![]() ![]() They were more popular and loved especially for their live performances. President George Bush as Governor of Texas in the late 1900s, declared 15th May 1997, a ZZ Top Day. The group performed for Former American President George Bush in 2001 during the inaugural ceremony. The band members rejected an amount of $1,000,000 from the American brand of safe shaving equipment and products, Gillette after they requested that the band members shave their beards. The past members of the band are Lanier Greig, Billy Ethridge, and Dan Mitchell.īilly Gibbons earned the 32nd spot on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All-Time. Comparing them to many others that have emerged since the 1930s, they are one of the few that did not have frequent line-up changes during their primal years.įor 52 years of the band’s existence, the group has had only three line-up changes. The band had a consistent line-up from its formation in 1969 till the late 1970s. ZZ Top’s first performance was at a concert on 10th February 1970 at Columbus Hall located at the outskirts of Houston, Texas. Interesting Facts about ZZ Topĭespite ZZ Top’s somewhat straightforward career path, there have been and still are some very fascinating facts surrounding both their individual and collective lives. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. They received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Music Film for their film That Little Ol’ Band from Texas in 2020. The group was inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk in 1994. ![]() ![]() ZZ Top earned themselves three MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) for Best Direction, Best Group Video, Best Art Direction in the 1980s. Some of the band’s album certifications include their 1973 album Tres Hombres which received the US & CAN Gold, the 1975 album Fandango, receiving the US Gold & CAN Platinum, Tejas, and El Loco with the US Gold, Deguello earning a US Platinum and GER Gold while their 2012 album La Futura, the GER Gold certification only.įour of the group’s studio albums sold exceptionally well receiving a variation of eight, five, nine, and another eight of the Silver, Gold, and Platinum certifications all together. In countries like Canada, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom (UK), France, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, and Austria, they have received the sales threshold acknowledgments. ZZ Top has sold over 25 million albums in the United States alone and over 50 million worldwide with the release of fifteen Studio albums, four live performances, seven compilation albums, and forty-four singles.ġ0 of the band’s 15 studio albums together with four of the seven compilation albums and one live album received certifications from the Recording Industry Association of the United States (US). The Texas band have so far complemented their sound with some well-acknowledged successes. Frank Lee Beard (drummer & percussionist).Joseph Michael Hill also known as Dusty Hill (bassist and backing vocalist).William Frederick Gibbons also known as Billy Gibbons (Principal lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter).They have a maximum of three former members as of this writing. They have kept an almost minimal number of line-up changes throughout their career. The band is amongst one of the most loved in Texas and the United States as a whole. The original genres running through all their albums and releases are their primary blues rock, boogie rock, a section of southern and hard rock. ZZ Top’s lyrical content includes on a large scale, the use of sexual innuendos. The band is best recognized for their twiddle with different genres of music, sound and ideas to fit their own preference. The group is not just popular for their musical exploits, but also for their involvement in the television and film production industry. ![]()
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