Lude-icrous Tales From The Tubes' Fee Waybill
Chas de Whalley, Kerrang!, 17 June 1983
ASTOUNDING THOUGH it may seem, The Tubes have never seen Twisted Sister, much less rubbed shoulders with the outrageous Dee Snider. In fact, before they touched down in London recently on their way home from taping a major TV show in Germany, the celebrated San Franciscan satirists had barely even heard of the new kings of schlock rock, let alone their own clown, crown prince.
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