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The Tubes on MV
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The Tubes - Full Concert - 05/26/74 - Winterland (OFFICIAL)
The Tubes - Full Concert
Recorded Live: 5/26/1974 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA)
More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com
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Setlist:
0:00:00 - Up From The Deep
0:09:33 - Lunch Face
0:13:09 - Wonderbread Bodies
0:20:05 - The Hip Dip
0:23:08 - Crime Medley
0:26:22 - Town Without Pity
0:29:28 - Mondo Bondage
0:34:10 - Brighter Day
0:39:38 - Bitch / I'm Waiting For The Man / Stand Up And Shout
0:45:45 - Never Amount To Nothing
0:52:52 - White Punks On Dope
Personnel:
Rick Anderson - bass
Michael Cotten - synthesizers
Prairie Prince - drums
Bill Spooner - guitar, vocals
Roger Steen - guitar, vocals
Re Styles - vocals
Fee Waybill - lead vocals
Vince Welnick - keyboards
Summary:
A wild mix of progressive rock theater, multimedia, and scathing social criticism of America's television culture, the Tubes were unquestionably one of the most outrageous groups to surface in the Bay Area. As their name suggests, the Tubes based their performances on the surreal, alternate reality of television in which anything could happen and nothing was off limits. Most of the band's members had spent time in art school and this had a profound effect on their approach to music, which contained extravagant theatrics, including video screens, naked women, motorcycles, dancers, and even chainsaws! After working continuously around San Francisco in the early-1970s, turning many a head in the process, they began expanding their reach to several high profile clubs in Los Angeles, like the Roxy and the Whiskey A Go Go, where they soon became media darlings, soon signing a recording contract with A&M Records.
This Winterland performance from May of 1974 captures the band prior to their first album, opening a bill for headliners Journey and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. While a thoroughly engaging performance and one long time fans are sure to treasure, it also reveals the Tubes' greatest dilemma-how to translate their highly visual stage show to an entirely audio experience. Still, the soundtrack to their bizarre stage show clearly comes across in this performance, despite an abundance of booing from an audience unprepared for the band's onslaught. The strength of front man Fee Waybil's many characters, including Mondo Bondage Fee and Quay Lewd Fee, which both make appearances here, comes across surprisingly well in this context. The often hilarious and sarcastic onstage banter prefacing many of the songs helps to put much of this material in context.
The show kicks off in fine form with an early extended version of "Up From The Deep," featuring impressive musicianship, particularly from guitarist Roger Steen and drummer Prairie Prince, who is truly outstanding throughout this exuberant performance. The Tubes continue with the stimulating sequence of "Lunch Face" and "Wonderbread Bodies" before barreling their way through the "Crime Medley" and eventually into "Mondo Bondage." So much transpires here that it defies description. "Brighter Day," with its infectious James Brown-style guitar riffs, displays a deep funky groove that is undeniable. Following these, Waybil transforms into Quay Lewd for an amusing and swirling blend of the Rolling Stones' "Bitch" segueing directly into the Velvet Underground's "Waiting For The Man" and finally "Stand Up And Shout."
The set builds to a final frenzy with the scathing generation gap commentary of "You'll Never Amount To Nothing," followed by "Love Her Like A Man," a power pop rarity unavailable on their albums. The set concludes with the Tubes taking dead aim at the excessive behavior of their rich, white teenage fan base with the anthem "White Punks On Dope." As Winterland stage manager and master of ceremonies, Jerry Pompili, so eloquently states during his outro announcement, "San Francisco's own Theater Of The Absurd-the Tubes."
Recorded Live: 5/26/1974 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA)
More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com
Subscribe to Music Vault: goo.gl/DUzpUF
Setlist:
0:00:00 - Up From The Deep
0:09:33 - Lunch Face
0:13:09 - Wonderbread Bodies
0:20:05 - The Hip Dip
0:23:08 - Crime Medley
0:26:22 - Town Without Pity
0:29:28 - Mondo Bondage
0:34:10 - Brighter Day
0:39:38 - Bitch / I'm Waiting For The Man / Stand Up And Shout
0:45:45 - Never Amount To Nothing
0:52:52 - White Punks On Dope
Personnel:
Rick Anderson - bass
Michael Cotten - synthesizers
Prairie Prince - drums
Bill Spooner - guitar, vocals
Roger Steen - guitar, vocals
Re Styles - vocals
Fee Waybill - lead vocals
Vince Welnick - keyboards
Summary:
A wild mix of progressive rock theater, multimedia, and scathing social criticism of America's television culture, the Tubes were unquestionably one of the most outrageous groups to surface in the Bay Area. As their name suggests, the Tubes based their performances on the surreal, alternate reality of television in which anything could happen and nothing was off limits. Most of the band's members had spent time in art school and this had a profound effect on their approach to music, which contained extravagant theatrics, including video screens, naked women, motorcycles, dancers, and even chainsaws! After working continuously around San Francisco in the early-1970s, turning many a head in the process, they began expanding their reach to several high profile clubs in Los Angeles, like the Roxy and the Whiskey A Go Go, where they soon became media darlings, soon signing a recording contract with A&M Records.
