Due to lack of interest from the major American record companies, ZZ Top accepted a record deal from London Records, the American affiliate of the British Decca Records label. Immediately after the recording of "Salt Lick", Greig was replaced by bassist Billy Ethridge, a bandmate of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Mitchell was replaced by Frank Beard of American Blues. Both songs credited Gibbons as the composer. They released their first single, "Salt Lick", in 1969, and the B-side contained the song "Miller's Farm". ZZ Top was managed by Bill Ham, a Waxahachie, Texas, native who had befriended Gibbons a year earlier. He then figured that "king is going at the top" which brought him to "ZZ Top". Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. The band had a small apartment covered with concert posters and he noticed that many performers' names used initials. The original line-up was formed in Houston and consisted of Gibbons, bassist/organist Lanier Greig, and drummer Dan Mitchell. 1.7 Upcoming sixteenth studio album and death of Dusty Hill (2019–present).1.6 La Futura and subsequent events (2012–2018).1.5 Critical acclaim and retrospective releases (2004–2011).1.3 Eliminator, Afterburner, and Recycler (1983–1991).1.2 First decade and signature sound (1973–1982).Jude Children's Research Hospital, and a fundraiser for the Delta Blues Museum. Throughout their career, the band and its individual members have supported several campaigns and charities, including Childline, St. Rolling Stone ranked Gibbons number 32 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". The group has won three MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2004, the members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ZZ Top has released 15 studio albums and sold an estimated 50 million albums worldwide. It is the band's first lineup change in 51 years. After Hill's death on July 27, 2021, Gibbons announced that, per his wishes, ZZ Top would continue with Hill's longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis on bass. They most recently released La Futura (2012) and Goin' 50 (2019), the latter of which is a compilation album commemorating the band's 50th anniversary. After gaining additional acclaim with the release of their tenth album Recycler (1990) and its accompanying tour, the group's experimentation continued with mixed success on the albums Antenna (1994), Rhythmeen (1996), XXX (1999), and Mescalero (2003). The Afterburner Tour set records for the highest-attended and highest-grossing concert tour of 1986. The popularity of these albums' music videos, including those for " Gimme All Your Lovin'", " Sharp Dressed Man", and " Legs", helped propel them onto the television channel MTV and made the band one of the more prominent artists in 1980s pop culture. They established a more mainstream sound and gained international favor with Eliminator (1983) and Afterburner (1985), which integrated influences from new wave, punk, and dance-rock. Beginning with the albums Degüello (1979) and El Loco (1981), they experimented with instruments including clavinets, saxophones, and synthesizers. By the mid-1970s the band became renowned in North America for its live act, highlighted by its performances during the Worldwide Texas Tour from 1976 to 1977, which was a critical and commercial success.įollowing a two-year break in response to creative stagnation and exhaustion, ZZ Top reinvented itself in the late 1970s with a new musical direction and now-famous public image. Subsequent releases, such as Rio Grande Mud (1972), Tres Hombres (1973), and Fandango! (1975), and those albums' singles " La Grange" and " Tush", gained extensive radio airplay. Within a year, the members signed with London Records and released ZZ Top's First Album (1971). ZZ Top formed after the demise of Moving Sidewalks, Gibbons' previous band. Popular for its live performances, sly and humorous lyrics, and the similar appearances of Gibbons and Hill-who were rarely seen without their long beards, sunglasses, and hats-the group has staged several elaborate tours. Rooted in blues, ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons' blues guitar style and Hill and Beard's rhythm section. For 51 years, the band comprised Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill, until Hill's death in 2021. ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas, by vocalist and guitarist Billy Gibbons.
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