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Here’s a long goodbye to David Thomas of Pere Ubu, one of the most defiantly eccentric and uncompromising voices in American rock. He made history with Pere Ubu, a garage band of Cleveland art-noise crackpots sending out a roar from the mid-Seventies’ Midwest industrial wasteland. In his early days, he was an imposing and ornery character, reveling in his onstage persona as the fearsome Crocus Behemoth. With Ubu and his earlier band Rocket from the Tombs, he howled and shrieked in a voice full of pulp nightmares, doing for...

David Thomas, lead singer of the avant-garage band Pere Ubu and the Cleveland proto-punk group Rocket From the Tombs, has died at the age of 71.

Pere Ubu’s official Facebook announced Thomas’ death Thursday, adding that the singer died following a long illness; Thomas previously revealed that he was battling kidney disease.

“On Wednesday, April 23 2025, he died in his home town of Brighton & Hove, with his wife and youngest step-daughter by his side. MC5 were playing on the radio. He will ultimately be returned to his home, the farm in Pennsylvania,...

David Thomas, frontman of the influential bands Pere Ubu and Rocket From the Tombs, died Wednesday (April 23rd) at age 71. The news was announced via Pere Ubu’s Facebook page, which noted that Thomas passed away after a “long illness.”

Thomas formed Rocket From the Tombs in 1974 in Cleveland. Their first stint was short-lived, only lasting about a year, but they reunited in 2003 and remained active through 2017.

Following the initial breakup of Rocket From the Tombs, Thomas formed Pere Ubu, while other members of Rocket From the Tombs went on to form Dead Boys. Pere Ubu were active until 1982, and then again from 1987 until Thomas’ passing.

The statement on Pere Ubu’s Facebook page reads as follows:

“David Lynn Thomas, lead singer of Pere Ubu, Rocket From The Tombs and multiple solo projex, has died after a long illness.

On Wednesday, April 23 2025, he died in his home town of Brighton & Hove,...

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