https://dmlive.wiki/w/index.php?title=1990-03-20_Wherehouse_record_store_incident&feed=atom&action=history1990-03-20 Wherehouse record store incident - Revision history2024-03-28T20:32:25ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.6https://dmlive.wiki/w/index.php?title=1990-03-20_Wherehouse_record_store_incident&diff=52943&oldid=prevMajora101 at 20:14, 20 March 20242024-03-20T20:14:17Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I remember putting a bunch of callers on the air, including one girl who claimed she had broken her leg. This was not smart. KROQ, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{EL|https://en.wikipedia</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">org/wiki</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sire_Records Sire Records}}</del>, and The Wherehouse were very afraid they were going to get sued. Here I was helping to realize those fears. [...] The following morning, Thursday, I was suspended from my radio show for at least the rest of the week. I was very afraid I'd be fired. At that point, I decided to leave town. [My girlfriend] Jennifer and I drove up to San Francisco for a few days. We saw Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in the movie 'The Hunt for Red October'. That's about all I remember from the trip other than I didn't get fired and was back on the air the following Monday. [...] Now here's the real interesting part: We left for San Francisco on Thursday the 22nd and didn't return until Sunday the 25th. Exactly nine months later and married by then, my one and only son Nick was born on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Now I'm just sayin' ...<ref name="Poorman"></ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I remember putting a bunch of callers on the air, including one girl who claimed she had broken her leg. This was not smart. KROQ, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[Sire] Records<ref group="footnotes">Jim Trenton's original quote refers to Mute Records, though this may be an error, as Sire Records handled the promotion for Mute Records</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref></ins>, and The Wherehouse were very afraid they were going to get sued. Here I was helping to realize those fears. [...] The following morning, Thursday, I was suspended from my radio show for at least the rest of the week. I was very afraid I'd be fired. At that point, I decided to leave town. [My girlfriend] Jennifer and I drove up to San Francisco for a few days. We saw Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in the movie 'The Hunt for Red October'. That's about all I remember from the trip other than I didn't get fired and was back on the air the following Monday. [...] Now here's the real interesting part: We left for San Francisco on Thursday the 22nd and didn't return until Sunday the 25th. Exactly nine months later and married by then, my one and only son Nick was born on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Now I'm just sayin' ...<ref name="Poorman"></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Wherehouse record signing event was jointly organized by Los Angeles radio station [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ-FM KROQ-FM], Sire Records, and the Wherehouse, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wherehouse_Entertainment a now-defunct record and video store chain]. The event was to be held at the Wherehouse record store location on La Cienega Boulevard on 20 March to coincide with the 19 March release of Depeche Mode's 1990 album ''[[Violator]]''. The event was to feature all four members of Depeche Mode ([[Dave Gahan]], [[Alan Wilder]], [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]], and [[Andrew Fletcher]]), who were scheduled to greet fans and sign memorabilia from 9 p.m. to midnight. Fans were to queue in line on the sidewalk outside the venue with any memorabilia they wished to have autographed, and were to be allowed entry into the store in small groups at a time. A crew of security guards were employed to escort the band to and from the store and supervise fan interactions.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Wherehouse record signing event was jointly organized by Los Angeles radio station [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ-FM KROQ-FM], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sire_Records </ins>Sire Records<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</ins>, and the Wherehouse, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wherehouse_Entertainment a now-defunct record and video store chain]. The event was to be held at the Wherehouse record store location on La Cienega Boulevard on 20 March to coincide with the 19 March release of Depeche Mode's 1990 album ''[[Violator]]''. The event was to feature all four members of Depeche Mode ([[Dave Gahan]], [[Alan Wilder]], [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]], and [[Andrew Fletcher]]), who were scheduled to greet fans and sign memorabilia from 9 p.m. to midnight. Fans were to queue in line on the sidewalk outside the venue with any memorabilia they wished to have autographed, and were to be allowed entry into the store in small groups at a time. A crew of security guards were employed to escort the band to and from the store and supervise fan interactions.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I remember putting a bunch of callers on the air, including one girl who claimed she had broken her leg. This was not smart. KROQ, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mute </del>Records, and The Wherehouse were very afraid they were going to get sued. Here I was helping to realize those fears. [...] The following morning, Thursday, I was suspended from my radio show for at least the rest of the week. I was very afraid I'd be fired. At that point, I decided to leave town. [My girlfriend] Jennifer and I drove up to San Francisco for a few days. We saw Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in the movie 'The Hunt for Red October'. That's about all I remember from the trip other than I didn't get fired and was back on the air the following Monday. [...] Now here's the real interesting part: We left for San Francisco on Thursday the 22nd and didn't return until Sunday the 25th. Exactly nine months later and married by then, my one and only son Nick was born on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Now I'm just sayin' ...<ref name="Poorman"></ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I remember putting a bunch of callers on the air, including one girl who claimed she had broken her leg. This was not smart. KROQ, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sire_Records Sire </ins>Records<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</ins>, and The Wherehouse were very afraid they were going to get sued. Here I was helping to realize those fears. [...] The following morning, Thursday, I was suspended from my radio show for at least the rest of the week. I was very afraid I'd be fired. At that point, I decided to leave town. [My girlfriend] Jennifer and I drove up to San Francisco for a few days. We saw Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in the movie 'The Hunt for Red October'. That's about all I remember from the trip other than I didn't get fired and was back on the air the following Monday. [...] Now here's the real interesting part: We left for San Francisco on Thursday the 22nd and didn't return until Sunday the 25th. Exactly nine months later and married by then, my one and only son Nick was born on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Now I'm just sayin' ...