On this day in hip-hop history 25 years ago, the management company and label imprint Violator released their first compilation album, entitled Violator: The Album. Showcasing the management team’s ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, the management company and pseudo-record label Violator released their first compilation album entitled Violator: The Album. Showcasing the management team’s star ...

The two Depeche Mode albums leading up to 1990’s ‘Violator’ – ‘Black Celebration’ and ‘Music for the Masses’ – were just oiling the machine. After toying with mainstream success on 1984’s ‘People Are ...

When Depeche Mode introduced electric guitars into their music on 1987's Music for the Masses, it opened up the English synth-pop pioneers to a whole new realm of possibilities and a more… By Ron Hart ...

Twenty-four years ago this week, on March 19, 1990, British synth-pop titans Depeche Mode released the most successful and acclaimed album of their career: Violator. Depeche Mode had been scoring Top ...

Depeche Mode has always been there when I needed them. When I had a lonely and uncomfortable transition to high school, I sought comfort in the song "Policy of Truth." Five years later, I was ...

One of the more promising musical developments of the past few years has been the spirit of community that seems to have taken the world of hip hop by storm. Putting aside the scene's penchant for ...

Marilyn Manson and Susan Boyle have something in common. They couldn’t be at more opposing extremes of the artistic spectrum, but they share a connection to the music of Depeche Mode. By 1990, the ...

Violator All-Star DJs and M.I.A. are partnering with Koch Entertainment to celebrate and support the release of the late K-Swift s Greatest Hits album. K-Swift, real name Khia Edgerton, died in a ...