The Tubes


Hey,Anyone like the GROUP the tubes?
What's your favorite song/album?
These guys could and can really rock out.
and one thing I like about them is there albums generaly sound great too!
I saw them play at New George's in San Rafeal Ca in the late eighties,VERY good band.
Share your thoughts about this fun group!
mcgarick
Reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. Prairie Prince is alive and well.
I was going to say, Prairie Prince would be sad to hear that he has died.

He's making custom drums, selling his art and photography and still drumming on occasion. He's a North Carolina native (Charlotte), but grew up in Phoenix. Original member of Journey but went back to The Tubes before the first LP.

Heard the Tubes several times in the late 70s and covered "Talk To Ya Later" in my college band.

He's also played with Todd Rundgren, George Harrison, Chris Isaak, you name it.

STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE AND IN GOOD HEALTH!
It was Vince Welnick, the keybroard player from the Tubes who later joined the Grateful Dead who died.
I am a Tubes fan ,,,Young and Rich,,,every song on that album was great!Now,, is also very good,fav songs,,,Madam Im Adam,Pimp,Proud to be an American,Slipped my Disco,My Head is my only House Unless it Rains,Hit Parade,Smoke(La Vie en Fumer),Your no Fun,This Town,Strung out on Strings,,,,,,,,,,!
The Tubes were a huge influence on me growing up. I heard the Tubes Now when I was in junior high and then moved on to enjoy their entire catalog. Young and Rich has some great sounding cuts. I bought some white label promos of Now and Y&R recently on Ebay and they were the worst taken care of vinyl I have ever bought.

What do you want from live definitely warped my sensibilities. I can't remember exactly why (maybe it was a photo contest for fantasy bands?) but In High school some friends and I set up a Tubes like Rock stage in my garage, making huge platfform shoes and wrapping myself in aluminum foil for a photoshoot.