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Oh hey, speaking of awesome bands from Cleveland. One of my favorite 80s indie bands is from there. Got into them from a comp and quickly became a fan, getting whatever albums I could find.

I just love the singer's voice and style.

Here they are back in the day, doing a rocked out cover of “Sylvia Plath”, a song originally done by another local Cleveland artist named Peter Laughner.

#music #IndieRock #PostPunk #Cleveland

youtube.com/watch?v=cqN9kexACk

My intro to Pere Ubu was their performance of "Birdies" in "URGH!: A Music War". I was enthralled by Dave Thomas' weird, oddly gesticulative performance.

Then I heard Nonaligment Pact and noticed how different their synth sound was from so many other bands. Same vein as Devo and Wall of Voodoo. Just eerie sounds over a hard driving rock beat. Great stuff. Cleveland, man. Amazing place. I mean, Pere Ubu AND The Pretenders? 🤩

And then they had an actual hit! Here's DT doing his thing in this video they'd play on 120 Minutes. I remember hearing this on the radio.

RIP Dave Thomas 😔

#music #ArtPunk #ArtRock #NewWave #Cleveland

youtube.com/watch?v=I0Ov-rJGey