Pere Ubu: The Tenement Commandments
David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 19 March 1988
BEAMING BACK FROM HIS ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE, DAVID THOMAS LEADS PERE UBU'S MANIC WALTZ INTO THE DANGER ZONE. DAVID STUBBS TRACKS DOWN THE REFORMED AND REVITALISED CLEVELAND PIRATES AND LEARNS THE ART OF SELF-DETERMINATION.
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