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David Lynn Thomas, Lead Singer and Co-Founder of Pere Ubu and Rocket From The Tombs, Has Died

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David Lynn Thomas, lead singer of Pere Ubu, Rocket From The Tombs, solo artist, and actor, has died after a long illness. He was 72 years old. A highly influential artist and personality in American music, Thomas formed the proto-Punk and pre-Alternative band Rocket From The Tombs (other members went on Dead Boys and The Saucers) and later formed Pere Ubu in 1975. Making an immediate impact, but highly volatile, Pere Ubu which first broke up in 1979, but reformed and recorded and toured for four more decades. Spanning genres from Art punk, post-Punk, avant-garde, musique concrète, New Wave, proto-punk, industrial rock, and alt-Rock, experimental, the band played their brand of music self-described as “avant-gaage”, and Thomas personally disliked Pere Ubu being lumped in with punk-rock as a rule. A great lyricst, vocalist, and frontman, he will be missed. RIP.   Continue reading →


Cheetah Chrome Updates South By Southwest Schedule

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Plowboy Records have updated their South By Southwest schedule for punk icon Cheetah Chrome, the former Dead Boys and Rocket From The Tombs guitarist.

Cheetah Chrome Official SXSW Panel:
Give It Away Now: The “Value” In Free Music
Thursday, March 19th starting 12:30pm
at Austin Convention Center in Room 15
“Granting access to music for free or at rock bottom fees has become standard in the industry…the significant implications of doing so remain largely unexamined. We’ll take a look at how giving music away can change the course of your career or business and how to use the practice to your advantage.”

Cheetah Chrome SXSW Itinerary
for schedule updates in real time, click here:

Mar 18: 8:30pm: Hotel Vegas
Mar 18: 11:15pm-12:45am: Guest DJ at The Sailor Jerry House
Mar 19: 12:30pm-1:30pm: SXSW Panel at Convention Center-Room 15
Mar 19: 2:00pm-2:30pm: Salon.com Interview
Mar 20: 3:00pm: Altercation Party-The Aquarium
Mar 20: 6:00pm: Cheetah Chrome’s Big Cat Stomp-The Lost Well (with label mates The Ghost Wolves, Blackfoot Gypsies)
Mar 21: 11:45pm: Plowboy Records’ Official Showcase-The Saxon Pub (with label mates Blackfoot Gypsies, Buzz Cason, Drivin’ n’ Cryin’, The Ghost Wolves)
Mar 22: Evening: Alejandro Escovedo’s Showcase-The Continental Club (with label mates The Ghost Wolves)

PLOWBOY RECORDS SHOWCASE – The Saxon Pub – Saturday 3/21 – Evening
Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ 11:45
Cheetah Chrome 11:45
The Ghost Wolves 10:30
Blackfoot Gypsies 9:15
Buzz Cason 8:00

CHEETAH CHROME’S BIG CAT STOMP – The Lost Well – Friday 3/20 – Noon-7:00pm
Flash Boys 6:45
Cheetah Chrome 6:00
Danny B. Harvey & Annie Marie Lewis 5:15
White Mystery 4:30
The Ghost Wolves 3:45
Blackfoot Gypsies 3:00
The Two Tens 2:15
The Residuels 1:30
Razorwire 12:45

CHEETAH CHROME LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY
Saturday, April 15th
at Bowery Electric
with Fleshtones, The Split Squad

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