David Thomas, June 14 1953 - April 23 2025.
David Lynn Thomas, lead singer of Pere Ubu, Rocket From The Tombs and multiple solo projex, has died after a long illness.
On Wednesday, April 23 2025, he died in his home town of Brighton & Hove, with his wife and youngest step-daughter by his side. MC5 were playing on the radio. He will ultimately be returned to his home, the farm in Pennsylvania, where he insisted he was to be “thrown in the barn.”
David Thomas and his band have been recording a new album. He knew it was to be his last. We will endeavour to continue with mixing and finalising the new album so that his last music is available to all. Aside from that, he left instruction that the work should continue to catalog all the tapes from live shows via the official bandcamp page. His autobiography was nearly completed and we will finish that for him. Pere Ubu’s Patreon will continue as a community, run by communex.
We’ll leave you with his own words, which sums up who he was better than we can -
“My name is David Fucking Thomas… and I’m the lead singer of the best fucking rock and roll band in the world.”
Long Live Pere Ubu.
Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The band had a variety of long-term and recurring band members, with singer David Thomas being the only member staying throughout the band's lifetime. 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.
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Ik ben heel blij dat ik m in WORM gezien heb vlak voor covid, maar had ze graag vaker willen zien, vooral vanwege hun enorme catalogus met zowel herrie als 'commerciële' muziek.
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Geweldige band verder.
Ik zag ze in de Willem 2. Ongrijpbaar en mooi.quote:Op donderdag 24 april 2025 11:28 schreef bartrid het volgende:
Ja ik heb Pere Ubu ook zo'n 8 jaar geleden gezien en toen was ie al erg ziek. Inderdaad verassend hoe lang.
Geweldige band verder.
Deze column is treffend en goed.........
https://oor.nl/news/pere-(...)ook-staal-en-geluid/
Fantastische artiest, r.i.p.
Daar hadden Bosbeetle en ik kaarten voor, kwamen we een paar dagen erna achterquote:
Ik ben heel blij dat ik m in WORM gezien heb vlak voor covid, maar had ze graag vaker willen zien, vooral vanwege hun enorme catalogus met zowel herrie als 'commerciële' muziek.
