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Pere Ubu: By Order of Mayor Pawlicki

by Glenn Astarita
August 29, 2020

Launched in Cleveland, Ohio in 1975, the group's in-depth history includes shifting personnel changes, although charismatic front man/vocalist Dave Thomas has remained at the helm since the beginning. A notable live act as they get from A to Z in expeditious and often boisterous fashion, this two- CD set compiles 2017 performances in Jarocin, Poland and other tracks spanning 2013 -2018 in Croatia, France, and Germany. The ensemble has coined its stylistic tendencies as avant-garage music, but at ...