Depmod.com is an unofficial fan-based Depeche Mode discography, and it does not pretend to represent the views of Depeche Mode or their related members, their labels, or anyone formerly associated in any way with the band.

The discography it's getting bigger and bigger all the time and I think it's the largest online Depeche Mode discography. With more than 3500 variations and 11000 images probably the largest discography for any band in the world!

I started to work on the database back in spring 1998, because I wanted a list with my own collection. Especially as a help for finding the cds in the Strike serie (bootlegs) that I was missing. Of course it was useful to see those lists online so I started uploading the list to a website in 1999.

After one year I decided to get my own domain and in February 2000 I registered www.depmod.com, because I wanted a short name that was clearly connected to Depeche Mode. In 2000 I was also hosting lists with collections for Jan Forsberg (also known as PJRED, because of his famous Person Jesus 7" on red vinyl) and Pascal Kaszczyk's huge collection. Jan has now sold his collection and it's no longer online, but I am still webmaster for Pascal. So back in 2000 depmod.com was hosting 3 online collections and a small shop where I was selling my doubles.

With all the new stuff coming in the spring of 2001, there wasn't a Depeche Mode site listing all the new items. Many fake bootlegs were hitting eBay, so I started to list all official items as fast as they were released. And from the mails I received back then, I know many collectors were using the site to awoid spending their money on buying fake bootlegs.

After the hype was over in 2001 the site was down for a period, but many people told me it was very useful and asked me to continue with it. So after a while I re-launched the site and this time with older releases too. As a start showing the items from my own collection only. Then it was a real discography (but far from complete). Zambaks' Collectors Reference was and still is a fantastic tool, but unfortunately it doesn't contain any images of the items.

The site became really alive in May 2002 when the forum was launched. Until then there wasn't a place for collectors to talk about trainspotting details. The forum is now the place where many collectors are in daily contact with other collectors. It's a great pleasure to see who the members sometimes arrange meetings (depmod conventions) in real life.

Due to the success of the site, the bandwidth use exploded, and I had to find new hosting company. The combination of the need of many MB of disk use and free bandwidth wasn't easy to find cheap without banners. The problem was getting bigger and bigger until I was contacted by Amigo. He was at that time a part of the modesite.net team (now depeche-mode.com, the leading DM fan site) and he liked Depmod.com so much that he offered to host the site on his servers. Early 2003 the site moved to Amigos server, and I don't think the site would have been here today if it wasn't for Amigos kindness.

Since 2002 we are regular to hold contests on our Collectors Forum, we try to arrange great prizes and always please our visitors. Due to some great collaborations these contests became more interesting and surprising. We are very thankful to our contests sponsors and looking forward for more great moments on site. In order to show some examples from the past contests you are welcome to check the history. Contests held previously two times a year, then, there was decided to have a X-mas contest only, which is regularly starts at the 1st of December. Be sure to check it out.

In 2005, after 6 month of preparations, we have issued a limited quantity of Depmod T-shirts (100 pcs.) and Jackets (20 pcs). All merchandise have been sold out among registered members of the forum. 9 of the T-shirts have been presented to the Depeche Mode, Alan Wilder, Anton Corbijn and Band management. We are cordially grateful to all who took part in this hard project and looking forward for more business in the future. Click here for an image of the T-Shirt.

A big thanks to all of you who have submitted info, scans, corrections and good ideas. Unfortunately it's impossible to mention everybody here, but all who have submitted scans are listed on the statistics. Special thanks to Mr Love who always keep me busy by checking info and sending me a contant flow of corrections. Also a special Thanks to Steffen roosegfb for his help with the extended search function and to Rossella for her fantastic help with the graphics stuff, incl. the logo. At last a very special thanks to Amigo for hosting the site and we are talking many MB of disk space and many GB bandwidth! Currently the depmod folder is using 2,4 GB harddisk space and consist of more than 40.000 files!

Thanks for your interest

Depmod.com Team