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David Thomas (14 Jun 1953 - )

Male Person - United States US singer-songwriter/musician: Pere Ubu/Rocket From the Tombs

 Also known as (1)

Releases (8)

Official

Album - Live

  1. Winter Comes Home 1983

Album

  1. Monster Walks the Winter Lake 16 Mar 1986
  2. Blame the Messenger Jan 1987 (as David Thomas and The Wooden Birds)
  3. Mirror Man 22 Mar 1999

Album - Compilation

  1. Monster 23 Jun 1997
  2. Hacked 06 Aug 2021

EP

  1. Vocal Performances 1981

Relationships (8)

Member Of

  1. Pere Ubu (1975) original
  2. David Thomas and The Pedestrians (1981 - 1985) original
  3. David Thomas and The Accordion Club (1985 - 1992)
  4. David Thomas and Two Pale Boys (1994)
  5. David Thomas and Foreigners
  6. UbuDoll
  7. David Thomas & The Wooden Birds
  8. Rocket From the Tombs

Recordings by (92)

  1. The Birds Are a Good Idea 1:58 (Oct 1981)
  2. Yiki Tiki 2:15 (Oct 1981)
  3. Crickets in the Flats 4:59 (Oct 1981)
  4. Sound of the Sand 3:28 (Oct 1981)
  5. The New Atom Mine 5:17 (Oct 1981)
  6. Big Dreams 2:22 (Oct 1981)
  7. Happy to See You 3:33 (Oct 1981)
  8. Crush This Horn, Part Two 1:49 (Oct 1981)
  9. Confuse Did 2:34 (Oct 1981)
  10. Sloop John B 5:10 (Oct 1981)
  11. Man's Best Friend 4:27 (Oct 1981)
  12. Petrified 6:07 (1981)
  13. West Side Story 5:43 (Dec 1982)
  14. Pedestrian Walk 4:34 (Jun 1983)
  15. Bird Town 2:43 (Jun 1983)
  16. A Day at the Botanical Gardens 3:21 (Jun 1983)
  17. The Egg and I 2:55 (Jun 1983)
  18. Who Is It? 3:39 (Jun 1983)
  19. Song of the Hoe 6:03 (Jun 1983)
  20. Hurry Back 4:19 (Jun 1983)
  21. The Rain 5:17 (Jun 1983)
  22. Semaphore 5:12 (Jun 1983)
  23. A Day Such as This 5:35 (1983)
  24. Stormy Weather 7:49 (1983)
  25. Rhapsody in Pink 13:55 (1983)
  26. Through the Magnifying Glass 2:58 (15 Apr 1985)
  27. Enthusiastic 4:45 (15 Apr 1985)
  28. Whale Head King 5:49 (15 Apr 1985)
  29. Song of the Bailing Man 4:42 (15 Apr 1985)
  30. Big Breezy Day 3:24 (15 Apr 1985)
  31. The Farmer's Wife 4:31 (15 Apr 1985)
  32. New Broom 4:20 (15 Apr 1985)
  33. About True Friends 4:33 (15 Apr 1985)
  34. My Theory of Spontaneous Simultude / Red Tin Bus 3:05 (16 Mar 1986)
  35. Monster Walks the Winter Lake 11:18 (16 Mar 1986)
  36. Bicycle 4:21 (16 Mar 1986)
  37. Coffee Train 2:25 (16 Mar 1986)
  38. My Town 3:19 (16 Mar 1986)
  39. Monster Magee, King of the Sea 2:16 (16 Mar 1986)
  40. Monster Thinks About the Good Days 3:40 (16 Mar 1986)
  41. What Happened to Me 2:39 (16 Mar 1986)
  42. My Town 3:20 (Jan 1987)
  43. A Fact About Trains 4:20 (Jan 1987)
  44. King Knut 5:30 (Jan 1987)
  45. When Love Is Uneven 3:30 (Jan 1987)
  46. The Storm Breaks 3:30 (Jan 1987)
  47. The Long Rain 4:10 (Jan 1987)
  48. Having Time 4:20 (Jan 1987)
  49. Friends of Stone 3:20 (Jan 1987)
  50. The Velikovsky 2-Step 6:40 (Jan 1987)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Over My Head 3:49 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion
  2. Life Stinks 1:53 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion
  3. Laughing 4:37 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion
  4. Real World 4:01 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion
  5. Non‐Alignment Pact 3:19 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion
  6. The Modern Dance 3:29 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion
  7. Chinese Radiation 3:29 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion
  8. Sentimental Journey 6:07 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion
  9. Humor Me 2:44 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion
  10. Navvy 2:42 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) organ
  11. On the Surface 2:37 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion, organ
  12. Dub Housing 3:42 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion, organ
  13. Caligari’s Mirror 3:52 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion, organ
  14. Blow Daddy‐o 3:42 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion, organ
  15. Codex 4:55 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion, organ
  16. Thriller! 4:41 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion, organ
  17. I, Will Wait 1:47 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion, organ
  18. Drinking Wine Spodyody 2:46 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion, organ
  19. (Pa) Ubu Dance Party 4:49 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978) piccolo oboe, percussion, organ

