Dave Gahan also contributed vocals to a track called Visitors, after walking in while producer and ex-Clor guitarist Luke Smith was working on the song in his New York studio.

He is also an accomplished solo artist, releasing albums in 2003 (Paper Monsters) and 2007 (Hourglass).

Despite his band-mate Martin Gore continuing to be the main Depeche Mode songwriter, Gahan has contributed a number of songs to the bands most recent albums, Playing the Angel (2005) and Sounds of the Universe (2009).

Two of these songs were released as singles, including Suffer Well in 2006 and Hole to Feed in 2009.

In 1997, Dave contributed to the tribute album Dream Home Heartaches: RemakingRemodeling Roxy Music with the song A Song For Europe.

In 2003, he released his first solo album, Paper Monsters (which he co-wrote with guitarist and friend Knox Chandler), followed by a world tour (including a performance at 2003s Glastonbury Festival), singing both his new solo tracks and Depeche Mode fan favourites.

His touring band included Knox Chandler on guitar, Martyn LeNoble (Porno for Pyros, Janes Addiction, The Cult) on bass, Vincent Jones (Sarah McLachlan, The Grapes of Wrath) on keyboards, and Victor Indrizzo (Beck, Macy Gray) on drums.

The album was a moderate success.

The first single Dirty Sticky Floors hit the Top 20 in the UK.

The album itself became a Top 10 hit on the European album chart and a Top 40 hit in the UK.

This success was backed by a world tour and a live DVD titled Live Monsters which was released in 2004.

A year later, he also appeared as model and spokesperson of the Swedish mid-range fashion retailer J.

The ads featured both him and seemingly random quotes like What would happen if we all told the truth, You can tell hes lying because his lips are moving, etc.

These ads appeared prominently in international fashion press.

Dave did a collaboration in 2003 with Junkie XL and handled the vocals for a song called Reload for this Dutch DJs album Radio JXL: A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin.

The album, titled Hourglass, was accompanied working by Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner.

According to Dave, they were to be producing it together.The material was recorded at Gahans 11th Floor Studios in New York City, Gahans hometown for 10 years now.

According to Gahan, Hourglass is more electronic-sounding than Paper Monsters.

The first single to be pulled from Dave Gahans second solo record Hourglass was Kingdom.The single came in the following versions: a download-Single, a CD single, a Maxi-CD single and 12 vinyl besides a 7picture vinyl.

According to the second press release for the second album, the release day for the single Kingdom was 8 October, but a download was available way before on 27 August.

Side-Line Magazine also reported that a first preview for the song had been leaked online.21 August Second studio clip on Dave Gahan Dot Com had Kingdom playing throughout the clip.

In July 2007, Side-Line Magazine revealed that Gahan had been working with Thomas Anselmi on a project called called Mirror, which was produced by Vincent Jones.

Along with Jones, who played with Gahans touring band and mixed the live DVD Live Monsters, Mirror featured another Gahan collaborator, Knox Chandler (Siouxsie the Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs), as well as piano by Bowie favourite Mike Garson, and a monologue by Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro.

Gahan sang vocals on the track Nostalgia.The song was released in October 2008,and the album being released via download at the start of 2009.

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