Pere Ubu

Profile:Formed 1975, Cleveland Ohio.
David Thomas (b.1953), voc; Tom Herman (b.1949), gtr; Peter Laughner (d. 1977), gtr; Mayo Thompson (b. 1944), gtr; Jim Jones (b.1950), gtr; Allen Ravenstine (b.1950), synth; Dave Taylor, synth; Eric Drew Feldman, synth; Tim Wright, bass; Tony Maimone (b.1952), bass; Scott Krauss (b.1950), drums; Anton Fier, drums; Chris Cutler (b. 1947), drums; Garo Yellin, cello; Michele Temple (b. 1959), bass; Robert Wheeler (b.1957), EML synthesizers & theremin; Scott Benedict, drums; Steve Mehlman (b.1971), drums; Wayne Kramer, gtr; Andy Diagram (b. 1959), trumpet.

Evolving from Cleveland's Teutonic protopunks, Rocket From the Tomb, Pere Ubu was formed late in 1975 by Thomas (aka Crocus Behemoth) and guitarist Peter Laughner (who died in 1977). Ubu's classic early singles, "Heart Of Darkness" and "Final Solution," oozed restless angst way before it became the domain of spoiled mallrats. By 1978's aggressive The Modern Dance and the wilder Dub Housing, Pere Ubu's subversions of rock were guided by superior musicianship and fallout from Thomas's Jehovah's Witness upbringing. Personality quirks split the band, and Thomas regrouped for three more self-indulgent albums through 1982, including the abstract stare-down of The Art Of Walking, all with some difficult sonic perversion to recommend them.

After several Ubus found themselves onstage in Thomas's Wooden Birds, the band was revived for 1988's The Tenement Year. With newfound focus, Pere Ubu unleashed the ravishing funhouse pop experiment of 1989's Cloudland, which treated mainstream textures like found sounds. The sparkling pop, dented by Thomas's unique warble, continued with the gently peculiar Worlds In Collision. But Ubu tired of the total pop concept and returned to quirkier pursuits for Story Of My Life. Tim Kerr Records picked up the ball with 1995's full-bodied Ray Gun Suitcase--a mix of Ubu's vicious rock, luscious pop and art-damaged identities--and a series of multimedia-enhanced EPs, for which Thomas programmed the codes.
URLs:http://www.ubudance.com
http://www.ubuprojex.net
Aliases:U-Man's Experimental Band, U-Men (3)
Members:Allen Ravenstine, Andy Diagram, Anton Fier, Chris Cutler, Dave Taylor (4), David Thomas (2), Eric Drew Feldman, Garo Yellin, Jim Jones (3), Keith Moliné, Mayo Thompson, Michele Temple, Peter Laughner, Robert Wheeler, Scott Benedict, Scott Krauss, Steve Mehlman, Tim Wright (2), Tom Herman, Tony Maimone, Wayne Kramer
Name Variations: All | Pere Ubu | P. Ubu | Pere Ube
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Releases:
30 Seconds Over Tokyo / Heart Of Darkness (7")   Hearthan 1975
Final Solution (7")   Hearthan 1976
Street Waves / My Dark Ages (I Don't Get Around) (7", Single)   Hearthan 1976
The Modern Dance (7")   Hearthan 1977
Datapanik In The Year Zero (12", EP)   Radarscope Records / Radar Records 1978
Dub Housing (Album) ◄ (14 versions)   Chrysalis ... 1978
The Modern Dance (Album) ◄ (13 versions)   Blank Records (2) ... 1978
New Picnic Time (Album) ◄ (9 versions)   Chrysalis ... 1979
Datapanik In The Year Zero-A (7")   Rough Trade (UK) 1980
The Art Of Walking (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Rough Trade (UK) ... 1980
390 Degrees Of Simulated Stereo : Ubu Live Volume One ◄ (2 versions)   Rough Trade (UK) ... 1981
Not Happy ◄ (2 versions)   Rough Trade (UK) ... 1981
Song Of The Bailing Man (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Rough Trade (UK) ... 1982
Terminal Tower - An Archival Collection ◄ (7 versions)   Tonpress ... 1985
Non-alignment Pack (Vinyl, S/Sided + Vinyl, Promo)   Fontana 1988
Talk To Me (Flexi)   Reflex Magazine 1988
The Tenement Year (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Fontana ... 1988
We Have The Technology (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions)   Fontana ... 1988
Breath (12")   Fontana 1989
Breath (Don't Let's Talk About Tomorrow) (12")   Fontana, Fontana 1989
