Depeche Mode's 101 dylan from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious

from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk

interspersed throughout a narrative

Joel Selvin probes every aspect of the show—from the Stones’ hastily planned tour preceding the concert to the bad acid that swept through the audience to other deaths that also occurred that evening—to capture the full scope of the tragedy and its aftermath

when he first arrives in Manhattan

Depeche Mode's 101 dylan from sumptuous R&B to rambunctiousDepeche Mode's 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double album by a synth band. A recording of its Concert for the Masses, 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche Mode, despite low American album sales and a lack of critical acclaim, declared they had arrived and ascended to the rare air of stadium rock. On June 18, 1988, 65,000 screaming, singing Southern Californians flocked to Pasadena's Rose Bowl to celebrate