With their unique brand of snarling, oddball, alternative rock, Pere Ubu have
been US underground cult underground heroes for over 35 years and influenced the
likes of The Pixies, Sonic Youth and TV On The Radio. Led by frantic,
high-pitched front man David Thomas, the band formed in 1975 after the break-up
of raucous Cleveland act Rocket From The Tomb and really helped set the scene
for punk and grunge with the bleak, agitated, DIY, garage rock of early single
Final Solution and landmark debut album The Modern Dance (1978). Whereas bands
like The Ramones, The Cramps and Talking ...