Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas has died, aged 71.
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Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas has died, aged 71.
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Pere Ubu brightened my life, even in the 21st Century, and Pere Ubu equals David Thomas. I’m really upset I won’t hear anything more from him nor see him live again. The last studio and live albums are corkers.
Never really got any deeper into DT and/or PU than
Modern Dance but what a fine record that was – and still is
I’m not particularly familiar with Pere Ubu, but David Thomas made some fine contributions to some of Jackie Leven’s albums. Their version of ‘You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling’ is just sublime!
This is a sad day. Pere Ubu in the 70s were extraordinary — outsider prog-punk from industrial Cleveland—and an important second hand vinyl discovery for me in the 80s. The first 3 albums are as ambitious a trio as Wire’s; I was listening to Modern Dance again only last week. Caught their “Waiting for Mary” reunion when they supported The Pixies, but never bumped into the great man himself, despite he and I living in Brighton and Hove at the same time.
Same here – an 80s discovery after I’d widened my focus. And also agree with the Wire comparison: ambitious and whip-smart. I’m sorry to hear that news – 71 seems disturbingly young.
Like @JustTim only know him from his work with Jackie Leven but that is more than enough
Mrs duco01 is a big Pere Ubu fan, so on 6 April 1988, we went along to the old Karlsson club off Kungsgatan in Stockholm (don’t go looking for it – it’s not there any more) to see the band live.
David Thomas – a huge presence – walked on stage with a cup of tea. I don’t mean a mug of tea, I mean an old-fashioned cup of tea with a saucer, and proceeded to sip the tea rather daintily throughout the gig.
He recited the most salient lyrics of “Postman Drove a Caddy” to us, just to make sure everything was crystal clear:
“The driver was a dog
The dog had a hat
The hat had a flat
It looked like a rat
The rat was on fire”
Go well, big man.