About
Vince Clarke is an English pop musician and songwriter, who has been involved with a number of successful pop groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure.
Raised in Basildon, Clarke initially studied the violin and then the piano.
In the late 1970s Clarke and schoolmate Andrew Fletcher formed the short-lived band "No Romance in China". In 1979 he teamed up with Fletcher to form "French Look" which was later re-named "Composition of Sound", with the addition of Martin Gore. Vince Clarke initially handled vocals.
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