Ultra (Depeche Mode album)

===Gahan's heart attack and arrest===

===Gahan's heart attack and arrest===

Gahan returned to Los Angeles to see his vocal coach, but also returned to using drugs.{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=610}} On the night of 28 May 1996, he suffered a drug-induced heart attack that stopped his heart for two minutes.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/depeche-mode/how-dave-gahan-nearly-died-drug-overdose/|title=How Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan Survived a Near-Fatal Overdose in 1996|date=28 May 2025|access-date=22 March 2026|last=O'Gorman|first=Martin}} Gahan later said, "I was using intravenously, but it hadn't been working for two years, so by this time I was mixing heroin with cocaine, and using so much I couldn't fill the rig up any fuller. The last time I did it I knew something was wrong and I asked my friend not to fill the rig up so much. It's a long story, but I had a heart attack."{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=610}} Gahan had already had one reported drug-induced heart attack in October 1993 while during the [[Devotional Tour]].{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=552}} Gahan's friend called paramedics, who arrived quickly and were able to revive Gahan.{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=610}} Said Gahan later,

Gahan returned to Los Angeles to see his vocal coach, but also returned to using drugs.{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=610}} On the night of 28 May 1996, he suffered a drug-induced heart attack that stopped his heart for two minutes.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/depeche-mode/how-dave-gahan-nearly-died-drug-overdose/|title=How Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan Survived a Near-Fatal Overdose in 1996|date=28 May 2025|access-date=22 March 2026|last=O'Gorman|first=Martin}} Gahan later said, "I was using intravenously, but it hadn't been working for two years, so by this time I was mixing heroin with cocaine, and using so much I couldn't fill the rig up any fuller. The last time I did it I knew something was wrong and I asked my friend not to fill the rig up so much. It's a long story, but I had a heart attack."{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=610}} Gahan had already had one reported drug-induced heart attack in October 1993 during the [[Devotional Tour]].{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=552}} Gahan's friend called paramedics, who arrived quickly and were able to revive Gahan.{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=610}} Said Gahan later,

{{blockquote|I woke up in hospital hearing one of the paramedics saying, 'I think we lost him.' I sat up and said, 'No, you fuckin' haven't!' But I'd had the full cardiac arrest; my heart had stopped for two minutes. I'd been dead, basically. Later, a detective read me my rights, and I was arrested for possession of cocaine and needles. I was handcuffed to a trolley. Straight from hospital they threw me into the county jail for a couple of nights in a cell with about seven other guys – a scary experience."{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=611}}}}

{{blockquote|I woke up in hospital hearing one of the paramedics saying, 'I think we lost him.' I sat up and said, 'No, you fuckin' haven't!' But I'd had the full cardiac arrest; my heart had stopped for two minutes. I'd been dead, basically. Later, a detective read me my rights, and I was arrested for possession of cocaine and needles. I was handcuffed to a trolley. Straight from hospital they threw me into the county jail for a couple of nights in a cell with about seven other guys – a scary experience."{{sfn|Miller|2003|p=611}}}}