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William "Sputnik" Spooner (born August 16, 1949) is a musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter, and the founder of The Tubes, a theatrical rock band. His songwriting is known for its use of humor and satire. He has released three solo albums: First Chud (1985), Mall to Mars (1997), and Demo-licious. [1]
The Tubes formed on March 22, 1972, in San Francisco featuring members from two Phoenix bands who had moved to San Francisco in 1969. One, The Beans (alternately billing themselves as the Radar Men from Uranus), included Bill Spooner, Rick Anderson, Vince Welnick, and Bob McIntosh.
"Don't Want to Wait Anymore" is a song recorded by the Tubes in 1980. It was the lead single from their fourth studio LP, The Completion Backward Principle.Unlike most of their songs which typically feature Fee Waybill, lead vocals are provided by Bill Spooner, the lead guitar player.
The Tubes. Fee Waybill – lead vocals; Bill Spooner – guitar, vocals; Roger Steen – guitar, vocals; Michael Cotten – synthesizer; Vince Welnick – keyboards; Rick Anderson – bass; Prairie L'Emprere Prince – drums; Additional. Dominic Frontiere – string and horn arrangements; Lee Rhett Kiefer – engineer, mixing; Al Kooper – mixing
Dave Connolly of AllMusic favourably claimed "producer David Foster and even more members of Toto help the Tubes punch up their new radio-ready sound with added energy. If their last record showed a newfound dancefloor sensibility, Outside Inside is absolutely funky."
"White Punks on Dope", abbreviated as "WPOD", is a 1975 song by San Francisco-based rock group the Tubes from their debut album, produced by Al Kooper. The song was written by the band's dual lead guitarists, Bill Spooner and Roger Steen with Michael Evans.
In April 2013, Iconoclassic reissued Remote Control in full with bonus tracks, and an expansive booklet including comments from Fee Waybill, Michael Cotten and Bill Spooner. The reissue was mastered by Vic Anesini from the original master tapes and featured four tracks from the unreleased Suffer for Sound album.
The Completion Backward Principle is the fifth studio album by the American rock group the Tubes.It is the group's first for Capitol Records.It was accompanied by a long form music video release of the same name, although it did not contain all of the songs from the album.