Story of My Life is Pere Ubu's ninth studio album. Eric Drew Feldman left the band prior to recording, reducing Ubu to a quartet. Prior to touring on this album longtime bassist Tony Maimone left as well. This is the final release to feature both Maimome and founding drummer Scott Krauss. According to a conversation between David Thomas and Frank Black included on the b-side of the "Kathleen" single, the album's working title was Johnny Rivers Live At The Whiskey A Go Go.
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Studio album by Pere Ubu | ||||
Released | April 1993 | |||
Genre | Post-punk, experimental rock | |||
Label | Fontana, Imago | |||
Producer | Al Clay | |||
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Entertainment Weekly | A−[4] |
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Though out of print for many years, a reissue was announced in early 2007.[6]
"Come Home" features prominently in a bar fight scene in Kalifornia (1993), starring Brad Pitt as a psychopathic serial killer.
"Wasted" appears in Sleep with Me (1994), starring Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz and Craig Sheffer.
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