Too many they are the greatest “Jam” band that ever lived and there are legions that have followed them across the country that would attest to that.  They were a technically proficient band though this fact was often lost on those who didn’t follow them….of course those who did often “forgot” that they were listening to them in the first place.

Many bands on this list have two distinct periods, but it is next to impossible to find any artist that seemingly had two separate careers more than the Tubes. With the first half that featured bizarre performance art based shows and songs of campy parody few acts seemed more “out there” than the Tubes. Their second phase was a band that seriously toned down their camp and concentrated on sleek Arena Rock that although was a departure was very successful. Despite this split personality that the group seemed to have, we have a hard time envisioning either one in Cleveland.