But Tres Hombres was, as its name indicates, better known in the Houston area as a ZZ Top cover band. Even the album’s cover is a nod to ZZ Top’s “Deguello.” While two of the Tres Hombres ...
None, probably--except for ZZ Top. If you're a big fan of the Texas boogie-blues trio--guitarist-vocalist Billy Gibbons, bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard--you might want to ...
With a hip-hop cover and legendary producer Rick Rubin on board, ZZ Top supercharged their classic boogie rock with their 2012 album, ‘La Futura’. In the hallowed corridors of rock’s hall of ...
When ZZ Top came ... into the Top 10. Ten years later, they slapped a bunch of synth-driven pop rhythms on top of their beer-soaked rock ‘n’ roll and scored the biggest album of their career ...
This weekend marks 50 years since an event in Austin that no one has seen the likes of since. A concert so epic — and so ...
the unflinchingly honest Season of Glass features Lennon’s bloodied glasses on the cover and is a vessel for Ono’s deep grief. The album prior to ZZ Top’s mainstream-grabbing and Diamond ...
As we begin our search for five perfect albums from the 1970s ... whether it comes from borrowing a ZZ Top riff for “No Class ...
For those not familiar with the work of Ezra Koenig (vocals, guitar), Chris Baio (bass) and Chris Tomson (drums), Vampire ...
As ZZ Top’s founding member ... Urban then launched into “Rough Boy,” a song he remembers playing in his cover band years ago “because the bones of it are so good.” ...
ZZ Top once offered a unique fan club perk -- a lifetime membership including a free pair of tickets for each tour as long as they continue to tour. While plenty of "lifetime" offers have come and ...
With a third leg of their Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour, Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top are holding to the adage ... talking about new albums 12 years after each of their last releases.