Thursday, April 02, 2026

Pere Ubu - "Final Solution" (1976)

 This is genius. Came out March 18, 50 years ago. A contender for first punk rock record.

 Pere Ubu - Wikipedia

The band first performed live on December 31, 1975.[13] On March 18, 1976, they released "Final Solution" backed with "Cloud 149."[24] Guitarist Peter Laughner, who had been suffering with substance abuse, left the group shortly after the release of the single. He would die of acute pancreatitis on June 22, 1977.[24] 

I didn't have this then. You probably had to go to Rough Trade to get a copy of this and I wasn't really going to London buying records yet but you might have heard it on John Peel. We discovered them in 1978 when their early 45s were rereleased on a 12 inch called Datapanik in the Year Zero.

The girls won't touch me 'cause I've got a misdirection
Living at night isn't helping my complexion
The signs all saying it's a social infection
A little bit of fun's never been an insurrection