Vince Clarke had already been a founding member of two pivotal new wave bands by the time he joined forces with powerhouse vocalist Andy Bell in 1985 to form Erasure. Clarke started with Depeche Mode ...

It’s September 1985 and my 15-year-old self thinks he is on to something. I’m in John Menzies, a newsagent-cum-Woolworths wannabe and the only record stockist in Stretford’s Arndale Centre. A mile ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The year, 1985. Vince Clarke had left Depeche Mode and disbanded Yaz and was ready for something new. Andy Bell was an openly gay singer, an anomaly at the ...

Where we’re going, we don’t need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. See also: An ’80s Conversation with Super Stereo I hadn’t thought about ...

NEVER less than entertaining as an interviewee – a mixture of scurrilous anecdotes, utter honesty and warmth – it's no surprise to hear that Andy Bell's been doing radio interviews all day. He's ...

IT’S fitting that Erasure – the electro duo who formed in 1985 should return to the musical fray, when all things ’80s-like are back in vogue. IT’S fitting that Erasure – the electro duo who formed in ...

A video clip from Erasure’s 1992 performance at the Apollo in Manchester, UK Andy Bell and Vince Clarke have been writing pop songs together as Erasure since 1985, and they remain, to this day, one of ...

Back in their blue-sequinned, “burlesque cowboy” prime, coming out as an Erasure fan would, to the nervous, necessarily have been preceded by a period of anguished soul-searching, during which all-too ...

Erasure has remained in the spotlight for more than two decades, beginning with the British duo’s single “Who Needs Love (Like That)” in 1985. In May, Erasure’s longtime label, Mute Records, released ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Synthpop wizard Vince Clarke was once the guiding force behind both Yaz and, in their earliest days, Depeche Mode. And ever since ...