PERE UBU Ring In The New Year Zero

The song came midway through the set at Cleveland’s Agora Metropolitan Theatre, as the energy level was reaching the breaking point. The portly figure of David Thomas led a celebratory pact of music, band and audience: Don’t need a cure Don’t need a cure Don’t need a cure Need a final solution The crowd in front of the stage shouted the angst-ridden chorus of “Final Solution” with the kind of zeal brought out by waiting five years for the legendary Pere Ubu’s reunion.