11 Facts About The Tubes

One of the first The Tubes shows was at the Art Institute cafeteria as part of an art show for classmate and future Hollywood director Kathryn Bigelow.

The Tubes's had appeared in both Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain and Sun Ra's Space Is the Place and posed for Playboy and Penthouse magazines.

In 1974, Bag O' Bucks filmed a The Tubes show at the California Hall and shopped the "video demo" around Los Angeles.

In 1975, the Tubes were offered a spot on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell and NBC's Saturday Night, but manager Mort Moriarty wanted the band to be able to play several songs in a row to show off how tight their transitions were; both shows declined, and without major network TV appearances, the Tubes missed out on huge TV exposure, cementing their "cult" status until the early 1980s.

The Tubes' third album Now was an attempt to write less satirical songs with the band sharing song writing duties with Bill Spooner.

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The Tubes's later asked the band to appear in her next TV special Cher.

John Tobler said that with their media savvy and theatrical skills, the Tubes were born to create rock video but arrived several years too early.

The Tubes' stage productions were choreographed by Kenny Ortega and featured cast members Jane Dornacker, LeRoy Jones, Michael Holman, Michael Springer, Cindi Osborn, Heline Gouax, and Mary Niland from 1975 to 1977.

Bruce Garfield and Bobby Colomby were dropped by Capitol in the company-wide layoffs that took place pre-reorganization, and like many of their label mates, the Tubes were released; however, this occurred just as they were going on tour in support of the album.

The Tubes recorded several songs for movie soundtracks including Hardbodies, My Science Project, and Heavenly Bodies.

The Tubes's was killed in a helicopter crash in 1986, while giving a live report.