 The Tubes toured the UK at the height of the punk rock era in 1977.Despite their somewhat out-of-step musicality, the band's humorous and manic stage show found favor all over the country.The cabaret-like shows lasted over an hour, ending with Waybill – in character as "Quay Lewd", a parody of a drug-addled rock star – getting crushed to death by a giant stack of (fake) speakers.