Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite a variety of long-term band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant. They released their debut album The Modern Dance in 1978 and followed with several more LPs before disbanding in 1982. Thomas reformed the group in 1987, continuing to record and tour.
Describing their sound as "avant-garage," Pere Ubu's work drew inspiration from sources such as musique concrète, 60s rock, performance art, and the industrial environments of the American Midwest. While the band achieved little commercial success, they have exerted a wide influence on subsequent underground music.
The group's name is a reference to Ubu Roi, an avant-garde play by French writer Alfred Jarry.
== Links to Peel ==
Pere Ubu's 'Final Solution' track was played on Peel's first exclusive punk special show in December 1976, which was given over to protopunk, punk and a new session by the Damned. A couple years later, the band released their album, The Modern Dance, which was nominated by Peel as one of his 1978 Top Twenty Albums. 
In 1989, the band did a session for Peel's show, but after the end of the 80's, he rarely played any new material from the group.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
;Post-Peel
*2014 Festive Fifty: Golden Surf II #48
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1989-06-27. Broadcast: 07 August 1989. Repeated: 05 September 1989
*We Have The Technology / Miss You / Bus Called Happiness
== Other Shows Played ==
;1976
*16 November 1976: Final Solution (v/a LP - 1976 Max's Kansas City) Ram
*10 December 1976: Final Solution (v/a LP - Max’s Kansas City 1976) Ram Stereo
;1978
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*John Peel Late 70's Mixtape: The Modern Dance (LP - The Modern Dance) Blank
*09 March 1978: The Modern Dance (LP - The Modern Dance) Blank
*07 November 1978: Navvy (LP – Dub Housing) Chrysalis
*07 November 1978: On The Surface (LP – Dub Housing) Chrysalis
*07 November 1978: Dub Housing (LP – Dub Housing) Chrysalis
*08 November 1978: Carigari's Mirror (LP – Dub Housing) Chrysalis
*08 November 1978: Thriller! (LP – Dub Housing) Chrysalis
*08 November 1978: I, Will Wait (LP – Dub Housing) Chrysalis
*10 November 1978: 'Drinking Wine Spodyody (LP-Dub Housing)' (Chrysalis)
*10 November 1978: '(Pa) Ubu Dance Party (LP-Dub Housing)' (Chrysalis)
*10 November 1978: 'Blow Daddy-O (LP-Dub Housing)' (Chrysalis)
*29 November 1978: Thriller (LP - Dub Housing)
;1979
*04 January 1979: (Pa) Ubu Dance Party (LP - Dub Housing) Chrysalis
*09 January 1979: Codex (LP–Dub Housing) Cooking Vinyl Records
*10 September 1979: 49 Guitars And One Girl (LP - New Picnic Time) Chrysalis
*13 September 1979: The Voice Of The Sand (LP - New Picnic Time) Chrysalis
*17 September 1979: The Fabulous Sequel (Have Shoes Will Walk) (7") Chrysalis
*26 September 1979: One Less Worry (LP - New Picnic Time) Chrysalis
*04 October 1979: A Small Dark Cloud That Cried (LP - New Picnic Time) Chrysalis
*11 October 1979: Small Was Fast (LP – New Picnic Time) Chrysalis
*28 November 1979: Final Solution (7") Hearthen
;1980
*thumb|330x330px22 January 1980: The Modern Dance (7") Hearthan
*28 May 1980: Final Solution (7” – Datapanik In The Year Zero-A) Rough Trade
*07 June 1980 (BFBS): Final Solution (7” – Datapanik In The Year Zero-A) Rough Trade
*02 July 1980: Final Solution (7" - Datapanik In The Year Zero-A) Rough Trade
*06 September 1980 (BFBS): My Dark Ages (7" - Datapanik In The Year Zero-A) Rough Trade 
*09 September 1980: Go (album - The Art Of Walking) Rough Trade
*Peel June September October 1980: Misery Goats (LP - The Art Of Walking) Rough Trade
*20 December 1980 (BFBS): My Dark Ages (7" - Datapanik In The Year Zero-A) Rough Trade
;1981
*28 January 1981: Chinese Radiation (album - The Modern Dance) Rough Trade
*10 February 1981: Non-alignment Pact (album - The Modern Dance) Rough Trade ROUGH 22
;1982
*27 January 1982: The Modern Dance
*18 July 1982 (BFBS): The Fabulous Sequel (Have Shoes Will Walk)
*20 September 1982: The Long Walk Home (LP - Song Of The Bailing Man) Rough Trade
*22 September 1982: My Hat (LP - Song Of The Bailing Man) Rough Trade (JP: 'Show me a man or woman who can dance to that and I'll show you someone in the intensive care unit, if they can afford to get in of course.')
;1988
*thumb|330x330px08 February 1988: The Modern Dance (LP - The Modern Dance) Fontana
*20 February 1988 (Radio Bremen): The Modern Dance (album - The Modern Dance) Fontana 
*22 March 1988: Something's Gotta' Give (album - The Tenement Year) Fontana 834 537
*29 March 1988: Busman's Honeymoon (album - The Tenement Year) Fontana 834 537
*06 April 1988: George Had A Hat (album - The Tenement Year) Fontana 834 537
*09 April 1988 (BFBS) / Peel 083 (BFBS): George Had A Hat (album - The Tenement Year) Fontana 834 537
*13 April 1988: Universal Vibration (album - The Tenement Year) Fontana 834 537
*25 April 1988: Busman's Honeymoon (album - The Tenement Year) Fontana 834 537
;1989
*15 March 1989: Waiting For Mary (What Are We Doing Here?) (7") Fontana UBU 2thumb|330x330px
*22 March 1989: Waiting For Mary (What Are We Doing Here?) (7") Fontana (JP: 'Well that will go on this year's holiday tape')
*29 March 1989: Waiting For Mary (What Are We Doing Here?) (12") Fontana
*04 April 1989: Dub Housing (CD - One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams) Rough Trade
*05 April 1989 (BFBS): Waiting For Mary (What Are We Doing Here?) (12") Fontana
*12 April 1989 (BFBS): Dub Housing (CD - One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams) Rough Trade
*27 April 1989: Navvy (album - Dub Housing) Rough Trade ROUGH CD 6002
*15 July 1989 (BFBS): '30 Seconds Over Tokyo (7")' (Hearthan)
*16 May 1989: Caligari's Mirror (album - One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams) Rough Trade
*18 May 1989: Cry (album - Cloudland) Fontana
*29 May 1989 (BBC World Service): Nevada! (LP - Cloudland) Fontana
*31 May 1989 (BFBS): Caligari's Mirror (album - One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams) Rough Trade
*05 June 1989: Love Love Love (album - Cloudland) Fontana
*02 November 1989: Breath (Don't Let's Talk About Tomorrow) (7") Fontana
;1996
*21 March 1996: Something's Gotta Give (album - The Tenement Year) Fontana
*31 August 1996: Dub Housing (album - Warning Bells Are Ringing) Cooking Vinyl
*15 September 1996: ‘Non Alignment Pact (CD - Warning Bells Are Ringing )’ Cooking Vinyl
;David Thomas
*26 June 1983 (BFBS): Didn't Have A Very Good Time (7") Rē 
*31 July 1986 (BFBS): Sloop John B (12"-Vocal Performances)' (Rough Trade)  (JP: 'I think if he were to do that on the streets of London he'd be detained, and quite rightly so. I don't see that that's going to leap into my list of all time favourite records, but as I say, I exist only to please you, the listener.')
== See Also ==
*Sounds
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Ubu Projex
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