History Music / ZZTop

* CoverVersion: Rare, but it's there - "Jailhouse Rock", "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", and "Viva Las Vegas" by Music/ElvisPresley, "Dust My Broom" by Music/RobertJohnson, "I Thank You" by Isaac Hayes, "As Time Goes By" from the movie ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' (hidden track no less).

* RepurposedPopSong: "Doubleback", which had an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoKQmm52nxk Old West version]] played in the above mentioned cameo in ''BackToTheFuturePartIII'', and plays over the credits. It even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XtTWJKzIAU received a]] VideoFullOfFilmClips.

* AsHimself: Billy Gibbons has a recurring role as himself on ''{{Bones}}''. He's Angela's father, and Hodgins' worst nightmare.
** All three appeared in an episode of ''KingOfTheHill'' that shows Hank to be Dusty's cousin, as well as being the band's favorite prank victim (though at the end of the episode they say that they like Hank and don't mean any harm).

* TheCameo: The band at the Hill Valley 1885 festival in ''BackToTheFuturePartIII''.

* CoverVersion: Rare, but it's there - "Jailhouse Rock", "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", and "Viva Las Vegas" by [[ElvisPresley Elvis]] [[RuleOfThree Presley]], "Dust My Broom" by RobertJohnson, "I Thank You" by Isaac Hayes, "As Time Goes By" from the movie ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' (hidden track no less).

** ThePeteBest: There were two previous lineups: Gibbons, Lanier Greig, and Dan Mitchell, and later Gibbons, Bill Ethridge, and Mitchell. ''However'', it's arguable if they count; as ThatOtherWiki doesn't list Ethridge, Greig, and Mitchell as members at all and the band apparently became ZZTop ''after'' the classic lineup was formed; certainly, these three never appeared on an album or in a gig (though the Gibbons/Greig/Mitchell lineup did release one single: "Salt Lick".) The two previous lineups ''put together'' lasted less than a year.

* SomethingBlues: "Blue Jean Blues", "Pan Am Highway Blues", "2000 Blues", "VincentPrice Blues".

* CoverVersion: Rare, but it's there - "Jailhouse Rock", "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", and "Viva Las Vegas" by [[ElvisPresley Elvis]] [[RuleOfThree Presley]], "Dust My Broom" by RobertJohnson, "I Thank You" by Isaac Hayes, "As Time Goes By" from the movie ''{{Casablanca}}'' (hidden track no less).

* VocalTagTeam: Gibbons' smoky blues vocals (for instance, "Sharp Dressed Man") and Hill's shriller rock'n'roll voice ("Tush") complement each other nicely.

* RecordProducer: Bill Ham, from 1969 up until 2003.

The little band from [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]] that could, ZZ Top is a [[LongRunner long-running]] blues rock band from [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Houston]] composed of guitarist/vocalist Billy Gibbons, bassist/keyboardist/vocalist [[PunnyName Dusty Hill]] and drummer Frank Beard. Formed in 1969, they are the longest-running rock band with the same lineup (with Golden Earring and then {{Rush}} close behind them).

* TheCameo: The band at the Hill Valley 1885 festival in ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture Back to the Future Part III]]''.

* RepurposedPopSong: "Doubleback", which had an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoKQmm52nxk Old West version]] played in the above mentioned cameo in ''Film/BackToTheFuture Part III'', and plays over the credits. It even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XtTWJKzIAU received a]] VideoFullOfFilmClips.

* LongRunnerLineUp: 40+ years, over a dozen albums, dozens of songs--one line-up.
** ThePeteBest: There were two previous lineups: Gibbons, Lanier Greig, and Dan Mitchell, and later Gibbons, Bill Ethridge, and Mitchell. ''However'', it's arguable if they count; as ThatOtherWiki doesn't list Ethridge, Greig, and Mitchell as members at all and the band apparently became ZZTop ''after'' the classic lineup was formed; certainly, these three never appeared on an album or in a gig (though the Gibbons/Greig/Mitchell lineup did release one single: "Salt Lick".) The two previous lineups put together lasted less than a year.

** The FanBacklash against these versions prompted the original mixes to be reissued in 2006, all except ''Tejas.'' Most of the songs on that album were on the GreatestHitsAlbum ''Chrome, Smoke, and BBQ'' with the original mixes, but if you want the original mixes of the songs which didn't make that album, keep the vinyl.

* Same can be said for the videos for TV Dinners, Sharp Dressed Man, and Velcro Fly.

* RepurposedPopSong: "Doubleback", which had an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoKQmm52nxk Old West version]] played in the above mentioned cameo in ''BackToTheFuture Part III'', and plays over the credits. It even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XtTWJKzIAU received a]] VideoFullOfFilmClips.

They're really BetterThanItSounds though. Honest.

The little band from Texas that could, ZZ Top is a [[LongRunner long-running]] blues rock band from [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Houston]] composed of guitarist/vocalist Billy Gibbons, bassist/keyboardist/vocalist [[PunnyName Dusty Hill]] and drummer Frank Beard. Formed in 1969, they are the longest-running rock band with the same lineup (with Golden Earring and then {{Rush}} close behind them).

* RepurposedPopSong: "Doubleback", which had an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoKQmm52nxk Old West version]] played in the above mentioned cameo in ''BackToTheFuture Part III'', and plays over the credits. It even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDgWBPaecQ received a]] VideoFullOfFilmClips.

** ThePeteBest: There were two previous lineups: Gibbons, Lanier Greig, and Dan Mitchell, and later Gibbons, Bill Ethridge, and Mitchell. ''However'', it's arguable if they count; as ThatOtherWiki doesn't list Ethridge, Greig, and Mitchell as members at all and the band apparently became ZZTop ''after'' the classic lineup was formed; certainly, these three never appeared on an album or in a gig (though the Gibbons/Greig/Mitchell lineup did release one single: Salt Lick.) The two previous lineups put together lasted less than a year.

* RepurposedPopSong: "Doubleback" for ''BackToTheFuture Part III'' (not only it plays over the credits, but the band even cameos playing an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoKQmm52nxk Old West version of the song]])
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* VideoFullOfFilmClips: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDgWBPaecQ "Doubleback"]]

* EpicRiff: Too many to count...

* ''El Loco'' (1981) - [[TheOneWith The One Where]] they start experimenting with NewWave and synths.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: In TheEighties - synthy-spacey-NewWave-electro-BluesRock!

* BadassMoustache: Beard makes up for His lack of a Gandalf Beard with one of these

** There were two previous lineups: Gibbons, Lanier Greig, and Dan Mitchell, and later Gibbons, Bill Ethridge, and Mitchell. ''However'', it's arguable if they count; as ThatOtherWiki doesn't list Ethridge, Greig, and Mitchell as members at all and the band apparently became ZZTop ''after'' the classic lineup was formed; certainly, these three never appeared on an album or in a gig (though the Gibbons/Greig/Mitchell lineup did release one single: Salt Lick.) The two previous lineups put together lasted less than a year.

* CoverVersion: Rare, but it's there - "Jailhouse Rock", "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", and "Viva Las Vegas" by [[ElvisPresley Elvis]] [[RuleOfThree Presley]], "Dust My Broom" by RobertJohnson, "I Thank You" by Isaac Hayes, "As Time Goes By" from the movie ''{{Casablanca}}'' (hidden track no less), .
* EpicRiff: Gimme All Your Lovin', La Grange, Tush, Sharp Dressed Man, etc.

* RockTrio:

* EpicRiff

* BadassBeard: All three. Billy and Dusty have beards; Frank ''is'' Beard.