Breath (Don't Let's Talk About Tomorrow) (7", Single)   Fontana, Fontana 1989
Cloudland (CD, Album)   Fontana 1989
Cloudland (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Fontana ... 1989
Love Love Love (12")   Fontana 1989
Love, Love, Love (CD, Maxi)   Fontana, Fontana 1989
Love, Love, Love (7")   Fontana, Fontana 1989
Love,Love,Love (12", Pro)   Fontana 1989
Waiting For Mary (What Are We Doing Here?) (7", Single)   Fontana, Phonogram 1989
Waiting For Mary (What Are We Doing Here?) (CD, Maxi)   Fontana, Phonogram 1989
Waiting For Mary (What Are We Doing Here?) (12")   Fontana, Phonogram 1989
I Hear They Smoke The Barbecue (12")   Fontana 1991
Worlds In Collision (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Fontana ... 1991
Story Of My Life (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Imago Recording Company ... 1992
Folly Of Youth See Dee + (CD, Maxi, Enh)   Cooking Vinyl 1995
Raygun Suitcase (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Tim/Kerr Records ... 1995
The Hearpen Singles (4x7", Single, RP, Ltd + Box)   Tim/Kerr Records, Hearthan, Hearthan, Hearthan, Hearthan 1995
Datapanik In The Year Zero (5xCD + Box)   Geffen Records 1996
Folly Of Youth (CD, Maxi, Enh)   Tim/Kerr Records 1996
Warning Bells Are Ringing (Pere Ubu Box Set Preview) (CD, Album, Smplr, Promo)   Cooking Vinyl 1996
Pennsylvania (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Cooking Vinyl ... 1998
Slow Walking Daddy (7")   Smog Veil Records 2002
St. Arkansas (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Glitterhouse Records ... 2002
One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Hearthan 2004
Why I Hate Women (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Glitterhouse Records ... 2006
Why I Remix Women (CD)   Hearpen Records, Glitterhouse Records 2006
Beach Boys See Dee + (CD, Maxi, Enh, Dig)   Tim/Kerr Records  
Appears On:
URGH! A Music War (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Birdies (Live), Birdie... A&M Records 1981
Final Solution (Single) ◄ (2 versions) Final Solution (Club M... Beggars Banquet 1985
Desordre - Bande Originale Du Film D'Olivier Assayas (LP, Comp) Final Solution, Non Al... Virgin France S.A. 1986
Natural Kind Of Joy (12") Non-Alignment Pact Demon Records 1986
Should The World Fail To Fall Apart (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Final Solution Nippon Columbia ... 1986
World Shut Your Mouth (12") Non-Alignment Pact Island Records 1986
Guitars Of The Oceanic Undergrowth (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Final Solution Hybrid Records ... 1987
Live (LP, Album) Non Alignment Pact Mansfield Publishing Ltd. 1988
Type (Maxi, Single) ◄ (4 versions) Final Solution Epic 1990
Solution 8 (7") Non-Alignment Pact Amphetamine Reptile Europe 1991
So What (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Final Solution Subway Records (3) ... 1992
Erewhon (CD) Fire, Kathleen Cooking Vinyl 1994
Erewhon (CD, Album, Enh)   Tim/Kerr Records 1996
Pirate's Cove 9/24/79 (LP) Final Solution Thermionic Records 1996
Monster (5xCD + Box)   Cooking Vinyl 1997
I'll Show You Mine EP (CD, EP) Final Solution Nude Records 1998
Nevermind - Glitterhouse Is 20 (3xCD, Album, Comp, Dig + Box, Sli) SAD.TXT Glitterhouse Records 2004
Elegy Sampler 44 (CD, Smplr) Two Girls (One Bar) Elegy 2006
The Empire Strikes Back! (2xCD) Flames Over Nebraska Glitterhouse Records 2007
The Lucky Ones (LP, Album + 7") Street Waves Sub Pop Records, Sub Pop Records 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Max's Kansas City - New York New Wave (LP) Final Solution CBS 1978
CLE Magazine # 3B (Flexi) Pushin' Too Hard CLE Magazine 1981
GAP Tracks 1 (Cass, Comp, Promo) Non-Alignment Pact, Mo... GAP Records 1981
NME / Rough Trade C81 (Cass) Misery Goats New Musical Express 1981
Rough Trade Records Compilation (LP, Album) Not Happy Phonogram 1981
URGH! A Music War (Comp) ◄ (6 versions) Birdies A&M Records (Europe) ... 1981
