David Thomas dead at 71.

2025-04-25 by Grungil | 8 Comments
David Thomas, the iconic lead singer of 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗨𝗯𝘂, 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘀 and 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀, 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 𝗧𝗵𝗲 *𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗗𝘂𝗯 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 and 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱.

Tagged: Pere Ubu

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someone
April 25th 2025
7254 Comments


Well there I go spinning Pere Ubu again

BMDrummer
April 25th 2025
15279 Comments


rip to a legend

TheManMachine
April 25th 2025
468 Comments


a true wackadoo legend

farmerobama
April 27th 2025
655 Comments


huge R.I.P.

might do a review for the criminally overlooked "Monster Walks the Winter Lake"

Panzerchrist
April 28th 2025
773 Comments


can't believe the guy who invented the wendy's hamburger died fucking rip

Nomos2
April 29th 2025
2132 Comments


big RIP but Panzer that was my first association too lol

AtomicWaste
Moderator
May 1st 2025
2916 Comments


"can't believe the guy who invented the wendy's hamburger died fucking rip"
I thought he died years ago!

y87arrow
June 19th 2025
726 Comments


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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