Gahan! Gahan! Gahan.
OK. A mate of a mate is pretty big on Depeche Mode, and Dave Gahan in particular, for some stupid reason. I think he actually looks a bit like Gahan, and has cultivated a Gahan look. This Gahan-fixation has led him to have copies of Gahan's numerous tattoos on his own body. But, get this: he's had them done in reverse left-to-right sequence, so if he ever meets Gahan face to face, they will be a mirror image of each other, especially naked.
I mean, I like some early Mode, but...