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Lead Performance: Pere Ubu; Genre: Rock

Cleveland's masters of beautiful dissonance are back with a potent vets-and-rookies lineup, pitting David Thomas' gulping falsetto against a rhythm section that rocks and lyrics that do their best to disorient you from the rhythm. Once again, this stylistic paradox succeeds. Hit single fated never to reach hit-single status: ''Woolie Bullie.'' Pennsylvania: Eerie, and I don't mean Erie. A-


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Posted May 01, 1998
 

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