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ZZ Top

Musical Group

ZZ Top is an American rock trio formed in Houston in 1969 (Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard). Known for a compact blues-rock sound, a distinctive bearded image and a mainstream 1980s turn with synthesizers (notably on Eliminator).

Formed in Houston in 1969, ZZ Top maintained a long-standing three-member lineup (Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard). Their career spans raw Texas blues and boogie in the 1970s, a commercially successful synth-influenced phase in the 1980s (Eliminator) and later returns to guitar-driven blues rock. They are widely noted for their visual image (long beards, sunglasses) and for blending blues, rock and southern styles.

DeBaser hosts a solid set of reviews highlighting ZZ Top's evolution from raw Texas blues to 1980s synth-tinged mainstream success. Reviewers praise key albums (Tres Hombres, Eliminator) while noting uneven later releases. The trio's consistent lineup and iconic image (long beards, sunglasses) are recurring themes.

For:Fans of blues rock, southern rock and classic rock listeners

 They've been in the same formation for over fifty years, damn: maximum respect.

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 Third and most important album of the trio with the long beards.

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 Long beards.

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 Anyway, "Eliminator" is a perfectly successful album, entertaining but also of certain depth with the trio definitely at their best, I would dare say a stroke of genius never repeated again.

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