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The group is named after Père Ubu (\"father Ubu\"), the protagonist of Ubu Roi (\"Ubu, the King\"), a play by French writer Alfred Jarry.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Pere Ubu have never been widely popular—usually categorized as \"underground rock\"—they have a devoted following and are an influential and critically acclaimed band.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical opinions of Pere Ubu include, \"the most original and important of the new wave bands\", \"the world's only expressionist Rock 'n' Roll band\", and \"Pere Ubu will be looked back on as the most important group to have come out of America in the last decade and a half. Either that or they will be entirely forgotten\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePere Ubu have compiled a list of guidelines for touring, live performances and the like: \"Lighting should be theatrical rather than rockist. We are interested in atmosphere, mood, drama, energy, subtlety, imagination—not rock cliché.\" The Danish Broadcasting Corporation is one of the few organizations they trust to record live performances, \"solely on the basis of the King of Denmark's defense of the Jews in WWII\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo define their music, Pere Ubu coined the term avant-garage to reflect interest in both experimental avant-garde music (especially Musique concrète) and raw, direct blues-influenced garage rock. Thomas has stated the term is \"a joke invented to have something to give journalists when they yelp for a neat sound bite or pigeonhole\".\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Pere+Ubu","playStationPath":"/stations/113372105/play","stationId":113372105,"bioPath":"/music/Pere+Ubu/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Jim+O+Rourke","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/599/599caecee31ffe8e05c35976483f3c8e_md.jpg","artistName":"Jim O'Rourke","artistId":6538,"station_id":113444618},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Durutti+Column","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/90d/90d9be2b22006cdf41e9d0a1f1f5b02f_md.jpg","artistName":"The Durutti Column","artistId":7387,"station_id":113580593},{"musicPath":"/music/Television+Personalities","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/532/5329bb37b6be2aa60db4c52725ff4d73_md.jpg","artistName":"Television Personalities","artistId":5492,"station_id":114970815},{"musicPath":"/music/Elvis+Costello+The+Attractions","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ac2/ac2c218e62f1b8096da6f52aa75b907e_md.jpg","artistName":"Elvis Costello \u0026 The Attractions","artistId":368,"station_id":113294147},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Wedding+Present","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/311/3113faeda90c4dfce342307b97533c6e_md.jpg","artistName":"The Wedding Present","artistId":7453,"station_id":113545474},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Chameleons","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ec0/ec08d2d6f24a7f7a8d26fe5b7f5d9b9a_md.jpg","artistName":"The Chameleons","artistId":56251,"station_id":259834597},{"musicPath":"/music/A+Certain+Ratio","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3b6/3b68cd7ac98cacba56e861fa3e3587b4_md.jpg","artistName":"A Certain Ratio","artistId":3018,"station_id":115972362},{"musicPath":"/music/Joy+Division","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2c6/2c623e98b91553144df429184bf525bc_md.jpg","artistName":"Joy Division","artistId":1236,"station_id":113273408},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Stranglers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bb0/bb0595158cdf6de7ce73b5fe43524012_md.jpg","artistName":"The Stranglers","artistId":1893,"station_id":113277450},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Church","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5ba/5bab8cd1f0bf970a6c13d903a8353ced_md.jpg","artistName":"The Church","artistId":1590,"station_id":113387451},{"musicPath":"/music/Scratch+Acid","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ec9/ec9e376b3c2a35ae035852878151e821_md.jpg","artistName":"Scratch Acid","artistId":10071,"station_id":113725101},{"musicPath":"/music/Tom+Verlaine","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bd5/bd5d3f8ffe26749cd80f40b6753198a3_md.jpg","artistName":"Tom Verlaine","artistId":107876,"station_id":282140129},{"musicPath":"/music/Cabaret+Voltaire","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cbc/cbc30ebeb6671cc479a522e6f985da96_md.jpg","artistName":"Cabaret Voltaire","artistId":239,"station_id":113424213},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Replacements","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e3f/e3ffc991be34b14ba24ab7996693cd9b_md.jpg","artistName":"The Replacements","artistId":2336,"station_id":113405990},{"musicPath":"/music/Liars","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/60f/60f68b3239e7705bd61f004c6b847255_md.jpg","artistName":"Liars","artistId":2199,"station_id":113362361},{"musicPath":"/music/Lizzy+Mercier+Descloux","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/903/90387183d2004a2a9a0a9f8340149a29_md.jpg","artistName":"Lizzy Mercier Descloux","artistId":126529,"station_id":284348305},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Teardrop+Explodes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/21d/21d70132c8eaf3b2bf3f640708b07245_md.jpg","artistName":"The Teardrop Explodes","artistId":91494,"station_id":273219632},{"musicPath":"/music/Ought","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/279/279fe9bf95f628b76a1cca3ffe826189_md.jpg","artistName":"Ought","artistId":281729,"station_id":373434876}]}