<human>:  Were Depeche Mode heavily influenced by blues music?
<bot>: No, Depeche Mode were not heavily influenced by blues music. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads and was derived from African-Americans. Blues music uses instruments like slide guitar, harmonica, piano, and bass drums. So Depeche Mode were not heavily influenced by blues.