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ZZ Top is a rock band, most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, from Texas. The band members are Billy Gibbons (vocals and guitar, of Moving Sidewalks), Dusty Hill (guitar, of The American Blues) and Frank Beard (drums, of The Cellar Dwellers, The Hustlers, and The American Blues).As well as a distinctive guitar sound and hard-driving, innuendo-laced lyrics, the band is probably best known for its distinctive look. Gibbons and Hill are always pictured wearing sunglasses, trenchcoats and their trademark waist-length beards. (Frank Beard, interestingly, does not wear a beard.) In 1984, the Gillette company offered Gibbons and Hill $1 million apiece to shave their beards for a commercial, but they declined.
Their biggest hit was the 1983 album Eliminator, boosted to prominence by music videos for the tracks "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man" each of which featured a small bright red roadster called The Eliminator and a mysterious trio of beautiful women who travel around helping various people in the videos.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted ZZ Top in on March 15, 2004.
1 Discography
- ZZ Top's First Album ( 1970)
- Rio Grande MudRio Grande Mud is the second album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). Track listing #"Francine" (Kenny Cordray, Gibbons, Steve Perron) 3:33 #"Just Got Paid" (Gibbons, Ham) 4:49 #"Mushmouth Shoutin'" (Gibbons, Ham) 3: ( 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un)
- Tres HombresTres Hombres is the third album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). Track listing #"Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill) 2:59 #"Jesus Just Left Chicago" (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) 3:29 #"Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" (Bea ( 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led)
- Fandango!Fandango is the fourth album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). Track listing all songs by Beard, Gibbons and Hill, except where noted #"Thunderbird" 2:49 #"Jailhouse Rock" ( Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 1:56 #"Backdo ( 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i)
- TejasTejas is the fifth album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). Track listing all songs by Beard, Gibbons and Hill, except where noted #"It's Only Love" 4:22 #"Arrested for Driving While Blind" 3:08 #"El Diablo" 4:22 #"S ( 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s)
- The Best of ZZ Top ( 1977)
- Degello ( 1979)
- El Loco ( 1981)
- Eliminator ( 1983)
- Afterburner ( 1985)
- Recycler ( 1990)
- ZZ Top's Greatest Hits ( 1992)
- Antenna ( 1994)
- One Foot in the Blues ( 1994)
- Rhythmeen ( 1996)
- XXX ( 1999)
- Mescalero ( 2003)
- Chrome, Smoke & BBQ ( 2003)
- Rancho Texicano ( 2004)
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