Were the Tubes prog?

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by DEzerov

Always enjoyed Fee Waybill and co. from the 1st time I heard White Punks on Dope....just picked up Remote Control and a best of compilation from their period with Capitol...
Were they prog? Art Rock? Glam? An amalgam of all three?

Sadly I never saw them live...

And Vince Welnick should have never joined the Grateful Dead...we kow what happens to all of the keyboardists there....

I used to think that Dead keysmen were like Spinal Tap drummers, but Bruce Hornsby kind of broke that curse.

Even so called prog bands have other elements. Calling a band prog is kind of difficult anymore. It's all music, really. I'm sure some of their music was prog, but they're no more a prog BAND than say, Jethro Tull.

I always laugh at reviewers when they say, "combining thrash, post-punk, prog, classical, and even Yugoslavian bingo hall music"....bottom line is Dez, if you want them to be prog, then I'm with you.

They are a fun band.....