WalMan Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Saw a Facebook post at the weekend to say Rick died on Friday. Sad news as The Tubes were such an influence on my band back in the day 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Part of my history also, listening to White Punks on Dope in his memory 😕 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalMan Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) We always go to at least one show when they are over and I was hoping that they would get some smaller shows in when they were over supporting Hollywood Vampires in July. We used to end the set with WPOD some years back because we all loved The Tubes. Because of the influence there was a while when it started with a cop show medley, and we always ended it with a bit of Love's A Mystery that's repeated at the end of Telecide. Confused the hell out of the crowd to start with but I have a couple of live tapes where it went an absolute storm. Like I say they were a huge influence on my bandmates stage shows before that and we often worked up 'overture' medleys just because of that. Rick locked in with Prairie Prince and covering all the different styles in the set Edited December 19, 2022 by WalMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbybloke68 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 That’s really sad news, fantastic players all of ‘em . Saw them at the Brook, Southampton a couple of times. So entertaining. Gutted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 As a big fan of The Tubes, I was saddened to learn that Rick Anderson passed away on December 16th. He was a great player - solid, supportive and flashy only when he needed to be. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-tubes-rick-anderson-dead/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Another big fan here. I saw them live in the 80's. What an immense band they were and thoroughly unique. Still got about 5 of their CD's ...Tubes, Young n Rich, Now, Remote Control and Completion Backward Principle. Young and Rich is the masterpiece IMO Anderson had the longest hair i'd ever seen on a muso. Very sad indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky L Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 41 minutes ago, rushbo said: As a big fan of The Tubes, I was saddened to learn that Rick Anderson passed away on December 16th. He was a great player - solid, supportive and flashy only when he needed to be. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-tubes-rick-anderson-dead/ Yeah, he nailed some excellent bass lines. One less White Punk On Dope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Oh hell, have some .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WalMan Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 I had a bit of a Tubesfest yesterday including Remote Control & Live in London. Really reminded what a great player Rick was. Solid as, but some lovely stuff going on on "What Do You Want From Life?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Also try Spliff Radio Show... Similar vibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbybloke68 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Like someone else said,solid but very interesting player who could throw in some pretty dam technical phases/fills when he wanted to. Always thought of them as “ prog punk” for want of a better term. I’m pretty sure he was playing a modulus graphite both times I saw them.The prairie prince wasn’t too shabby either! Amazing stuff indeed! X 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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