http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69178&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rssCult band par excellence Pere Ubu emerged from the blighted urban landscape of Cleveland in the mid-1970s. Bringing together the nihilistic angst of Peter Laughner and the literary decadence of Dave Thomas, the band's early work re-created the dark squalor of the Velvet Underground and added a combative stance that made the band the apple of so many punk eyes. Their first single "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" is an exhausting bout of chilling restraint and fevered moments of rock release. The second, "Final Solution," offered yet another profusion of ashen anger and existential despair, but its flip side "Cloud 149" gave a taste of the agit-pop weirdness that would come to define the band's sound. With the connivance of guitarist Tom Herman and keyboardist Allen Ravenstine, Thomas spared the listener an easy listening experience by spoiling the rod of dissonant, jagged pop textures and obtuse, surrealist lyrics. Delivered in a Julia Childs-esque falsetto warble, Thomas's bedlamite babble sends listeners on semantic wild goose chases that oftentimes never reach their goal. After a six year hiatus, Pere Ubu returned in 1988 with <I>The Tenement Year</I>, an album which saw the band reining in its experimental excesses for a more accessible and polished sound. Since then, Thomas and company have recorded and toured sporadically, though without surpassing their cult status. - Chad DriscollExperimentalen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:32:26 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69178&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss Cult band par excellence Pere Ubu emerged from the blighted urban landscape of Cleveland in the mid-1970s. Bringing together the nihilistic angst of Peter Laughner and the literary decadence of Dave Thomas, the band's early work re-created the dark squalor of the Velvet Underground and added a combative stance that made the band the apple of so many punk eyes. Their first single "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" is an exhausting bout of chilling restraint and fevered moments of rock release. The second, "Final Solution," offered yet another profusion of ashen anger and existential despair, but its flip side "Cloud 149" gave a taste of the agit-pop weirdness that would come to define the band's sound. With the connivance of guitarist Tom Herman and keyboardist Allen Ravenstine, Thomas spared the listener an easy listening experience by spoiling the rod of dissonant, jagged pop textures and obtuse, surrealist lyrics. Delivered in a Julia Childs-esque falsetto warble, Thomas's bedlamite babble sends listeners on semantic wild goose chases that oftentimes never reach their goal. After a six year hiatus, Pere Ubu returned in 1988 with <I>The Tenement Year</I>, an album which saw the band reining in its experimental excesses for a more accessible and polished sound. Since then, Thomas and company have recorded and toured sporadically, though without surpassing their cult status. - Chad Driscoll http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.24052929&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Pere Ubu Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.24052929 alb.24052929 Pere Ubu art.69178 8.99 Dub Housing alb.24052929 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/8/2/3/1483287_170x170.jpg 2008-11-17 00:00:00.0 null true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.24052929&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.24052929&variant=data&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.13580375&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Pere Ubu Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.13580375 alb.13580375 Pere Ubu art.69178 9.99 Why I Hate Women alb.13580375 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Online alb.219765 alb.219765 Pere Ubu art.69178 0.0 Worlds in Collision alb.219765 null 1991-05-21 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.219765&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.219765&variant=data&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.253738&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Pere Ubu Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.253738 alb.253738 Pere Ubu art.69178 0.0 Cloudland alb.253738 null 1989-05-01 00:00:00.0 false false http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.253738&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.253738&variant=data&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.10228029&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Pere Ubu Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.10228029 alb.10228029 Pere Ubu art.69178 9.99 One Man Drives while the other Man Screams alb.10228029 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/0/7/7/1607702_170x170.jpg 2006-03-28 00:00:00.0 1989-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.10228029&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.10228029&variant=data&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.117953&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Tue, 2 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Pere Ubu Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.117953 alb.117953 Pere Ubu art.69178 9.99 Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection alb.117953 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/5/4/1104505_170x170.jpg 1998-06-02 00:00:00.0 1985-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.117953&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.117953&variant=data&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.180968&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.215677&variant=data&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17919174&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Pere Ubu Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.17919174 alb.17919174 Pere Ubu art.69178 8.99 New Picnic Time alb.17919174 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/7/2/1172705_170x170.jpg 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17919174&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17919174&variant=data&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17919065&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fdiscography.rss Experimental Sun, 1 Jan 1978 00:00:00 -0800 Pere Ubu Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.17919065 alb.17919065 Pere Ubu art.69178 8.99 Dub Housing alb.17919065 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/5/2/1172590_170x170.jpg 1978-01-01 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