Dave Gahan interviewed by Chloë Sevigny - Interview Magazine

"SEVIGNY: And you have some crazy, fanatical fans.
GAHAN: Yeah. It gets a bit scary in some places. We call them the Black Swarm.
SEVIGNY: Oh, I like that! Morrissey calls his superfans the Irregular Regulars.

and a minor Siouxsie Sioux mention also.

SEVIGNY: I get super starstruck. I met Siouxsie Sioux in London, and I couldn’t even—I mean, she’s so much of a hero and an icon to me.
GAHAN: I get a little intimidated by certain people like that as well. She’s pretty intimidating, Siouxsie. She’ll sort of slap you down pretty quick.
SEVIGNY: Talk about putting on a good show, too.
GAHAN: She’s great. I used to get really terrified by meeting people who I respected and liked. I met David Bowie once and I was terrified because I thought, what if I don’t like him? But he was really nice. We got on fine. I’m a big Bowie fan. I fall back on his stuff all the time. If I’m feeling a certain mood, I know I can put on Ziggy Stardust (1972) or Aladdin Sane (1973) and my mood will completely change. It just takes me to a place where I wanted to go when I was a teenager. It’s like where Bowie was, I wanted to go.