Before the became lame - ZZ
 

what a freakin band before they started the 80 synth crap, my favorite tune, what a riff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTGsi1GqFjE

ahhh take me with you Jesus!
one of the guitar greats....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MrK9-6LEpE

Finally.. a post I agree with :smokin:

They fell into the "MTV" frame of mind. Love the classic ZZ Top!

Amen bother!
Love that lil ole band from tejas!
Billy Gibbons makes an appearance in the tv show 'Bones'
what a character...

just like we talked about w/ AC/DC, bluesy, loose and doesn't take themselves too serious.
Quintessential ROCK AND ROLL!
and of course, the drummers name is beard...

two of my favorite ZZ riffs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNeL6hxm2VY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tkjtAiQbEc

you got it, and can play too!

Reverend Willie G is one of my favorite guitar players. Some of the 80's synth stuff is awesome, listen to Got me under pressure, that guitar tone is 2nd to none. Im hoping to get tickets to them and Aerosmith at Great Woods this summer. The funny thing is, Billy likes some really out there music, a couple of his favorite bands were Depeche Mode and Ace of Base......go figure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn-vBoGIkeE

pretty much anything from their First Album and Fandango. Hate the bubblegum rock stuff they went over too when they wanted to make $$$$$

Remember when Gillette offered them 1 million to shave their beards?

Career: Guitarist Billy Gibbons met his future manager, Waxahachie native Bill Mack Ham, backstage at a Doors concert in Houston in 1967. Gibbons' band at the time, the Moving Sidewalks, had a local hit with the song "99th Floor." They soon opened on the Doors' Texas tour. After later opening for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Hendrix named Gibbons his favorite guitar player during an appearance on "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson." The Sidewalks broke up and Gibbons and Ham contracted to form a new band

Billy Gibbons admired by Jimi Hendrix ..Jimmys "Favirote"..The band I was in covered ZZ Top really well .. Songs we did over the years were .. Master of Sparks,, Beer Drinkers Hell Raiser,,Just Got Paid ,,La Grange,Tush ,,.. We had a monster guitar player ..