Watching videos for Eliminator songs on MTV at the time, ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill concurred with Gibbons' grave assessment ...
Bearded rockers ZZ Top just might be the most easily recognizable musicians in history, with their identical beards, sunglasses and blazing guitars. Beyond the look is the gritty, bluesy rock sound ...
The knock-on effect of ZZ Top’s breakthrough 1973 album, Tres Hombres, was a huge popularity spike. They were no longer just that little ol’ band from Texas. Already invested in a relentless touring ...
ZZ Top has long been the perfect addition to any party plan, as we all know. But they really amplified that concept in a new way on July 4, 1986 when they helped MTV celebrate America and the Statue ...
If there is one place ZZ Top feels the most at home, it's the stage. The band has been touring more or less nonstop since 1969, though they've also somehow managed to find time to record 15 studio ...
Christopher McKittrick takes a close look at the history of ZZ Top in the new biography Gimme All Your Lovin’: The Blues, Boogie, and Beard of ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons Credit: Photo by Brian Marks.