Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu, American avant-garde art rock band generally considered to be a major force and influence in postpunk music. Their notable albums included The Modern Dance (1978), The Tenement Year (1988), and Raygun Suitcase (1995). Formed in Cleveland in 1975 by music critics Thomas and Laughner (both former members of Rocket from the Tombs), Pere Ubu took its name from the principal character in Ubu roi (1896; “King Ubu”), a farce by French writer Alfred...