The Tubes are one of the most underrated bands of the last 50 years.

The Tubes?!?!

Yes, the Tubes.

If you are a live stage musician in a rock and roll band you can instantly see why the Tubes delivered from the gut with next level musicianship and hutzpah.

They were this weird combination of something like Utopia blended with The Cars with the punk scene thrown in and brought it to the masses.

The live show was over the tops with orchestrated chaos from not only the band but all sorts of bit players who just materialized on stage.

The amazing thing to think about is in the late 70’s and early 80’s there was no hiding behind the modern production levels concerts have today. These guys have to actually play the music while running through the show, handle on-the-fly costume changes all while ripping through brute force 2 and 3 way guitar assemblies.

People tend to only think of them for their 80’s hits of ‘Talk To Ya Later” and “She’s a Beauty” but the true masterpiece song in my opinion hands down is White Punks on Dope.