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26. Mai 2023 · A severe downturn in main man David Thomas’ health in 2017 forced the band to cut short their American tour, and thinking this might be his last roll of the dice, Thomas threw himself wholly into constructing what might well have turned out to be his final statement.
Trouble On Big Beat Street is the perfect follow-up and it will sit comfortably with some of their classic albums, because this is classic Pere Ubu sound. David Thomas is the only consistent member since 1975, and through the decades he has not lost his edge.
- Aaron Badgley
Pere Ubu [pɛːr yby] ist eine US-amerikanische Rockband, die 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio, gegründet wurde. Ihr französischer Name ist Ubu roi (dt.: König Ubu), dem absurden Theaterstück Alfred Jarrys, und dessen Hauptfigur Père Ubu (dt.: Vater Ubu) entlehnt.
29. Mai 2023 · Their 1978 album, The Modern Dance, remains of the key New Wave records complete with the distinctive vocals of their visionary leader David Thomas, now the only surviving founder member of the band.
26. Jan. 2021 · Pere Ubu have always had a hint of the science-fiction B-movie about them, and Thomas has often spoken of the influence of Ghoulardi – a late night hipster horror-host character played by Ernie Anderson, the father of film director PT Anderson. All of which made it an obvious but still inspired move when Ubu started performing ...
The band did one tour of America, without a release, and at the end of it, Tom Herman left. For years, decades, the album was the Black Sheep, the Gorilla in the room, the weird aunt not talked about. One of the issues may have arisen from sound issues in the Suma control room.
26. Mai 2023 · David Thomas und sein legendäres Ensemble Pere Ubu gehen noch einmal ins Risiko. Von Altersmilde keine Spur, im Gegenteil: Ihre persönliche Portion Pop-Glam hatten Pere Ubu sich bereits Ende der 80er gegönnt, Songs wie „Waiting For Mary“ klingen auch aus heutiger Sicht so unerwartet wie überwältigend.
