Following his departure from Depeche Mode and the disbanding of Yaz, Vince Clarke probably found his best creative outlet when he formed Erasure with Andy Bell. Here, Clarke was able to create his brand of Dance-Pop which bordered on the fringes of the Alternative ideal. After a weak initial effort, Erasure pounded the charts with numerous singles and had a great run in the late 80’s. Erasure is however well behind other dance based acts on the long list for induction, and Clarke’s best shot would be if he would be inducted with Depeche Mode.

Some of the artists on this list seemingly exploded out of the gate with an album that told you that they had the potential to be something special. In looking back at Depeche Mode, none of us in the NIHOF committee really thought that the band that gave us “Just Can’t Get Enough” would be a band that would have a potential Hall of Fame career.