Depeche Mode

this guy gets it

the guy dressed like the gimp slave for the others is actually the leader of the band

Any other examples of this?

Hey, you're such a pretty boy~

P-R-E-DOUBLE T-Y

But seriously, they've got some good ass albums here and there.

creative force is a member other than the singer/frontman

always makes for a kino dynamic even though it usually ends badly

Nope, but I've got another "gimp slave" video.

1980s techno-pop

bait used to be believable

DP started as bubblegum synth pop (I think they were even featured in tween rag mags at the time) and then they just had this sudden, dramatic shift to something darker and much more industrial

I liked most of what they did up until Violator, which I consider "Sadsack Inudstrial". Some of Ultra was good though. Namely "Barrel Of A Gun" and "No Good"