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Chez Panisse 40th Anniversary Pt 1
Paul Simon at the Greek Theater
The Tubes - White Punks On Dope video
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August 10, 2015
The Tubes - White Punks On Dope - VHS video tape
back cover photo by Exley
photo of tape cover by Styrous®
The Tubes video uses the graphics and contains tracks from the album, The Completion Backward Principle, but has songs from other albums, including my Tubes favorite, White Punks on Dope, which was SO much fun to rock out to. This video was choreographed by Kenny Ortega.
front cover detail
detail photo by Styrous®
Mötley Crüe covered "White Punks on Dope" on their album New Tattoo, and performs it live in concert on their "Lewd, Crüed, & Tattooed" DVD. The Nina Hagen Band interpreted the song in a German-language version, translated to "TV-Glotzer" (with re-written lyrics about being an East German who lives vicariously by staring at West German television all day) on their self-titled debut album in 1978.
White Punks on Dope, from the album, The Tubes, is included after the closing credits, and contains many scenes from the Tubes early cable access TV appearances as well as footage from early shows where Waybill would play the part of Quay Lude.
back cover detail
detail photo by Styrous®
When I was working on Broadway and the Leatherneck bar (see link below) I met Jane Dornacker, who wrote the song, Don't Touch Me There, sung by Re Styles (who I met through Jane), for the second studio album by The Tubes, Young and Rich in 1976. Dornacker also toured with The Tubes as a backing singer and dancer.
Dornacker
was rock musician in her own right. She was lead singer (Leila),
keyboardist, and songwriter of the San Francisco "tack" rock group, Leila and the Snakes.
Pearl Gates and Pamela Wood provided supporting vocals for the group. Their
repertoire included Rock and Roll Weirdos, Pyramid Power and a spoof
version of Peggy Lee's Is That All There Is? Gates later left (and took the band with her) to form Pearl Harbor and the Explosions. One of my favorite songs by The Explosions was, Drivin'.
On October 22, 1986, while giving a traffic report for WNBC Radio in New York City, Dornacker died when the traffic helicopter she was in crashed into the Hudson River. She was 39 years old.
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back cover photo by Exley
detail photo by Styrous®
John Waldo "Fee" Waybill was born on September 17, 1950, in Omaha, Nebraska, is the lead singer and songwriter of the The Tubes. Waybill has also worked with Toto and Richard Marx. He has appeared in films, Xanadu (1980) and the 1982 independent Canadian film, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains.
Waybill now works as a record producer. He was the producer for a number of popularartists, including Bryan Adams, and singer/songwriter Richard Marx.
One of Fee's latest efforts includes vocals and co-writing on All's
Well That Ends Well, the critically acclaimed song in 2011 by Steve Lukather, of Toto.
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detail photo by Styrous®
Prairie Prince was born Charles Lempriere Prince on May 7, 1950, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has also worked with Chris Isaak (on his first four albums), Todd Rundgren, Brian Eno, David Byrne, XTC, Tom Waits, Paul Kantner, George Harrison, Dick Dale, Glenn Frey, Richard Marx, Bill Spooner, Neil Hamburger, John Fogerty, Nicky Hopkins, Tommy Bolin, Phil Lesh, and former Tubes and Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick.
He was a founding member of Jefferson Starship – The Next Generation in 1992 and appears on both their studio albums (the 1999 release Windows of Heaven and the 2008 release, Jefferson's Tree of Liberty), plus numerous live albums.
photo by Styrous®
William "Sputnik" Spooner was born in Arizona on August 16, 1949. His first band was the XLs, a Beatles
cover band. A band he started subsequently, the Beans, moved to San
Francisco in 1970. Shortly after arriving the Beans merged with another
group, the Red, White and Blues Band, then became the Tubes.
photo by Styrous®
Vince Welnick was born in Phoenix, Arizona on February 21, 1951. He joined The Beans, which eventually morphed into The Tubes. Welnick also appeared in Xanadu, along with the rest of The Tubes. In 1994, he was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead.
On June 2, 2006, Welnick committed suicide by cutting his own throat, after battling depression for 10 years.
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Net links:
The Tubes discography
The Tubes website
White Punks On Dope on YouTube
White Punks On Dope - The Tubes on YouTube
(live San Francisco 1983)
Don't Touch Me There on YouTube
Mondo Bondage on YouTube
Amnesia on YouTube
Mr. Hate on YouTube
Sushi Girl on YouTube
Don't Want To Wait Anymore on YouTube
The Tubes history on YouTube
The Tubes - VHS video tape is for sale on eBay
Songs:
- Matter of Pride
- Sports Fans
- Amnesia
- Mr. Hate
- Mondo Bondage
- Don't Want to Wait Anymore
- Business
- Talk To Ya Later
- Sushi Girl
- Let's Make Some Noise
- White Punks on Dope
Personnel:
- Bill Spooner - Analysis, Guitar, Vocals
- Michael Cotten - Trend, Synthesizers
- Fee Waybill - Motivation, Lead Vocals
- Roger Steen - Development, Guitar, Vocals
- Prairie Prince - Systems, drums
- Vince Welnick - Accounts, keyboards, Vocals
- Rick Anderson - Policy, Bass
Net links:
The Tubes discography
The Tubes website
White Punks On Dope on YouTube
White Punks On Dope - The Tubes on YouTube
(live San Francisco 1983)
Don't Touch Me There on YouTube
Mondo Bondage on YouTube
Amnesia on YouTube
Mr. Hate on YouTube
Sushi Girl on YouTube
Don't Want To Wait Anymore on YouTube
The Tubes history on YouTube
What fantastic times those were!
The Tubes - VHS video tape is for sale on eBay
Styrous® ~ Monday, August 10, 2015
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