Pere Ubu is a Cleveland group which plays a combination of experimental rock, art rock, new wave and post punk with a very unique sound, marked especially by the very marked voice of David Thomas, frontman and only constant member through the years. The band was formed on 1975; released their first album, "The Modern Dance", on 1978; and they are still active today, having released their latest album this same year. Pere Ubu have been termed (by both themselves, the media and the critics) as an avant-garde band #abstractqualities.
Their first album, The Modern Dance, is the best-known and best-regarded. I find it to be an awesome listen, managing to join the eccentricity of art rock, the spirit of punk, the sound of new wave and the raw energy of rock.
They have also released a huge amount of lesser-known albums of varying quality through the decades. Their latest, Lady From Shanghai, is one of the better and is also recommended.
Rock music is mostly about moving big black boxes from one side of town to the other in the back of your car.
David Thomas wrote:
Pere Ubu is not now nor has it ever been a viable commercial venture. We won't sleep on floors, we won't tour endlessly and we're embarrassed by self-promotion. Add to that a laissez-faire attitude to the mechanics of career advancement and a demanding artistic agenda and you've got a recipe for real failure. That has been our one significant success to this date: we are the longest-lasting, most disastrous commercial outfit to ever appear in rock 'n' roll. No one can come close to matching our loss to longevity ratio.
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