Front 242 - Tragedy For You (Full Length)

What this video is

Released in 1990 as the lead single previewing Front 242's major-label debut Tyranny (For You) on Epic Records, 'Tragedy For You' represents the apex moment of EBM's bid for mainstream crossover. The Belgian quartet, pioneers of the electronic body music genre since the early 1980s on Wax Trax!, enlisted Anton Corbijn — already the defining visual auteur of post-punk and synth-pop through his work with Depeche Mode…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of electronic body music's commercial apex, 'Tragedy For You' documents the moment EBM — a genre Front 242 effectively codified from 1984 onwards — reached major-label broadcast infrastructure. The Corbijn-directed clip is one of the few EBM music videos to receive significant…

The director

Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn (b. 20 May 1955, Strijen, Netherlands) is a Dutch photographer, music video director, and feature film director. He began his career as a music photographer around 1975 and relocated to London in 1979. He directed over 75 music…