mostly60s70s80s: Alan Wilder: «Fletch and Martin have a very strange relationship which I don&

mostly60s70s80s: Alan Wilder: «Fletch and Martin have a very strange relationship which I don’t know quite how to describe. They’re sort of like Laurel and Hardy. I’ve always felt that Fletch’s role is to be Martin’s mate, to be his voice on occasion. They’re inseparable. I don’t think Martin could be in Depeche Mode without Fletch, and that’s Fletch’s role, to be there for Martin. He’s needed because Martin is really difficult to get through to. Don;’t get me wrong, I like Martin a lot, he’s a lovely bloke in many ways but he doesn’t show much of himself. He’s very shy unless he’s completely drunk and then he’s completely extrovert. You can’t talk to him about his feelings and if he’s got a problem with something he won’t say what it is, he’ll just have a slighty forlorn look on his face. You might find out what’s wrong through Fletch so that’s a useful role for Andy to be Martin’s voice on occasions. Martin finds it difficult to express himself verbally and I’ve never felt totally comfortable with him. I don’t think I’ve got to know him through all this time. I don’t think in all this time that I’ve ever really had a good conversation with him».Daryl Bamonte: «I think Mart and Fletch are dependent on each other. Although for different reasons, and to different degrees. They’re very loyal to each other and I think it must be weird for other members of the group at times because it seems like a faction within the band».Malins, Steve. Depeche mode: The Biography. André Deutsch, 2013. -- source link

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