Vocals

  1. Heart of Darkness 4:51 Pere Ubu (1975)
  2. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo 6:23 Pere Ubu (1975)
  3. Final Solution 4:38 Pere Ubu (1976)
  4. Street Waves 3:04 Pere Ubu (1976)
  5. Cloud 149 2:37 Pere Ubu (1976)
  6. My Dark Ages (I Don't Get Around) 3:59 Pere Ubu (1976)
  7. Laughing 4:37 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978)
  8. Non‐Alignment Pact 3:19 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978)
  9. Life Stinks 1:53 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978)
  10. Sentimental Journey 6:07 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978)
  11. Real World 4:01 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978)
  12. The Modern Dance 3:29 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978)
  13. Chinese Radiation 3:29 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978)
  14. Over My Head 3:49 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978)
  15. Humor Me 2:44 Pere Ubu (Jan 1978)
  16. Thriller! 4:41 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  17. Drinking Wine Spodyody 2:46 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  18. Blow Daddy‐o 3:42 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  19. Dub Housing 3:42 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  20. Navvy 2:42 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  21. Caligari’s Mirror 3:52 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  22. I, Will Wait 1:47 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  23. Codex 4:55 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  24. (Pa) Ubu Dance Party 4:49 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  25. On the Surface 2:37 Pere Ubu (Nov 1978)
  26. A Small Dark Cloud 5:49 Pere Ubu (21 Sep 1979)
  27. 49 Guitars and One Girl 2:51 Pere Ubu (21 Sep 1979)
  28. One Less Worry 3:47 Pere Ubu (21 Sep 1979)
  29. Goodbye 5:20 Pere Ubu (21 Sep 1979)
  30. Small Was Fast 3:38 Pere Ubu (21 Sep 1979)
  31. Have Shoes Will Walk (The Fabulous Sequel) 3:07 Pere Ubu (21 Sep 1979)

Credited as (11)

  1. David Thomas
  2. MLO & David Thomas
  3. MLO + David Thomas
  4. Nick Cave & David Thomas
  5. David Thomas / Ben Watt
  6. Jackie Leven with David Thomas
  7. David Thomas and The Wooden Birds
  8. David Thomas & P.O. Jørgens
  9. Matthew Bright, David Thomas, The English Concert, Simon Preston, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Oxford
  10. David Thomas & Jim Jones
  11. Ralph Carney and David Thomas

Works (94)

Wrote

  1. Laughing
  2. Street Waves
  3. Chinese Radiation
  4. Real World
  5. Over My Head
  6. Sentimental Journey
  7. Humor Me
  8. Non Alignment Pact
  9. We Have the Technology
  10. ON TOP OF THE WORLD
  11. The Modern Dance
  12. Petrified
  13. Rhapsody in Pink
  14. Small Was Fast
  15. Beach Boys
  16. Montana
  17. Sonic Reducer
  18. (Pa) Ubu Dance Party
  19. Blow Daddy‐O
  20. Codex
  21. Visions of the Moon
  22. Modern Dance Blues
  23. Folly of Youth
  24. Electricity
  25. Turquoise Fins
  26. The Long Walk Home
  27. Vacuum in My Head
  28. Rounder
  29. The Vulgar Boatman Bird
  30. Memphis
  31. Three Things
  32. Don’t Worry
  33. Red Sky
  34. My Friend is a Stooge for the Media Priests
  35. Down by the River II
  36. Woolie Bullie
  37. Highwaterville
  38. SAD.TXT
  39. Urban Lifestyle
  40. Silent Springs
  41. Mr. Wheeler
  42. Muddy Waters
  43. Drive
  44. Indiangiver
  45. Monday Morning
  46. Perfume
  47. Fly’s Eye
  48. Wheelhouse
  49. The Fevered Dream of Hernando DeSoto
  50. Slow Walking Daddy
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Links (11)

Official Homepages

  1. http://ubuprojex.net/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/david-thomas
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb142328231
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2010001818
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135164524

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/435501

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/180278

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000220381

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/12726369

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2255794

Purchase Music For Download

  1. http://hearpen.com/index.html