He prefers to conduct interviews via Skype, and at last count, he had more than 1,200 Facebook friends. Still, David Thomas has to draw the line somewhere. "I don't Twitter," the Pere Ubu frontman ...

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This is FRESH AIR. David Thomas, lead singer and principal songwriter for the band Pere Ubu, died on April 23 at age 71. Thomas and Pere Ubu emerged from the Cleveland punk rock scene in the late ...

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, 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, ...

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 ...

Thomas' April 23 death at age 71 brings to a close one of the most significant avant-garde experiments ever conducted within the confines of pop music. Rock critic Ken Tucker reflects on his legacy.