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Genius Of America
''Genius of America'' is the eighth and most recent studio album to date by The Tubes and marked their return to the studio for the first time since 1985's '' Love Bomb''. The band self-produced the album and is their first body of work to include Gary Cambra. The album was released on October 15, 1996. A CD featuring re-mixed versions of the songs plus two bonus tracks was released in Europe in 1999 as ''Hoods from Outer Space''. Track listing #"Genius of America" (Cambra, Prince) - 4:00 #"Arms of the Enemy" (Cambra, Waybill) - 4:29 #"Say What You Want" (Cambra, Waybill) - 4:09 #"How Can You Live With Yourself" (Marx, Waybill) - 5:15 #"Big Brother's Still Watching" (Lukather, Marx, Waybill) - 5:31 #"After All You Said" (Steen, Waybill) - 4:29 #"Fishhouse" (Cambra, Prince, Steen) - 4:38 #"Fastest Gun Alive" (Anderson, Cambra, Steen, Waybill) - 5:05 #"I Never Saw It Comin'" (Cambra, Waybill) - 3:19 #"Who Names the Hurricanes" (Cambra, Prince) - 4:50 #"It's Too Late" (Steen, Waybil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tubes
The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band. Their eponymous 1975 debut album included the single "White Punks on Dope," while their 1983 single "She's a Beauty" was a top-10 U.S. hit and its music video was frequently played in the early days of MTV. The band also performed in the 1980 film '' Xanadu'', singing the rock portion of the cross-genre song "Dancin'" opposite a big band. History The Tubes formed on March 22, 1972, in San Francisco, California, featuring members from two Phoenix, Arizona bands who had relocated to San Francisco in 1969. One, The Beans, included Bill Spooner, Rick Anderson, Vince Welnick and Bob McIntosh. The other, the Red White and Blues Band, featured Prairie Prince, Roger Steen, and David Killingsworth. After performing at Expo '70 in Japan, Killingsworth left the Red, White and Blues Band, leaving Steen and Prince to audition new bass players, albeit unsuccessfully. Before moving to San Francisco the Beans had been a local favorite in Phoenix, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |