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The Tubes

Punk rock
Punk rock

The Tubes is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of The Cars, David Foster, Lee Hazlewood, Al Kooper and Bill Champlin. Those roots explain a lot about how The Tubes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Donnie Iris, Godley & Creme, The J. Geils Band, Billy Squier and Night Ranger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nina Hagen, Venom, Journey, Mötley Crüe and Polysics, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around The Tubes, reaching back through The Cars and forward to Nina Hagen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The TubesThe CarsDavid FosterLee HazlewoodAl KooperBill ChamplinAlice CooperThe Pointer SistersSylvesterNina HagenVenomJourneyMötley CrüePolysicsThe Grateful DeadGrateful DeadDonnie IrisGodley & CremeThe J. Geils BandBilly SquierNight RangerThe FixxDave EdmundsEddie Money

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The Tubes connections

The Tubes grew out of The Cars, David Foster, Lee Hazlewood and Al Kooper, shares an orbit with Donnie Iris, Godley & Creme, The J. Geils Band and Billy Squier, went on to shape Nina Hagen, Venom, Journey and Mötley Crüe. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Tubes

Roots15

Sounds and acts that shaped The Tubes.

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Kindred20

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Legacy7

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