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A development of rhythms which will be resampled in turn by a number of Eurobeat or technoid bands afterwards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For Einstürzende Neubauten, it was ‘Haus der Lüge’; for Depeche Mode, it was ‘Music For The Masses'; and for The Cure, it was ‘Head On The Door’ - the moment when an honest album reveals itself to a wider audience and yet another group with an already solid reputation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Front 242, this passage is called ‘Front By Front’. Primarily, a hit called ‘Headhunter’, served by a magnificent video, signed off by the photographer and director Anton Corbijn. 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