Recorded in Memphis, their next album, 1990’s Recycler, was something of a hybrid, with tracks such as My Head’s In Mississippi and 2000 Blues harking back to the band’s traditional sound, while the likes of Concrete And Steel and the anthemic Doubleback stuck to their tried and tested formula of hard rock embroidered with synths and electronic beats. Having established themselves as the most badass boogie merchants in the business during the 70s, ZZ Top updated their sound to startling effect by adding synths and sequencers to the mix on their 80s smashes, Eliminator and Afterburner. Listen to the best of ZZ Top here, and check out our best ZZ Top songs, below. Despite Hill’s passing, in July 2021, the band is still very much together, and the ten best ZZ Top songs prove just why these hirsute Texans are the cat’s whiskers… Indeed, with help from drummer Frank Beard, these guys cranked out some of the meanest rock music known to man since they first burst outta Houston in 1970. ZZ Top frontmen Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill’s famous chest-length beards have long shown that everything really is bigger and bolder in the Lone Star State of Texas.
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