ZZ Top
ZZ Top spent the 80s welding Texas blues-boogie to synthesizers and sequencers, a gamble that paid off with the multi-platinum 'Eliminator'. The band's hot-rod videos and beards made them unlikely MTV superstars in 1983 and 1984.
Origin: Houston, Texas, USA · Years active: 1969–present
Biography
ZZ Top spent the 80s welding Texas blues-boogie to synthesizers and sequencers, a gamble that paid off with the multi-platinum 'Eliminator'. The band's hot-rod videos and beards made them unlikely MTV superstars in 1983 and 1984.
Key 1980s albums
- El Loco (1981)
- Eliminator (1983)
- Afterburner (1985)
Essential songs
- Sharp Dressed Man (1983)
- Legs (1984)
- Gimme All Your Lovin' (1983)
- Rough Boy (1986)
- Sleeping Bag (1985)
Genres
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