ZZ Top band have released details of their forthcoming new record

ZZ Top band have released details of their forthcoming new record, which appears on the album are available "hopefully by the end of 2011" should.

Speaking to Houston's Fox 26, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons explained that the band's 2003 'Mescalero' is the first studio recording of "soon to hit the streets".

“We're preparing for the release of ZZ Top's next recorded work - soon to hit the streets - hopefully by the end of 2011. This year is gonna be a banner year on a number of levels but we're throwing our hat in the ring."

Gibbons continued that ZZ Top with legendary producer guru Rick Rubin have been working on new album. Speaking about the partnership.

He adds, “We have stepped out and joined forces with a notorious character within the record world...Mr. Rick Rubin. Rick has successfully brought in his particular piece of magic in offering a few suggestions, and basically stepped back and he said 'you really don't have to get much better; just do what you do'. He realizes the foundational piece of this great American art form of the blues penetrates so much of popular music, he said 'just turn it up and let's go'".

So what can fans expect from the new ZZ Top offering? Billy explained. "Since the music is a return to the early ZZ Top roots, I believe there's always that Tex-Mex accompaniment. I wouldn't be surprised if we leaned that direction again."

The guitarist explained, "We're having a blast. It's loud, it's fast... streamlined right on down the line. ZZ Top is just what it is."