This Winterland performance from May of 1974 captures the band prior to their first album, opening a bill for headliners Journey and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. While a thoroughly engaging performance and one long time fans are sure to treasure, it also reveals the Tubes' greatest dilemma-how to translate their highly visual stage show to an entirely audio experience. Still, the soundtrack to their bizarre stage show clearly comes across in this performance, despite an abundance of booing from an audience unprepared for the band's onslaught. The strength of front man Fee Waybil's many characters, including Mondo Bondage Fee and Quay Lewd Fee, which both make appearances here, comes across surprisingly well in this context. The often hilarious and sarcastic onstage banter prefacing many of the songs helps to put much of this material in context.
The show kicks off in fine form with an early extended version of "Up From The Deep," featuring impressive musicianship, particularly from guitarist Roger Steen and drummer Prairie Prince, who is truly outstanding throughout this exuberant performance. The Tubes continue with the stimulating sequence of "Lunch Face" and "Wonderbread Bodies" before barreling their way through the "Crime Medley" and eventually into "Mondo Bondage." So much transpires here that it defies description. "Brighter Day," with its infectious James Brown-style guitar riffs, displays a deep funky groove that is undeniable. Following these, Waybil transforms into Quay Lewd for an amusing and swirling blend of the Rolling Stones' "Bitch" segueing directly into the Velvet Underground's "Waiting For The Man" and finally "Stand Up And Shout."
The set builds to a final frenzy with the scathing generation gap commentary of "You'll Never Amount To Nothing," followed by "Love Her Like A Man," a power pop rarity unavailable on their albums. The set concludes with the Tubes taking dead aim at the excessive behavior of their rich, white teenage fan base with the anthem "White Punks On Dope." As Winterland stage manager and master of ceremonies, Jerry Pompili, so eloquently states during his outro announcement, "San Francisco's own Theater Of The Absurd-the Tubes."
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The Tubes - Full Concert - 10/31/74 - Winterland (OFFICIAL)
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The Tubes - Full Concert Recorded Live: 10/31/1974 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA) More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault: goo.gl/DUzpUF Setlist: 0:00:00 - What Do You Want From Life 0:04:45 - Haloes 0:09:30 - Malaguena Salerosa 0:13:51 - Up From The Deep 0:18:24 - Monologue 0:19:56 - Bali Ha'i 0:22:33 - It's Not Unusual 0:27:03 - Space Baby 0:33:24 - Crime ...
The Tubes - Full Concert - 12/31/75 - Winterland (OFFICIAL)
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The Tubes - Full Concert Recorded Live: 12/31/1975 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA) More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault: goo.gl/DUzpUF Setlist: 0:00:00 - What Do You Want From Life? 0:05:54 - The Tubes World Tour 0:11:17 - Sputnik 0:13:34 - Space Baby 0:18:18 - Theme From I Love Lucy 0:19:16 - Proud To Be An American 0:22:54 - 3rd Stone From The Sun 0:24:2...
The Tubes - Full Concert - 12/28/78 - Winterland (OFFICIAL)
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The Tubes - Full Concert Recorded Live: 12/28/1978 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA) More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault: goo.gl/DUzpUF Setlist: 0:00:00 - What Do You Want From Life 0:05:32 - Turn Me On 0:09:37 - Tubes World Tour 0:14:17 - Lonesome Roger Steen / Ghost Riders In The Sky 0:18:32 - Strung Out On Strings 0:22:27 - Sacramento Monologue 0:26:11 -...
The Tubes - Full Concert - 02/21/75 - Winterland (OFFICIAL)
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The Tubes - Full Concert Recorded Live: 2/21/1975 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA) More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault: goo.gl/DUzpUF Setlist: 0:00:00 - Wish I Could Stop Wishing 0:04:21 - I'm Waiting For The Man / Stand Up And Shout 0:09:57 - Boy Crazy 0:13:39 - Hermuta Bermuda 0:19:30 - White Punks On Dope Personnel: Rick Anderson - bass Michael Cotten -...
The Tubes - Full Concert - 06/01/75 - Winterland (OFFICIAL)
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The Tubes - Full Concert Recorded Live: 6/1/1975 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA) More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault: goo.gl/DUzpUF Setlist: 0:00:00 - What Do You Want From Life? 0:04:47 - Haloes 0:09:27 - Malaguena Salerosa 0:13:25 - Up From The Deep 0:18:00 - Dr. Strangekiss 0:19:32 - Bali Hai 0:22:09 - It's Not Unusual 0:25:45 - Space Baby 0:31:57 - Cr...
