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I live in Santa Barbara. My wife's American, and she lived in England for 11 years and then told me she'd had enough.
Martin Gore
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Martin Gore
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 23
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London
England
Martin Lee Gore
Martin L. Gore
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Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs taking them in different directions.
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I wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them.
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If you go into the eastern bloc countries we are huge, and in Russia. Maybe there is something about the depressing nature of our music and lyrics that some people find an affinity with.
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