"THE Tubes"

[Mortto56]

I went to a concert the other night.The premier band was "Kansas"and they kicked ass as they have for almost 30 years.

The starter band was a band called the "TUBES".And I have to say that they are definitly different.
I only reconized one of their songs,that I have heard on the radio.

This guy is a mixture of M Manson and Alice Cooper.

He came out with a suit on,wearing a super-duper dildo on.I mean this was about as big a dildo as you can buy.Then he came out with a g-sting on with leather chaps.Then he changed into a out-fit that was pink satin,8"or 10" platform shoes with a doll sewed on like it was giving him a headjob.

There was alot of parents there that brought their kids to watch Kansas.But they ended up leaving when the Tubes started.

Should there be ratings for concerts?
I don't know!...But it would be nice to know what the bands are like.
I had no idea that they where this way.
I really didn't mind too much,but I did feel sorry for the parents that spent $20.00 a ticket to see Kansas have to leave because of the anticks of the Tubes.

 

[R Nitelight]

Feeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Merelan]

Am I nuts or shouldn't bands that appear together, or open for each other at least be near what the other bands are like?
Call me wild and crazy but I too would have been pissed.
Now, where did he get that dildo?

 

[Mortto56]

Yea merelan,I'll have to agree with you on that.

Most concerts I have been too over the years,(and I've been to a lot of them)have been basically the same type of bands.With the same type of music.
I know it was part of the show,but it didn't really impress me much.

Now I don't know where he aquired that dildo.But why would you want one when you could have me!:lol:

 

[R Nitelight]

The Tubes

FORMED: 1972, San Francisco, CA
DISBANDED: 1986

The Tubes were arch satirists of popular culture whose outrageous performance-art concepts -- which swung wildly from soft-core pornography to suit-and-tie conservatism -- frequently eclipsed their elusive musical identity. The beginnings of the group originate in Phoenix, Arizona in the late '60s, where guitarist Bill Spooner, keyboardist Vince Welnick and bassist Rick Anderson formed as the Beans (alternately billing themselves as the Radar Men from Uranus). After moving to San Francisco in 1972, the Beans recruited guitarist Roger Steen and drummer Prairie Prince (from Red, White & Blues), and later became the Tubes with the addition of Michael Cotten on keyboards and former roadie Fee Waybill on lead vocals.Over the course of the next few years, the Tubes earned a devoted cult following on the strength of Spooner's parodic songs and the group's surreal live shows, which featured Waybill adopting a variety of personas including the "crippled Nazi" Dr. Strangekiss, country singer Hugh Heifer and Quay Lewd, a drug-addled British pop star. After signing to A&M in 1975, they released their self-titled debut, followed a year later by Young and Rich; while both failed to transfer the manic energy and theatrical complexity of their live set onto record, the single "White Punks on Dope" became a minor hit and a radio staple. After 1977's failed concept record The Tubes Now, the group toured England, where a series of banned performances made them a media sensation. However, during the recording of the concert LP What Do You Want From Live? Waybill broke his leg onstage while acting out his punk character Johnny Bugger; the remainder of the tour was cancelled, and with it died the band's chart momentum. After returning to the U.S., they recruited producer Todd Rundgren and recorded 1979's Remote Control, a concept album exploring the influence of television; when it met a similar commercial fate as its predecessors, the Tubes were dropped by A&M. After signing to Capitol, they recorded 1981's Completion Backwards Principle, an album based on an actual sales training instruction manual; both "Talk to You Later" and "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" earned significant radio play, and the LP became the Tubes' first Top 40 hit. Thanks to its provocative video, the single "She's a Beauty" reached the Top Ten, and pushed the 1983 LP Outside/Inside into the Top 20 Albums chart; after 1986's Love Bomb stiffed, however, the Tubes disbanded, and Welnick later joined the Grateful Dead. In 1993, the Tubes reunited; consisting of Waybill, Steen, Anderson, Prince and new keyboardist Gary Cambra, they toured the U.S. and Europe before releasing a new LP, Genius of America, in 1996. Spooner also issued his own solo record, Mall to Mars. In 2000, the Tubes embarked on another extensive tour, issuing the greatest-hits-live album Tubes World Tour to commemorate the event. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

 

[Dillinger]

I've seen the Tubes - I have all their albums (yes, vinyl). They're GREAT! Rundgren was their producer at one time... they've also made some really HOT videos...

 

[Thomas Paine]

The Bigger Question...

...is why would anybody take children to see any rock show, especially one with an old fart band like Kansas? (And I'm an old fart myself.)

Rock and roll, by its very nature, is supposed to be outrageous. Leave the kids at home...

P.S. Fee Rocks!

 

[Mortto56]

Well Nigtlight I got to say that was one hell of a post.I hadn't really heard of them before Friday night.

As far as bringing kids to the concert,I don't know why the parents did,but they did.There was alot of kids there.For a minute there I thought I was at a Brittney Spears concert.:lol:

Ya I'm with you T.P. leave the kids at home.