Desordre - Bande Originale Du Film D'Olivier Assayas (LP, Comp) Final Solution, Non Al... Virgin France S.A. 1986
Bands You've Never Seen On Hee-Haw (CD, Comp, Promo) Waiting For Mary Polygram 1989
Hits: Night Of The Living Post Modern (CD, Promo) Waiting For Mary Not On Label 1989
Expand-O CD Tune Up 12 (CD, Promo) I Hear They Smoke The ... The Album Network 1991
New Wave Club Class•X 6 (CD, Comp) Final Solution Antler-Subway 1992
Passed Normal Vol. 6&7 (2xCD, Comp) Petrified FOT Records 1993
Sounds Of The Seventies - Punk And New Wave (CD) The Modern Dance Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1993
Cooking Vinyl Sampler Vol. 4 1995 (CD, Smplr) Memphis Cooking Vinyl 1994
Straight Outta Cleveland (CD) Waiting For Mary Oglio Records, Sony Music Special Products 1995
98 New Wave Club Class•X Traxx!!! (Box + 7xCD) Final Solution Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1996
Cooking Vinyl Sampler Volume 5 (CD, Comp) Caligari's Mirror, My ... Cooking Vinyl 1996
Swagalicious (CD, Promo, Comp) Final Solution Geffen Records, DreamWorks Records, Almo Sounds, Outpost Recordings 1996
Punk Legends - The American Roots (CD) Final Solution Jungle Records 1997
Cooking Vinyl Sampler Vol 7 1998 (CD, Smplr) Highwaterville Cooking Vinyl 1998
1-2-3-4 Punk & New Wave 1976-1979 (5xCD, Comp + Box) The Modern Dance Universal Records 1999
Delicatessen One (CD, Album, Smplr) Caligari's Mirror Cooking Vinyl 1999
Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground (CD) Final Solution Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
Unconditionally Guaranteed Volume 5 (CD) Nonalignment Pact Uncut Magazine 1999
Cooking Vinyl In Rockdelux (CD, Promo) Non-Alignment Pact Sinedín Music 2000
Delicatessen Two - Cooking Vinyl Sampler 2000 (CD, Album, Smplr) West Side Story Cooking Vinyl 2000
Punk. (2xCD) The Modern Dance Columbia 2001
Rough Trade Shops - 25 Years (4xCD) 30 Seconds Over Tokyo Mute Records Ltd. 2001
Wayne Kramer Presents Beyond Cyberpunk (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Wasteland Valley Entertainment ... 2001
CBGB's And The Birth Of U.S. Punk (CD) Heart Of Darkness Ocho 2002
Neat Neat Neat (CD) Slow Walking Daddy Uncut Magazine 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Rock And Roll 1 (2xCD, Comp) Non-Alignment Pact Mute Records Ltd. 2002
No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion (4xCD + Box) Final Solution Rhino Entertainment Company 2003
Rare Trax Vol. 25 - First Wave Part Two (CD, Comp, Car) Final Solution Rolling Stone (Germany) 2003
Nevermind - Glitterhouse Is 20 (3xCD, Album, Comp, Dig + Box, Sli) SAD.TXT Glitterhouse Records 2004
Beyond Punk! (CD, Comp) Non Alignment Pact Mojo Magazine 2005
Lucha Libre (Clash Extraordinaire) (CD) The Modern Dance F Communications, Tigersushi 2005
U2 Jukebox (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 30 Seconds Over Tokyo Mojo Magazine 2005
Elegy Sampler 44 (CD, Smplr) Two Girls (One Bar) Elegy 2006
The Playlist August 2006 (CD, Comp) The Modern Dance Uncut Magazine 2006
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007 (2xCD, Comp) Sentimental Journey Sub Rosa 2007
Punk / F**k Art Let's Danse (2xCD, Comp) Heart Of Darkness Music Club Deluxe 2007
Rare Trax Vol. 51 - Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Alternative Hardcore From The 80's (CD, Comp, Car) The Modern Dance Rolling Stone (Germany) 2007
The Empire Strikes Back! (2xCD) Flames Over Nebraska Glitterhouse Records 2007
Mannen Som Elsket Yngve (2xCD, Comp) Final Solution Oh No! 2008
Cross Current (LP) Not Happy Base Record  
Tune Up - Rock 40 (CD, Comp, Promo) Breath Album Network, The  
Unofficial Releases:
Las Botas Graciosas Marchan Sobre Polonia! (LP, Comp, Ltd) Lonesome Cowboy Dave Radura Una 1982
Where Darkness Doubles, Where Light Pours In (CD, Promo) Final Solution Georgama Bin Bush Records 2007
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