David Thomas dead at 71. 2025-04-25 by Grungil | 8 Comments | David Thomas, the iconic lead singer of ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฏ๐, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ and ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐, passed away this Wednesday, April 23, at the age of 71. The news was released through a statement on the band's official Facebook page, informing that the musician passed away after a "long illness" in his hometown of Brighton & Hove, in the United Kingdom. According to the statement, he was surrounded by his wife, stepdaughter and his dogs at the time of his death, with the sound of MC5 playing in the background.
David Thomas formed Pere Ubu in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Although the band achieved little commercial success, its influence was enormous in underground music in the following decades, influencing styles such as art-pop, post-punk and new wave on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
For the history, Pere Ubu released iconic albums such as ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐*๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ฏ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ and ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ.
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Well there I go spinning Pere Ubu again
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rip to a legend
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a true wackadoo legend
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huge R.I.P.
might do a review for the criminally overlooked "Monster Walks the Winter Lake"
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can't believe the guy who invented the wendy's hamburger died fucking rip
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big RIP but Panzer that was my first association too lol
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"can't believe the guy who invented the wendy's hamburger died fucking rip"
I thought he died years ago!
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Reading this now for the first time.
Will always love their first 5 albums. Alas, after Song Of The Bailing Man they got poppier, much less experimental and just weren't interesting for me anymore. But I'll never stop listening to the first 5.
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