History Music / PereUbu

** According to [[http://www.ubuprojex.com/pere-ubu-albums/pere-ubu-trouble-on-big-beat-street.html this press release]], ''Trouble on Big Beat Street'' will include a cover of The Osmonds' "Crazy Horses".

** [[Film/WestSideStory "West Side Story"]]

* ''Trouble on Big Beat Street'' (to be released on May 26, 2023)

** Music/{{Mudhoney}}'s 2023 album ''Plastic Eternity'' includes "Tom Herman's Hermits", a tribute to Ubu's original lead guitarist that also mentions, yes, Music/HermansHermits.

* ''Trouble On Big Beat Street'' (to be released on May 26, 2023)

* ''Trouble On Big Beat Street'' (upcoming, 2023)

Pere Ubu are an American rock band active since the mid-1970s. Founded after the collapse of seminal UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} protopunk group Rocket From the Tombs (and taking its name from the infamous play ''Theatre/UbuRoi''), Pere Ubu have had several lineup changes, with the only consistent member being frontman and primary songwriter David Thomas.

** "Life Stinks" is something of a self-cover version. It originated with Rocket from the Tombs, a pre-Ubu band that included both Peter Laughner (who wrote the song) and David Thomas. Laughner was also an early member of Ubu, but left after playing on their first two singles due to CreativeDifferences; he remained an active member of the Cleveland music scene until his death in 1977.

** "Final Solution". No, the song is ''not'' about [[Final solution the trope]], UsefulNotes/NaziGermany or UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust; the title is a reference to "The Final Problem", the famous Literature/SherlockHolmes story about the detective's confrontation with Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. The actual lyric is a teen angst anthem a la Music/EddieCochran's "Summertime Blues".

** "Final Solution". No, the song is ''not'' about UsefulNotes/NaziGermany or UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust; the title is a reference to "The Final Problem", the famous Literature/SherlockHolmes story about the detective's confrontation with Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. The actual lyric is a teen angst anthem a la Music/EddieCochran's "Summertime Blues".

* ElectronicMusic: Ubu has made synthesized sound effects an important part of its sound from the beginning.

* ElectronicMusic: Ubu has mad synthesized sound effects an important part of its sound from the beginning.

** "Drinking Wine Spodyody" (from "Sticks" [=McGee=] and His Buddies' 1949 {{blues}} hit "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee")

* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: ''Why I Hate Women''. Thomas has [[https://books.google.com/books?id=LysEAAAAMBAJ&q=Why+I+Hate+Women+pere+ubu&pg=PA13#v=snippet&q=Why%20I%20Hate%20Women%20pere%20ubu&f=false explained]] that "It comes from the title of a [[Creator/JimThompson [Jim] Thompson]] novel he never wrote."

Pere Ubu are an American rock band active since the 1970s. Founded after the collapse of seminal UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} protopunk group Rocket From the Tombs (and taking its name from the infamous play ''Theatre/UbuRoi''), Pere Ubu have had several lineup changes, with the only consistent member being frontman and primary songwriter David Thomas.

** ''Raygun Suitcase'' includes a rendition of Music/TheBeachBoys' [[Music/SurferGirl "Surfer Girl"]]

* CoverVersion: Only a few. A flexidisc released with ''CLE'' magazine includes the band's 1976 live version of The Seeds' GarageRock classic "Pushin' Too Hard". (This was later reissued on the BoxedSet version of ''Datapanik in the Year Zero''.) ''Raygun Suitcase'' includes a rendition of Music/TheBeachBoys' [[Music/SurferGirl "Surfer Girl"]]

* RevolvingDoorBand: As noted, David Thomas is the only consistent member of the band. However, some musicians and lineups have lasted longer than others.

-> '''From [[http://www.ubuprojex.com/caveatemptor.html this page]]:''' ''For example, the album ''The Tenement Year'' might be described as about Leaving Home. Nowhere is that made plain. The songs, instead, are about Leaving Home physically or spiritually or metaphysically. They may be about places to be left or poignant memories of events in those places. It may be about the nature of a Leaving. On and on.''

* CoverVersion: Only a few. A flexidisc released with ''CLE'' magazine includes the band's 1976 live version of The Seeds' GarageRock classic "Pushin' Too Hard". ''Raygun Suitcase'' includes a rendition of Music/TheBeachBoys' [[Music/SurferGirl "Surfer Girl"]]

-> I think about you all the time\\

[[caption-width-right:350:Pere Ubu circa 1977]]

Pere Ubu are an American rock band active since the 1970s. Founded after the collapse of seminal Cleveland protopunk group Rocket From the Tombs (and taking its name from the infamous play Theatre/UbuRoi), Pere Ubu have had several lineup changes, with the only consistent member being frontman and primary songwriter David Thomas.

!! Discography:

-> '''From [[http://www.ubuprojex.com/caveatemptor.html this page]]:''' ''For example, the album The Tenement Year might be described as about Leaving Home. Nowhere is that made plain. The songs, instead, are about Leaving Home physically or spiritually or metaphysically. They may be about places to be left or poignant memories of events in those places. It may be about the nature of a Leaving. On and on.''
* CoverVersion: ''Raygun Suitcase'' includes a rendition of [[Music/SurferGirl "Surfer Girl"]]
* HesBack: "The Fabulous Sequel!" (and by extension, the album ''New Picnic Time'') start with David announcing "It's me again!"

** The albums ''[[Film/TheLadyFromShanghai Lady From Shanghai]]'', ''[[Film/CarnivalOfSouls Carnival of Souls]]'', and ''[[Literature/TheLongGoodbye The Long Goodbye]]''.