Pere Ubu in Prog Related

I have recently fallen in love with the art-punk band Pere Ubu. I was very dissapointed to find that they were not in this site, as I thought they'd fall perfectly into Prog Related. If you listen to thier first three albums, which I have put here in thier entirety, I think you will agree.

I have the Dub Housing LP.  Grating but cool.

I don't particularly want to even though I think there is a substantial case because there are others that I care more about that I think could be in PR, but I'd be willing to sponsor the case  if smartpatrol would be willing to prepare the addition if it's accepted.  That said, I'd rather wait a while to see if or how discussion develops in this thread before considering  taking it to admin as I would hope that various members would build up the case in this thread (Pere Ubu is not  exactly obscure so I would expect a level of interest from the general PA crowd).

I've got The Art Of Walking and New Picnic Time, which happen to be the era of the band I like the least.  I had heard of them but not actually heard anything until Raygun Suitcase came out.  The Folly Of Youth was playing on a college radio station.  Didn't like as much the next two albums (Pennsylvania and St. Arkansas) they released after that but like those better than those earlier two.  Add Worlds In Collision, Cloudland, and Story Of My life to Raygun and you have what are for me the four essentials.

Edited by Slartibartfast - July 03 2012 at 07:48

Lift that post punk rock and watch the following scuttle in all directions for attention: Banshees, Cure, New Order, Magazine, Television, Josef K, Monochrome Set, Ultravox, Bauhaus, OMD, XTC, Fall, A Certain Ratio, Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, Cocteau Twins, Joy Division, Psychedelic Furs, Teardrop Explodes, Creatures, Wall of Voodoo, Devo, Durutti Column, Eyeless in Gaza, Fad Gadget, Flying Lizards, You've Got Foetus on Your Breath, Gang of Four, Nina Hagen, Icicle Works, Soft Boys, Killing Joke, Laughing Clowns, Lydia Lunch, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Pigbag, Prefab Sprout, PIL, Shriekback, the Smiths, Soft Cell, Sonic Youth, Spear of Destiny, Suicide, Tears for Fears, That Petrol Emotion, The The, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, Virgin Prunes, Waterboys, (the list goes on and some of the foregoing may even be here already)

All are forward thinking, adventurous, challenging and innovative certainly, but for me (who adores most of the foregoing artists), none qualify for admission to any of the categories on this site. Maybe it's a sign of the dearth (and maybe impossibility) of genuinely new Prog that initiates such debates in the first place?

After the great Swans discussion, I think Pere Ubu fits a way better than Swans here, RIO or prog related.

For their most recent album, Dave Thomas listened to Pawn Hearts every day for inspiration. Haven't heard the album, but if it's anything close to the spirit of Pawn Hearts, it won't be boring (that's for sure).