Blues
Musical form and music genre
Were Depeche Mode heavily influenced by blues music?
Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads and was derived from African-Americans. Blues music uses instruments like slide guitar, harmonica, piano, and bass drums. Depeche Mode are a British pop synth group. Depeche Mode uses computer synthesizers to create their unique sound as well as heavy rock guitars. Depeche Mode was influenced by The Cure, and Ultravox, new wave rock bands.
What kind of songs and instruments are associated with Blues? What kind of musical instruments does the Depeche Mode use to create music? Is #2 very similar to #1?