David Thomas, the irreverent experimental musician who led the influential band Pere Ubu, died April 23 after a long illness. He was 71. The MC5 was playing on the radio at the time of his passing, ...

Pere Ubu said in the Facebook post that Thomas’ body will be “returned to his home, the farm in Pennsylvania, where he insisted he was to be ‘thrown in the barn.’” “I thought the job was to create ...

David Thomas making a donation at the Rock Hall with former Rock Hall curator and local musician Meredith Rutledge-Borger. Credit: Scene Archives Yesterday, Cleveland lost one of its most creative ...

David Thomas, who fronted the boundary-pushing rock band Pere Ubu from the late 1970s forward, died Wednesday at age 71. The news was announced on the group’s Facebook page, where the cause of death ...

As a singer and songwriter, he pushed the boundaries of punk and art-rock, producing a half century of music, writings and performances and always upending expectations. David Thomas in 2007. Best ...

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 ...

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 ...