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David Thomas, Pere Ubu Singer, Dead at 71

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.

David Thomas, lead singer of the avant-garde band Pere Ubu and the Cleveland proto-punk group Rocket From the Tombs, has died at the age of 71. Thomas first emerged out of the fertile Cleveland rock scene of the mid-Seventies with the influential punk group Rocket From the Tombs, which paired the singer with cult guitarists Peter Laughner and Cheetah Chrome. The band became known for their lo-fi meshing of disparate musical styles (prog-rock, avant-garde, garage-punk) as well as Thomas’ boisterous role as frontman, where he’d perform against type in a suit and tie.

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