http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69178&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.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 08:09:17 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69178&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.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=ply.30703657&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:38:58 -0800 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 30703657 ply.30703657 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.30703657&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.22647165&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:21 -0800 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 22647165 ply.22647165 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.22647165&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.21300712&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:15:58 -0700 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 21300712 ply.21300712 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.21300712&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13616706&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:54:32 -0700 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 13616706 ply.13616706 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13616706&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10496374&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:59:20 -0700 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 10496374 ply.10496374 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10496374&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10190036&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:53:35 -0700 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 10190036 ply.10190036 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10190036&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8624168&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:02:31 -0700 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 8624168 ply.8624168 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8624168&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8629247&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Classical Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:10:29 -0700 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 8629247 ply.8629247 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8629247&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8601311&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:24 -0800 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 8601311 ply.8601311 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8601311&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8602918&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Folk Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:03 -0700 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 8602918 ply.8602918 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8602918&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8593781&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss Vocal/Easy Listening Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:37:19 -0800 Playlists Featuring Pere Ubu on Rhapsody Online 8593781 ply.8593781 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8593781&variant=play&rws=%2Fpere-ubu%2Fplaylists.rss