Pere Ubu
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: United States
- Born: September 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Died: 23 April 2025, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom
- Active: 1975 - 2025
Biography
Pere Ubu was an American experimental rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite many long-term band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant. The group is named after Père Ubu ("father Ubu"), the protagonist of Ubu Roi ("Ubu, the King"), a play by French writer Alfred Jarry. While Pere Ubu have never been widely popular—usually categorized as "underground rock"—they have a devoted following, have been hugely influential
Genres
Pere Ubu Discography
- 30 Seconds Over Tokyo / Heart of Darkness (1975) - Single - rated 4.17/5
- Final Solution / Cloud 149 (1976) - Single - rated 4.09/5
- The Modern Dance (1978) - Album - rated 4.31/5
- Datapanik in the Year Zero (1978) - EP - rated 4.06/5
- Dub Housing (1978) - Album - rated 4.04/5
- New Picnic Time (1979) - Album - rated 3.95/5
- The Art of Walking (1980) - Album - rated 3.71/5
- Song of the Bailing Man (1982) - Album - rated 3.31/5
- Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection (1985) - Compilation - rated 4/5
- The Tenement Year (1988) - Album - rated 3.61/5
- Cloudland (1989) - Album - rated 3.21/5
- Worlds in Collision (1991) - Album - rated 2.76/5
- Story of My Life (1993) - Album - rated 2.83/5
- Raygun Suitcase (1995) - Album - rated 3.35/5
- Pennsylvania (1998) - Album - rated 3.49/5
- Apocalypse Now (1999) - Album - rated 3.47/5
- St. Arkansas (2002) - Album - rated 3.09/5
- Why I Hate Women (2006) - Album - rated 2.83/5
- Lady From Shanghai (2013) - Album - rated 3.31/5
- Carnival of Souls (2014) - Album - rated 3.53/5
- 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo (2017) - Album - rated 3.03/5
- Trouble on Big Beat Street (2023) - Album - rated 3.4/5
Members
- David Thomas - lead vocals, keyboards, melodeon, musette, theremin (1975–1982; 1987–2025)
- Keith Moliné - guitar (2002; 2005–2025)
- Michele Temple - bass (1994–2025)
- Steve Mehlman - drums (1995–2018; 2024–2025)
- Alex Ward - guitar, clarinet (2022–2025)
- Andy Diagram - trumpet (1999; 2007; 2022–2025)
- Jack Jones - theremin, backing vocals (2022–2025)
- Scott Krauss - drums, keyboards (1975–1981; 1987–1994)
- Allen Ravenstine - synthesizer, saxophone (1975–1982; 1987–1988)
- Tom Herman - guitar, bass (1975–1979; 1995–2002)
- Tony Maimone - bass, guitar, keyboards (1976–1982; 1987–1993)
- Mayo Thompson - guitar, vocals (1979–1982)
- Jim Jones - guitar, keyboards (1987–1995)
- Chris Cutler - drums, electronics (1987–1990; 2019–2022)
- Robert Wheeler - synthesizer, theremin (1994–2020)
- Gagarin - synthesizer, electronics (2007–2024)
- Darryl Boon - clarinet (2013–2019)
- Gary Siperko - guitar (2016–2019)