<ref name="Poorman"></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Wherehouse record signing event was jointly organized by Los Angeles radio station [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ-FM KROQ-FM], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Mute </del>Records<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, and the Wherehouse, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wherehouse_Entertainment a now-defunct record and video store chain]. The event was to be held at the Wherehouse record store location on La Cienega Boulevard on 20 March to coincide with the 19 March release of Depeche Mode's 1990 album ''[[Violator]]''. The event was to feature all four members of Depeche Mode ([[Dave Gahan]], [[Alan Wilder]], [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]], and [[Andrew Fletcher]]), who were scheduled to greet fans and sign memorabilia from 9 p.m. to midnight. Fans were to queue in line on the sidewalk outside the venue with any memorabilia they wished to have autographed, and were to be allowed entry into the store in small groups at a time. A crew of security guards were employed to escort the band to and from the store and supervise fan interactions.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Wherehouse record signing event was jointly organized by Los Angeles radio station [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ-FM KROQ-FM], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sire </ins>Records, and the Wherehouse, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wherehouse_Entertainment a now-defunct record and video store chain]. The event was to be held at the Wherehouse record store location on La Cienega Boulevard on 20 March to coincide with the 19 March release of Depeche Mode's 1990 album ''[[Violator]]''. The event was to feature all four members of Depeche Mode ([[Dave Gahan]], [[Alan Wilder]], [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]], and [[Andrew Fletcher]]), who were scheduled to greet fans and sign memorabilia from 9 p.m. to midnight. Fans were to queue in line on the sidewalk outside the venue with any memorabilia they wished to have autographed, and were to be allowed entry into the store in small groups at a time. A crew of security guards were employed to escort the band to and from the store and supervise fan interactions.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Wherehouse record signing event was jointly organized by Los Angeles radio station [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ-FM KROQ-FM], [[Mute Records]], and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>Wherehouse, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wherehouse_Entertainment a record and video store chain]. The event was to be held at the Wherehouse record store location on La Cienega Boulevard on 20 March to coincide with the 19 March release of Depeche Mode's 1990 album ''[[Violator]]''. The event was to feature all four members of Depeche Mode ([[Dave Gahan]], [[Alan Wilder]], [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]], and [[Andrew Fletcher]]), who were scheduled to greet fans and sign memorabilia from 9 p.m. to midnight. Fans were to queue in line on the sidewalk outside the venue with any memorabilia they wished to have autographed, and were to be allowed entry into the store in small groups at a time. A crew of security guards were employed to escort the band to and from the store and supervise fan interactions.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Wherehouse record signing event was jointly organized by Los Angeles radio station [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ-FM KROQ-FM], [[Mute Records]], and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Wherehouse, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wherehouse_Entertainment a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">now-defunct </ins>record and video store chain]. The event was to be held at the Wherehouse record store location on La Cienega Boulevard on 20 March to coincide with the 19 March release of Depeche Mode's 1990 album ''[[Violator]]''. The event was to feature all four members of Depeche Mode ([[Dave Gahan]], [[Alan Wilder]], [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]], and [[Andrew Fletcher]]), who were scheduled to greet fans and sign memorabilia from 9 p.m. to midnight. Fans were to queue in line on the sidewalk outside the venue with any memorabilia they wished to have autographed, and were to be allowed entry into the store in small groups at a time. A crew of security guards were employed to escort the band to and from the store and supervise fan interactions.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As an apology to fans who were inconvenienced or suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident, approximately 25,000 copies of a promotional [[1990-03-20 The Wherehouse (Sire-Reprise PRO-C-4329)|cassette]] were reported to have been produced at [[Daniel Miller|Daniel Miller's]] direction.<ref name="Spin July 1990">Source: ''Spin'' magazine, [https://www.spin.com/featured/depeche-mode-violator-cover-story-1990/ July 1990 issue]</ref> The cassette included a selection of interviews recorded at the time of and following the event, as well as the "Metal Mix" of [[Something To Do]], which had not previously been available on any official release in the United States. Depeche Mode fans in the Los Angeles area were instructed by local radio station KROQ to mail in a [<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">addressed_stamped_envelope stamped self</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">addressed envelope</del>] in order to receive the cassette.<ref name="Spin July 1990"></ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As an apology to fans who were inconvenienced or suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident, approximately 25,000 copies of a promotional [[1990-03-20 The Wherehouse (Sire-Reprise PRO-C-4329)|cassette]] were reported to have been produced at [[Daniel Miller|Daniel Miller's]] direction.<ref name="Spin July 1990">Source: ''Spin'' magazine, [https://www.spin.com/featured/depeche-mode-violator-cover-story-1990/ July 1990 issue]</ref> The cassette included a selection of interviews recorded at the time of and following the event, as well as the "Metal Mix" of [[Something To Do]], which had not previously been available on any official release in the United States. Depeche Mode fans in the Los Angeles area were instructed by local radio station KROQ to mail in a [<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[1990</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">03</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">20 The Wherehouse (Sire-Reprise PRO-C-4329)#Cassette commercial transcript|specially labeled postcard]</ins>] in order to receive the cassette.<ref name="Spin July 1990"></ref></div></td></tr>
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