You Say"
| ''[[Industrial Complex (album)|Industrial Complex]]'' 
| Recorded with [[Nitzer Ebb]]. Gore sings backing vocals on this track.
|-
|2011
| "The Unstoppable Collision"
| ''[[Nameless (Compact Space album)|Nameless]]''
| Recorded with the band [[Compact Space (band)|Compact Space]] ([[Daryl Bamonte]], [[Florian Kraemmer]], and Depeche Mode session drummer [[Christian Eigner]]). Gore plays guitar on this track.
|-
|2011
| "Uni Rec"
| ''[[Univrs]]''
| Recorded with German artist [[Alva Noto]], aka. Carsten Nicolai. Gore provided "sounds (Siren Synth - Mutesound)" on this track.
|-
|2011–12
| "Man Made Machine"
| ''Man Made Machine''
| Recorded with Motor. Gore sings lead vocals on both EP version (2011), and on the album of the same name (2012).
|-
| 2016
| "Only You & You Alone"
| ''[[Another Fall from Grace]]''
| Backing vocals on the album from the English band [[The Mission (band)|The Mission]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Ultra_Depeche|author=Ultra Depeche 🚩🚩🚩|number=767421265732861952|date=21 August 2016|title=Martin Gore featuring  on "Only You &amp; You Alone" from The Mission's new album "Another Fall From Grace" #DepecheMode}}
</ref>
|-
|2020
|"TOS2020"
|''TOS2020''
|Single by ReMission International. Martin Gore listed among "Musical / Vocal Contributors"
|-
|2022
|"[[Subterraneans]]"
|''Subterraneans EP''
|Vocals. Music by [[Alva Noto]], saxophone by [[William Basinski]].
|-
|}

===Remixes===
* 1994 Spirit Feel – "Rejoice" (Mystic Span Mix)
* 1995 [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] – "[[Queer (song)|Queer]]" ([[Queer (song)#Alternate versions|The Most Beautiful Woman in Town Mix]])
* 1999 [[On (band)|ON]] – "Soluble Words" (Sublingual Remix)
* 2003 [[Uwe Schmidt|Señor Coconut And His Orchestra]] – "Smooth Operator" (In-Disguise Remix)
* 2013 Diamond Version – "Get Yours" (Martin L. Gore Remix)
* 2022 [[Jean-Michel Jarre]] – "Brutalism Take 2"

==Sources==
* Malins, Steve. ''Depeche Mode : Black Celebration : The Biography.'' Andre Deutsch, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-233-00178-4}}
* Miller, Jonathan. ''Stripped: Depeche Mode'' 2003, 2004, Omnibus Press {{ISBN|1-84449-415-2}}
* Tobler, John. NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd, 1992. CN 5585. {{ISBN|0-600-57602-7}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{discogs artist}}
* [http://spin-cdnsrc.texterity.com/spin/200904/?pg=34&pm=1 Martin Gore Interview] in [[Spin Magazine|SPIN]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120524033733/http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/dj-chart-depeche-modes-martin-gore/ Martin Gore's DJ Chart] from [[Beatport]]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05mqcty Martin Gore on BBC Radio 1's Residency programme (interview and mix)] from [[BBC Radio 1]]

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