Pere Ubu was a great band back in their late-1970s, art-punk heyday. Fronted by the manic, lovably plump David Thomas (not the Wendy’s hamburger guy), Pere Ubu’s first two albums were progressive punk masterpieces. The Modern Dance (1978) and Dub Housing (1979) are nothing short of essential for anyone whose music collection dares to go beyond the safety of P. Diddy’s Bad Boy family. And however trite it is to praise a band’s “early stuff” at the expense of its later material, this clich
Going from art-punk to the almost defunct
May 29, 2002
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