Pere Ubu are a critically acclaimed, avant-garde rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite many long-term band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant. The group is named after the protagonist of Ubu Roi, a proto-surrealist play by the French pataphysician Alfred Jarry.


Personnel:
David Thomas (b.1953), voc;
Tom Herman (b.1949), gtr;
Peter Laughner (d. 1977), gtr;
Mayo Thompson (b. 1944), gtr;
Jim Jones (b.1950), gtr;
Allen Ravenstine (b.1950), synth;
Dave Taylor, synth;
Eric Drew Feldman, synth;
Tim Wright, bass;
Tony Maimone (b.1952), bass;
Scott Krauss (b.1950), drums;
Anton Fier, drums;
Chris Cutler (b. 1947), drums;
Garo Yellin, cello;
Michele Temple (b. 1959), bass;
Robert Wheeler (b.1957), EML synthesizers & theremin;
Scott Benedict, drums; Steve Mehlman (b.1979), drums;
Wayne Kramer, gtr;
Andy Diagram (b. 1959), trumpet;
Keith Moliné (b. 1965), gtr, bass.

Discography:
1978 - The Modern Dance (Blank/Mercury) (DT/TH/AR/TM/SK). Datapanik In The Year Zero (Radar), anthology. Dub Housing (Chrysalis). 1979 - New Picnic Time (Chrysalis). 1980 - The Art of Walking (Rough Trade) (DT/MT/AR/TM/SK). 1981 - 390 Degrees of Simulated Stereo (Rough Trade), live anthology. 1982 - Song of The Bailing Man (Rough Trade) (DT/MT/AR/TM/AF). 1985 - Terminal Tower (Rough Trade), anthology; 1988 - The Tenement Year (Fontana/Enigma) (DT/JJ/AR/TM/SK/CC). 1989 - Cloudland (Fontana/Mercury). One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams (Rough Trade), live anthology. 1991 - Worlds In Collision (Fontana/Mercury) (DT/JJ/EF/TM/SK); 1993 - Story Of My Life (Fontana/Imago) (DT/JJ/TM/SK). 1995 - Raygun Suitcase (Tim/Kerr & Cooking Vinyl) (DT/JJ/MT/RW/SB). 1996 - Datapanik In The Year Zero (Geffen & Cooking Vinyl), 5-cd box set. 1998 - Pennsylvania (Tim/Kerr & Cooking Vinyl) (DT/JJ/TH/MT/RW/SM). 1999 - Apocalypse Now (Thirsty Ear & Cooking Vinyl) (DT/JJ/EF/TM/SK). The Shape of Things (Hearpen) (DT/PL/TH/TW/DT/SK). 2002 - St Arkansas (Glitterhouse, spinART & Bomba) (DT/JJ/TH/MT/RW/SM). 2006 - Why I Hate Women (Glitterhouse & Smog Veil) (DT/KM/RW/MT/SM. 2007 - Why I remix women (Hearpen)