About ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American blues rock group shaped in 1969 in Houston, Texas. The group members are Billy Gibbons (vocals and guitar), Dusty Hill (bass guitar and vocals), and Frank Beard (drums). They grasp the difference of being one of the few rock groups still consists of its original members for nearly 40 years, and until 2006, with the unchanged manager/producer, Bill Ham.

They attained the peak of their commercial achievement in the 1970s and 1980s, positioning many hit songs during that era; but they keep on together today and are still doing a tour and launching albums. ZZ Top was introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2004.

Nearly as renowned as their music is the band’s appearance: Gibbons and Hill are always shown wearing sunglasses (a nod to their 1979 song “Cheap Sunglasses”), similar (if not matching) clothing, and their trademark chest-length beards, while Beard sports a mustache but not a beard. In 1984, the Gillette Company reportedly offered Gibbons and Hill US$1 million apiece to shave their beards for a television commercial, but they refused.