Songwriter · The Tubes

The songs.

The songs that built The Tubes — from punk anthems to Billboard Top 10 hits. Bill Spooner wrote or co-wrote many of them; the rest he played on.

1983 · Outside Inside

She's a Beauty

The Tubes' biggest US hit. Billboard Hot 100 #10. Written by Fee Waybill, David Foster & Steve Lukather.

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1975 · The Tubes

White Punks on Dope

The nine-minute debut closer Bill co-wrote with Roger Steen and Michael Evans. Charted in the UK. An art-rock landmark.

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1981 · Completion Backward

Talk to Ya Later

The MTV-era new wave hit that brought The Tubes to a mainstream audience. Written by Fee Waybill, Steve Lukather & David Foster.

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1981 · Completion Backward

Don't Want to Wait Anymore

The band’s first US Top 40 hit, from the same album — proof The Tubes had more than one speed.

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1975 · The Tubes

Mondo Bondage

From the debut album, credited to the band. Provocative, theatrical, completely typical of The Tubes at their most confrontational.

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"I was writing songs to illustrate outrageous characters — and I'm still surprised some people consider them classics. I'm not complaining. Just mystified."