Showbiz excess was a common theme of The Tube's early work, with the singer sometimes assuming the on stage persona of Quay Lewd, a drunk, drugged-out, barely coherent lead singer, decked out with flashing glasses and impossibly tall platform shoes. "White Punks on Dope," from their debut album, was an absurd anthem of wretched excess, and a tribute to their rich, white teenage fan base in San Francisco.