ZZ Top's signature sound can best be described as blues-infused rock with elements of punk rock and new wave added through their use synthesizers. While Eliminator was the band's most successful album with 10 million albums sold, 1985's Afterburner was their highest charting album. All the ...
From 1983-1990, ZZ Top enjoyed their greatest commercial success, infusing elements of new wave, punk, and synth-pop into their bluesy riff-rock. The band released three albums in this span – Eliminator, Afterburner, and Recycler – all of which debuted in the Top 10 on the Billb...
and which were punctuated by the threesome’s comic hand gestures. Buoyed by hits such as “Gimme All Your Lovin’,”“Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Legs,”Eliminatorwent on to sell more than 10 million copies.Afterburner(1985) yielded the additional hits “Rough Boy” and “Sleeping Bag.”...
ZZ TOP Sleeping Bag 38 人观看 5:10 ZZ Top Afterburner Tour - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI 04/18/86 - Rough Boy 56 人观看 3:47 Billy Gibbons - Perfectamundo (Behind The Scenes) 110 人观看 2:52 Billy Gibbons: Treat Her Right (Official Music Video) 1.5千次浏览 7:46 ZZ...
Afterburner (1985) yielded the additional hits “Rough Boy” and “Sleeping Bag.” With Recycler (1990), ZZ Top scaled back the electronics. Though the massive following of the band’s 1980s commercial peak had dissipated, subsequent albums such as Antenna (1994) and La Futura (2012) still...
Their next album, Afterburner, mostly featured the same blend of synthesizers, sequencers and blues rock. Some critics have expressed frustration at this approach. But on subsequent albums, less and less synth- and synchronizer-influenced music is heard. An occasional song with those elements and...
“World Boogie is coming,”was the mantra of Jim Dickinson, Memphis music’s legendary producer/shaman. But it took “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas” to fulfill his prophecy, packing stadiums all over the planet with that primordial Delta beat. Of course, to pull it off, ZZ Top first...
The origins of ZZ Top's Afterburner tour stage are discussed in an exclusive excerpt from the book 'Gimme All Your Lovin': The Blues, Boogie, and Beard of ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons' published by UCR in June 2024.
The origins of ZZ Top's Afterburner tour stage are discussed in an exclusive excerpt from the book 'Gimme All Your Lovin': The Blues, Boogie, and Beard of ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons' published by UCR in June 2024.
The origins of ZZ Top's Afterburner tour stage are discussed in an exclusive excerpt from the book 'Gimme All Your Lovin': The Blues, Boogie, and Beard of ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons' published by UCR in June 2024.