The Tubes - Full Concert - 08/24/79 - Oakland Auditorium (OFFICIAL)
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The Tubes - Full Concert Recorded Live: 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Oakland, CA) More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault: goo.gl/DUzpUF Setlist: 0:00:00 - Getoverture 0:03:24 - Turn Me On 0:07:28 - TV Is King 0:11:11 - Be Mine Tonight 0:15:11 - Don't Touch Me There 0:20:01 - No Mercy 0:23:50 - Only The Strong Survive 0:27:48 - I Want It All Now 0:32:52 - W...
The Tubes - Slipped My Disco - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Slipped My Disco Recorded Live: 12/31/1975 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on UA-cam: goo.gl/DUzpUF Personnel: Fee Waybill - vocals Bill "Sputnik" Spooner - guitar, vocals Roger Steen - guitar Prairie Prince - drums Michael Cotten - synthesizer Vince Welnick - piano Rick Anderson - bass Summary: The Tubes ar...
The Tubes - I'm Waiting For The Man - 10/31/1974 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - I'm Waiting For The Man Recorded Live: 10/31/1974 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on UA-cam: goo.gl/DUzpUF
The Tubes - Town Without Pity - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Town Without Pity Recorded Live: 12/31/1975 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on UA-cam: goo.gl/DUzpUF Personnel: Fee Waybill - vocals Bill "Sputnik" Spooner - guitar, vocals Roger Steen - guitar Prairie Prince - drums Michael Cotten - synthesizer Vince Welnick - piano Rick Anderson - bass Summary: The Tubes a...
The Tubes - Bali Ha'i - 10/31/1974 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Bali Ha'i - 10/31/1974 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Boy Crazy - 2/21/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Boy Crazy - 2/21/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Aisha - 6/1/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Aisha - 6/1/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Don't Touch Me There - 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Official)
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The Tubes - Don't Touch Me There - 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Official)
The Tubes - Crime Medley - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Crime Medley Recorded Live: 12/31/1975 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on UA-cam: goo.gl/DUzpUF Personnel: Fee Waybill - vocals Bill "Sputnik" Spooner - guitar, vocals Roger Steen - guitar Prairie Prince - drums Michael Cotten - synthesizer Vince Welnick - piano Rick Anderson - bass Summary: The Tubes are a ...
The Tubes - Tubes World Tour - 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Official)
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The Tubes - Tubes World Tour Recorded Live: 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium - Oakland, CA More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on UA-cam: goo.gl/DUzpUF Personnel: Rick Anderson - bass Michael Cotten - synthesizers Prairie Prince - drums Mingo Lewis- drums and percussion Bill Spooner - guitar, vocals Roger Steen - guitar, harmonica, vocals Re Styles - vocals ...
The Tubes - Crime Theme Medley / Mondo Bondage - 6/1/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Crime Theme Medley / Mondo Bondage Recorded Live: 6/1/1975 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on UA-cam: goo.gl/DUzpUF Personnel: Rick Anderson - bass Michael Cotten - synthesizer, design Prairie Prince - drums Bill Spooner - guitar, vocals Roger Steen - guitar, vocals Re Styles - vocals Fee Waybill - vocals Vi...
The Tubes - Sweet Caroline - 12/28/1978 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Sweet Caroline Recorded Live: 12/28/1978 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on UA-cam: goo.gl/DUzpUF Personnel: Rick Anderson - bass, vocals Michael Cotten - synthesizers Mingo Lewis - percussion, vocals Prairie Prince - drums Bill Spooner - guitar, vocals Roger Steen - guitar, vocals Re Styles - vocals Fee Way...
The Tubes - Proud To Be An American - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Proud To Be An American Recorded Live: 12/31/1975 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA More The Tubes at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on UA-cam: goo.gl/DUzpUF Personnel: Fee Waybill - vocals Bill "Sputnik" Spooner - guitar, vocals Roger Steen - guitar Prairie Prince - drums Michael Cotten - synthesizer Vince Welnick - piano Rick Anderson - bass Summary: The T...
The Tubes - New Year's Countdown - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - New Year's Countdown - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Space Baby - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Space Baby - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Theme From I Love Lucy - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Theme From I Love Lucy - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Dr. Strangekiss / Bali Ha'i - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Dr. Strangekiss / Bali Ha'i - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Turn Me On - 12/28/1978 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Turn Me On - 12/28/1978 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - I'm Waiting For The Man - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - I'm Waiting For The Man - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Baba O'Riley / The Kids Are Alright - 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Official)
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The Tubes - Baba O'Riley / The Kids Are Alright - 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Official)
The Tubes - What Do You Want From Life? - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - What Do You Want From Life? - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Malaguena Salerosa - 6/1/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Malaguena Salerosa - 6/1/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Living In The U.S.A. (Stanford Marching Band) - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
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The Tubes - Living In The U.S.A. (Stanford Marching Band) - 12/31/1975 - Winterland (Official)
The Tubes - Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand) - 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Official)
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The Tubes - Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand) - 8/24/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Official)
We used to listen to this album in fifth and sixth grade back in the early 70s
Youth now a days have no clue what they missed out on.
