The Tubes is the debut album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 of The Tubes

The Tubes

The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band, whose 1975 debut album included the hit single, "White Punks on Dope". During its first fifteen years or so, the band's live performances combined quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism, and politics...

. Songs from this album which received significant airplay include "What Do You Want From Life" and "White Punks On Dope". The latter song peaked at number 28 on the UK singles chart

UK Singles Chart

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The line "hang myself when I get enough rope" in the song "White Punks on Dope" later inspired the title of the 1978 album by The Clash

The Clash

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

, Give 'Em Enough Rope

Give 'Em Enough Rope

Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 10 November 1978 through CBS Records. It was their first album released in the United States, preceding the US version of The Clash...

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The first verse of Mondo Bondage contains what is perhaps the first ever use of the Gated reverb

Gated reverb

Gated reverb is an audio processing technique that is applied to recordings of drums to make the drums sound powerful and "punchy," while keeping the overall mix clean and transparent-sounding...

 snare drum sound. This recording technique was later made famous during the early 1980s by drummers such as Phil Collins

Phil Collins

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....

 of Genesis

Genesis (band)

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

. Another well-known example is the 1984 Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

 hit Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A. (song)

"Born in the U.S.A." is a 1984 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. Taken from the album of the same name, it is one of his best-known singles. Rolling Stone ranked the song 275th on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed...

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Track listing

Side One

1. "Up from the Deep" (The Tubes, Ray Trainer) – 4:28
2. "Haloes" (Al Kooper, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen) – 4:53
3. "Space Baby" (Bill Spooner, Mike Carpenter,Vince Welnick) – 4:25
4. "Malagueña Salerosa
   Malagueña Salerosa
   Malagueña Salerosa also known as La Malagueña is a well-known Son Huasteco or Huapango song from Mexico, which has been covered by many performers....
   
   " (Pedro Galindo, Elpidio Ramirez) - 3:52

Side Two

1. "Mondo Bondage" (The Tubes) – 4:34
2. "What Do You Want from Life?" (Bill Spooner, Michael Evans) – 4:01
3. "Boy Crazy" (Bill Spooner) – 4:09
4. "White Punks on Dope" (Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Michael Evans) – 6:49

Personnel

• Fee Waybill
  Fee Waybill
  John Waldo Waybill , known as Fee Waybill, is the lead singer and songwriter of the band the Tubes...
  
   - vocals
• Bill Spooner
  Bill Spooner
  William "Sputnik" Spooner is a musician, guitarist, and songwriter, and the founder of The Tubes, a theatrical rock band. His songwriting is known for its use of humor and satire. He has released three solo albums: First Chud , Mall to Mars , and Demo-licious...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Michael Cotten - synthesizer
• Prairie L'Emprere Prince
  Prairie Prince
  Prairie Prince is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey...
  
   - drums
• Roger Steen - guitar, vocals
• Vince Welnick
  Vince Welnick
  Vince Welnick was an American keyboardist, best known for playing with the band The Tubes during the 1970s and 1980s and with the Grateful Dead in the 1990s.-Music career:...
  
   - keyboards
• Rick Anderson - bass

International Culture

• Mötley Crüe
  Mötley Crüe
  Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...
  
   covered "White Punks On Dope" on their album New Tattoo
  New Tattoo
  New Tattoo is the eighth studio album by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe released in 2000. Artistically, New Tattoo shows the band going back to their earlier musical style that gave them commercial success in the 1980s. Long time drummer Tommy Lee left the band a year before, and was...
  
  , and performs it live in concert on their "Lewd, Crued, & Tattooed" DVD. Nina Hagen
  Nina Hagen
  Nina Hagen is a German singer and actress.-Early years:Hagen was born as Catharina Hagen in the former East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of Hans Hagen , a scriptwriter, and Eva-Maria Hagen, an actress and singer...
  
   interpreted the song in a German-language version, translated to "TV-Glotzer" (with re-written lyrics about being a couch potato who stares at television all day) on her self-titled debut album.