The Tubes

The Tubes
Formed: 1972 in San Francisco, CA
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Disbanded: 1986
Genre: Dance-Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock, Album Rock
Group Members: Fee Waybill, Bill Spooner, Gary Cambra, Michael Cotten, Prairie Prince, Roger Steen, Vince Welnick, Trey Sabatelli, Rick Anderson, David ...View All
Biography: 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 ...Read full biography
Outside Inside
Released: 1983
Label: EMI
Critics' Rating:
Another bit of clever packaging outside (the record label featured an iris that appeared through a cutout on the sleeve) and inside, where producer David Foster and even more members of Toto help the Tubes ...Read full review
The Completion Backward Principle
Released: 1981
Label: BGO
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The Completion Backward Principle was the first release on EMI/Capitol by San Francisco-based the Tubes. It found the outrageous septet working with producer David Foster, who gives the record a high-gloss ...Read full review
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