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
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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) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Eliminator (1983) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Afterburner (1985) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
Essential songs
- Sharp Dressed Man (1983) — 80s songs
- Legs (1984) — 80s songs
- Gimme All Your Lovin' (1983) — 80s songs
- Rough Boy (1986) — 80s songs
- Sleeping Bag (1985) — 80s songs
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ZZ Top — quick answers
- Who are ZZ Top?
- ZZ Top — Houston, Texas, USA, active 1969–present. 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
- What did ZZ Top release in the 1980s?
- RADIO 1980 lists 3 albums and 5 essential songs for ZZ Top, covering 1981–1986.
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