Perfect 😄
A baby’s arm holding an apple?!! The best.
LOVE THE TUBES!!!!
I was lucky enough to see these live in Birmingham England late 70s.. 77.. 78 .. 79 ish they were superb
Graduated high school in 79, these songs were all anthems ! Listened to them all nightly in the Bay Area on KOME 98.5 with Dennis Erectis. Great times.
Im going to Harrisburg
Ah the college years One of very few I learned was how great these guys are😂😂😂
Johnny Carson and red skelton
The early version of Slipped My Disco is just....just.....just so funkyphenomenal
Wat een heerlijk nummer blijft dit toch!
The spirit of musicals like the Phantom of the Paradise or Rocky Horror Picture Show, great time, great music.
THIS WAS A PERFORMANCE BAND.....MOSTLY NAKED HOT CHICKS...OFF THE WALL CONCEPTS.....HAD A BUNCH OF HITS......SOME JUST DONT GET IT .....TO SEE THEM ON A HOT DATE NIGHT.....YOU SCORED BIG POINTS.....
This is so excellent. These guys are tight, doing it live they have all the great elements of the studio version it holds its own.
I can't believe I never quite got this song. When first I heard it as a teen in the late 70s, I just thought the chorus was like in ML's Paradise By The Dashboard Light, but the point is obviously: what we cannot have, we only want more...even if we didn't want it in the first place.
Brilliant song, sounds fantastic live. Good band i saw them in London once abd the great alex harvey joined them on stage 👌
Favorite american rock band.
😊sooo glad I grew up in the 70's! Best times!❤
such a great fkin song
i worked room service in amsterdam they were so nice
Wow that was a couple of days before I saw Cheap Trick for New Years Eve of 1978! I saw them again in 1979 to rign in 1980. I can still hear Rick Nielsen saying 4 years till 1984!❤❤
I love their early days! Then they had to go commercial in the 80's unfortunately.
Saw the Tubes in Southampton , UK after they were banned in Portsmouth for lewd behaviour. The local council did not want to take a risk. A crazy, high energy set, it was fantastic. Fee Waybill was astonishing to watch. The whole of 'white punks on dope' is a mickey take on a white youth sub culture in the affluent areas of LA. I loved the very staged stack of speakers falling on top of him, as it did in every show and the bizzare characters casually appearing on the stage. I remember the topless female dancers dressed as king prawns, it doesn't get any wackier than this! They were so much more than just this song.
Buffalo N.Y. Town of Tonawanda. 73 or 74
Don't even think about it! oooohhhh NO NO NO! Man! That was FANTASTIC!
I've seen the tubes a few times I've seen them do this song differently a few times one time this song morphed into like this jazz lounge chilled out version it was fucking incredible one of the greatest groups of all time
I was there! A night to remember.
Brilliant amazing band...so underrated...
Fantastic band !!!!!!!!!!!
perverts on dope....still here today
Getting back on the motorcycle for the chorus still has me screaming
Nicht zu fassen, fantastisch.
Destroy the music this clowns gays
You only get one first time, and mine was the Tubes. God bless rock and roll.
RD 400
Yup them talwins , miltowns, and seconals were pretty good.
Serious greatness.
Love the Tubes ! Love this tune !
Introduction by future award winning choreographer Kenny Ortega 👏
Musicianship, song structure, story telling, theatre, romance, drama, performance, rhythm and feeling, vocal harmony. Young and rich and remote control are my fave tube albums, saw them only once, in Hanover, Germany, in 1980 ish, oh how I'd love to have seen them again, love the Tubes xx
Love this band, the musicianship and especially the humor! Legends. The 70s were just a million times better than 2024
Yeah 🎉
I use to see them at the Whiskey in Hollywood..so crazy!
The khazarian mafias white punks on dope terrorizing the world..Tubes knew! goldman, raskins,schumers and blue state govs
Being a S.F. band, I seriously doubt they had ANY interest in a stupid conservative agenda.
Unglaublich, fantastisch
I - was - there !!!!!!❤❤
around 57:23 the big girl had to wear a full bra because they didn't have super glue back then for pasties
Is that Ree Styles? Fee the ultimate frontperson. Rock on Tubes!!
So what, who cares? Great tune!