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To define their music, Pere Ubu coined the term avant-garage to reflect interest in both experimental avant-garde music, especially musique concrète, and raw, direct blues-influenced garage rock. Thomas has stated the term is "a joke invented to have something to give journalists when they yelp for a neat sound bite or pigeonhole". [31]
The Modern Dance is the debut album by the American rock band Pere Ubu. It was released in February 1978 through the label Blank Records. [1] A 5.1 surround sound version was released as the DVD-Audio side of a DualDisc in 2005.
Cloudland is the seventh studio album by American rock band Pere Ubu.Released in May 1989, the album was produced by Stephen Hague.The single "Waiting for Mary", the video for which achieved some MTV exposure, netted Pere Ubu their only Billboard chart success to date, reaching number 6 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The album contains live renditions of one non-album track; one from the first Pere Ubu album, The Modern Dance (incidentally a version of this track, ‘Street Waves’, also appears on 390° of Simulated Stereo); six songs from Dub Housing; one from New Picnic Time and four from The Art of Walking.
[12] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called Song of the Bailing Man "more of a bouncy pop record, though Thomas is as gone as ever." [ 7 ] In its review of the Architecture of Language 1979-1982 boxset, The Quietus wrote that "Tony Maimone's basslines play a bigger part on this record, making this LP more overtly poppy sounding than its ...
Pennsylvania is an album by the American band Pere Ubu, released in 1998. [6] [7] The album marked Tom Herman's return to Pere Ubu's studio work after a twenty-year absence. [5] It is a loose concept album about geography, travel, and road trips. [8] [9] Guitarist Wayne Kramer joined the band's tour in support of the album. [10]
The Art of Walking is the fourth full-length album by Pere Ubu. [4] Mayo Thompson of the Red Krayola joined as guitarist for this album and slanted the proceedings further towards deconstruction and abstraction, and away from the primal rock that former guitarist Tom Herman had facilitated. [ 5 ]
Carnival of Souls is an album by the American band Pere Ubu, released in 2014. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The title is taken from the 1962 film , for which the band had created an underscore. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] "Irene" was released as a single.