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November 15, 2005

ZZ Top Get Whacked

Texas blues trio celebrates thirty-five years with intimate New York show
February 25, 2004

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004: ZZ Top

Texas blooze men celebrate thirty years of fuzz
June 6, 1974

ZZ Top: Hombres Riding North

Texas blues rockers break out of Dixie

Recordings and Reviews

Eliminator (Collectors Edition)

Mention dance rock and people think of Franz Ferdinand or Duran Duran. But when it comes to the American edition, nothing matches the ferocity or success of ZZ Top's 1983 Eliminator, a landmark blend of traditional Texan boogie blues, New Wave synths and disco-steady beats that sold over 10 million...

2008 RS: 4.5of 5 Stars

Eliminator

2008

Chrome, Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box Set

2008

1999

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1994

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Slash, Tommy Lee, and ZZ Top Exclusive from Battleground Earth Finale

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Biography

ZZ Top began as a rough-and-ready blues-rock power trio from Texas that became a huge mid-'70s concert attraction. Their real commercial peak didn't come, however, until the 1980s, when the "Little Ol' Band from Texas" became MTV superstars and sold multiple millions of albums.

ZZ Top was built around guitarist Billy Gibbons, whose career began with the popular Southwestern band Moving Sidewalk...

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