The Tubes Live White Punks On Dope on The Tube

[minutegongcoughs]

oh so very brilliant

[coachy61]

A Huge WPOD fan from Reno. The tubes really kick ass live.

Renoruona

[truckertwotimes]

Crazy Baby TTT Approved

[artheriford]

How about Fee's "John Stockton" shorts? Funny stuff

[hasanrolf]

fucking loved this tune.

[selmerthegod]

To the cunt that went into Reactions and hit 'what?' fuck you panshite.

[danno02]

Just saw them last night in Pleasanton CA. Havent seen them in 26 years...the show is a bit smaller...but still rocks.

[precisionb]

I love the Q guitar, saw them in '82.

[quahog900]

lady gaga is rippin these guys off

[roseannsmith1]

One of the best stage shows ever:)

[F2devo]

Saw the Tubes in Toronto in October 1975 playing at Massey Hall. Had no idea who they were. Was visiting Toronto and staying with friends and during the day walked by a Audio/Video store on Yonge Street that had a bunch of TV screens in the window playing this wierd stuff of bondage, space men and crazy looking musicians. Then I turned around and a flat deck truck goes roaring down the road with these huge bright yellow, green and red nylon tubes with The Tubes printed on the side. Wild Show!

[sockington1]

this was the friday - I saw them at city hall the next day and - damn !

[TC1965]

amazing version of this on the old grey whistle test also

[roadholders]

whatever happened to them, very underestimated and brilliant musicians!

[ZAcKHINN]

@roadholders I've seen them a couple times in the past few years. They still got it! Fee is just as fantastic as he ever was.

[jek21]

This is awesome! I looked up this band because the Stanford marching band plays this song every year at the Davis battle of the bands.

[AlienSpaceResearch]

was 78-80 (cant really rememba) and since that... best COncert Ì´ll evr seen !!!! in Hamburg and aroundf all this world 

[andycollett4]

Do I hear a little Frank Zappa influence here?

[bigboyzac2010]

whether he was a terrific performer or a guy packing his own fudge ( I'm english - I have to guess what that means! ) , he gave a full crowd in The Toon (that's Newcastle to you) a truly memorable night. Rock on Fee. If you still can, of course.

[hendave1]

i was at this gig at a tv studio in newcastle, it was an awsome show but was heavily edited before it was aired due to Fee Waybill's antics and of course the swearing!! I'll never forget it though, brilliant.

[iWENT2pcs]

Just... one more 'B'!

[narred]

HE'S TRIPPIN ON KET!!!

[coachy61]

Fee Rocks out had saw them in Reno Nv about 10 yrs back best show in a small night club. Renoruona

[mcbrideamb]

heard so much about this band, and remember watchin them on the tube live back in the day. Dated even then, looks like a 1970 glam rock fudgepacker to me!

[Skulldini]

@mcbrideamb Just another "1970's glam rock fudgepacker" .. ? HA!! .. I like that.

[Skulldini]

@mcbrideamb Hey! .. now THAT would make for a good song title there! We're Galm Fudgepackers On, ... ahhhhh on, .. amyl nitrate ?

[knoxunflower1]

@mcbrideamb If you really did watch them back then (and not "She's A Beauty" on MTV), but thought that at the time, why did you come in here to be disappointed all over again? Me thinks you're full of....fudge.

[grazzy101]

saw these guys in the first ever uk concert around 1978 in Newcastle \knew then I would never see a better show 30 odd years later still rings true

[PingCrosby1]

The fuckin best

[63punkaddict]

aahhh the tubes. musical anarchy of god like proportions. TUBES WE NEED YOU TODAY

[quidly259]

@63punkaddict .. Dont we just

[duxberry1958]

wheres the vid wear he as a chainsaw

[multiviajes]

at 4:17 he damn near goes down with those ridiculous shoes

[agonaces]

Where can I find the unedited footage from this show? There mid jam was completly edited out.....any have the full version of this?

[greywolf907]

@agonaces I am just about to upload what was broadcast on the pirate bay as a torrent...look there!

[KickRockNow]

Give me a "B" brilliant

[jrm2fla]

I saw the Tubes at the Univ. of Miami - probably 1977 - they were AWESOME live - and WAY ahead of their time, with stagecraft, technology, use of video... The haters know from nothing.

[wildziblet1]

I seen the tubes many times in the 70's....ya never knew what fee was coming up with next....the world just wasn't ready for them!!!!!---------been a tubes fan ever since!!!!! excellant stuff!

[vertigomindwarp]

This is great! These guys are amazing, wish I had a chance to see this!

[WackaJawacka]

Ghostsoflakeshore. Spot on. I've seen around 3000 of the top bands worldwide since 1975 and The Tubes are in the top ten, maybe five.

I can see why they are slagged off though. I would think they were booked on the proviso that they played the risque (for prime time TV) WPOD WPOD was a spoof of a drugged up generation. The "routine" of WPOD did not fare well on a tiny TV set.

I was at the 70s Live album shows with a session musician and he was staggered at the high standard of the band.

[ghostsoflakeshore]

OK, this is for all of you critics out there. I've seen some of the best bands in Rock and have most of their records, tapes & CDs. From the Stones, McCartney, Bowe, Clapton, & Zappa, to the Police, Devo, Talking Heads, & Camper Van Bethoven, to Rush, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Tool, & GWAR. And many, many more in between. The Tubes live was probably one of the best shows I have ever seen! One of the most theatrical and entertaining performances one could hope for in a rock show! Peace!

[utuber111963]

@ghostsoflakeshore Just like you said. Plus this TV version and most of the US shows are very tamed down to what the live UK and European shows were like. The norm for many shows had 2 drummers, 2 keyboards, 3 guitars, 1 bass, 3 girls, 1 FW as a standard set. Sometimes other people would be drafted in too. The best shows were always the ones without camera crews spoiling the flow of the show. Entertainment and some, plus an album to try and relive a taste of the memories.

[vulpecula999]

jammed - yet again - great site this like

[billybadbrakes]

these blokes were truly mad!!

[MrAquarium]

Motley Crue did a good thing doing this song, these guys fuckin freaks suck

[Plazmatix]

Nope....

[franfeen]

714 MAN!!

[Spreadspectrum59]

1982-Okinawa Japan

Laserdisk was new and we had this whole album on it.

WPOD forever, the survivors of Kinser

[TURBOTAXIREG62]

Bob. Check out the double live album recorded at Hammersmith 1977. Great stuff, but that may well just depend on your age?

[orriblebob]

Ok Turbo, I am not that old .........yet!

i was 16 in 1977 the year that I left school.

I remember a friend of mine had an elder brother who was about 5 years older than us, he was well into the tubes at that time. they never did anything for me........

[vulpecula999]

I was there and went home to bed and pulled the covers over my head scared to death - what a show !!!

[orriblebob]

Is this some holiday camp joke band?

[JimmyJizzbag]

if you keep quiet, no one will know how stupid you are

[Linz748916]

Yeah shut the fuck up! Obviously don't know your music dude. Get to be now, there's a good fella

[Rollie1961]

More like white dopes on punk!

[Plazmatix]

You're a loser....

[stevew1982]

Thanks for posting .I think iv'e still got this on video at my moms somewhere.