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John Thompson aka Johnny Dromette lives in Cleveland and performs over the internet as a graphic designer and production manager for a Los Angeles newspaper publisher. He is also the long-running “art guy” responsible for packaging, advertising, and music video production for the band Pere Ubu. His prior activities include operating a Cleveland independent record store, the Drome, and issuing recordings on the Drome and Treehouse labels, and even a three-year stint as Art Director for the notorious Hustler magazine.

APPEARANCES +


Pere Ubu
Trouble On Big Beat Street
2023, Vinyl, ,
Avantgarde
Peter Laughner
1973 – 1976 (Easily Excited)
2019, 7", EP, Ltd, Smog Veil Records, ,
Acoustic/Country Blues/Folk Rock/New Wave/Punk
Peter Laughner
Peter Laughner
2019, 4x Vinyl, Vinyl White, Vinyl Clear, Box Set, ,
Acoustic/Country Blues/Folk Rock/New Wave/Punk
Pere Ubu
Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés 1987-1991
2018, ,
Alternative Rock/Avantgarde
Pere Ubu
Drive, He Said 1994-2002
2017, Box, Comp, Ltd + LP, Album, RE, Rem + LP, Album, R, Fire Records
Allen Ravenstine + Albert Dennis
Terminal Drive
2017
Pere Ubu
Carnival Of Souls
2014
Pere Ubu
Lady From Shanghai
2013
Roky Erickson
Gremlins Have Pictures
2013, CD, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Pere Ubu
Live At The Longhorn April 1, 1978
2013
Rocket From The Tombs
Barfly
2011
Rocket From The Tombs
I Sell Soul
2010, 7", Single, Hearthan
Fuck, I'm A Ghost
Fuck, I'm A Ghost
2010
Pere Ubu
London Texas
2009, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp,
Pere Ubu With Sarah Jane Morris
"Long Live Père Ubu!"
2009
We All Inherit The Moon
We All Inherit The Moon
2008
Pere Ubu
Why I Hate Women
2006, CD, ,
Art Rock
Rocket From The Tombs
Rocket Redux
2004, CD, ,
Garage Rock/Punk
David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*
18 Monkeys On A Dead Man's Chest
2004, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Avantgarde
Rocket From The Tombs
The Day The Earth Met The... (Live From Punk Ground Zero, Cleveland 1975)
2002, 2x Vinyl Grey, 180g, ,
Punk/Hard Rock
Pere Ubu
St. Arkansas
2002
David Thomas And Two Pale Boys
Surf's Up!
2001, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Avantgarde
15.60.75*
Jimmy Bell's Still In Town
2000
Pere Ubu
The Shape Of Things
2000
David Thomas And Foreigners
Bay City
2000
Pere Ubu
Apocalypse Now
1999, CD, ,
Art Rock
The Pale Orchestra conducted by David Thomas
Mirror Man (Act 1: Jack & The General)
1999, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Pere Ubu
Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection, Nonlp Singles & B Sides 1975-1980
1998
Pere Ubu
Pennsylvania
1998
David Thomas
Monster
1997, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, Box Set, ,
New Wave/Art Rock/Experimental
Pere Ubu
Beach Boys See Dee +
1996, CD, Single, Enh, Tim/Kerr Records, Tim/Kerr Records
Koerner, Ray & Glover
One Foot In The Groove
1996, CD, Album, Tim/Kerr Records, Tim/Kerr Records
Pere Ubu
Datapanik In The Year Zero
1996, 5x CD, Box Set, ,
Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock/New Wave/Experimental
David Thomas And Two Pale Boys
Erewhon
1996
Pere Ubu
Folly Of Youth See Dee +
1995
Pere Ubu
Ray Gun Suitcase
1995
Pere Ubu
Sleepwalk
1993, CD, Single, Promo, Imago (3), ,
Alternative Rock
Pere Ubu
Story Of My Life
1993, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Monks Of Doom
Forgery
1992, CD, ,
Alternative Rock
Monks Of Doom
The Insect God
1992
Pere Ubu
Worlds In Collision
1991, Vinyl, ,
Art Rock/Pop Rock/Experimental
Pere Ubu
Oh Catherine
1991
Pere Ubu
I Hear They Smoke The Barbecue
1990, ,
Art Rock
Bastards
You Didn't Give A Damn About The Exploding Man Because You Killed Him
1989, 12", EP, Comp, Glitterhouse Records, Glitterhouse Records, ,
Alternative Rock
Miracle Legion
Me And Mr. Ray
1989
Pere Ubu
Waiting For Mary (What Are We Doing Here?)
1989, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
Pere Ubu
Love, Love, Love
1989, CD, ,
Art Rock/Pop Rock
Pere Ubu
390° Of Simulated Stereo, Ubu Live Volume One
1989
Pere Ubu
Breath (Don't Let's Talk About Tomorrow)
1989, Vinyl, ,
Art Rock
Pere Ubu
Cloudland
1989, Vinyl, ,
Art Rock/Experimental
Pere Ubu
One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams (Live, Volume Two: Pere Ubu On Tour)
1989
The Shrubs
Vessels Of The Heart
1988, LP, Album, Public Domain Records, Public Domain Records
Pere Ubu
The Tenement Year
1988
Pere Ubu
The Modern Dance
1988
Pagans
(Us &) All Our Friends Are So Messed Up
1988, Vinyl, ,
Punk
Pere Ubu
We Have The Technology
1988, ,
Art Rock/Pop Rock
Pagans
Dead End America '87
1987, Vinyl, ,
Punk
Pagans
The Godlike Power Of The Pagans Live
1987, Vinyl, ,
Punk
David Thomas And The Wooden Birds
Blame The Messenger
1987, Vinyl, ,
Folk Rock/Art Rock
Pagans
Buried Alive
1986
David Thomas (2) / The Wooden Birds*
Monster Walks The Winter Lake
1986
Human Switchboard*
Who's Landing In My Hangar?
1981
Pere Ubu
Song Of The Bailing Man
1981, ,
New Wave/Art Rock/Experimental
Kerry Livgren / Kansas
Rock & Religion
1980, LP, Transcription, Rock & Religion, Rock & Religion
Pere Ubu
The Art Of Walking
1980, Vinyl, ,
New Wave/Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental
Pere Ubu
New Picnic Time
1979
The Isley Brothers
Timeless
1978, 2x Vinyl, ,
Soul/Funk
Pere Ubu
Dub Housing
1978, ,
New Wave/Art Rock
Pere Ubu
Datapanik In The Year Zero
1978, ,
Garage Rock/Art Rock/Punk
Lou Rawls
When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All
1977
Pure Prairie League
If The Shoe Fits
1976
Gong
Expresso
1976
The Leslie West Band
The Leslie West Band
1975
Shostakovich* / The Philadelphia Orchestra • Eugene Ormandy
Symphony No. 5
1975
The Siegel-Schwall Band
The Last Summer (Live)
1974
Ives*, Elgar*, Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Ives - Symphony No. 1, Elgar - Enigma Variations
1973
Pere Ubu
Folly Of Youth
VHS, NTSC, Tim/Kerr Records
Peter Appleyard
Barbados Cool
Pere Ubu
Pennsylvania
1998
The Leslie West Band
The Leslie West Band
CD, ,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Classic Rock
Gong
Expresso