When MTV started to take off in the early 1980s, if someone had taken a poll on which prominent 70’s rock bands would thrive on the platform, ZZ Top probably wouldn’t have ranked very high.

MTV was still at full power in 1985 ... synths and electronic rhythms to their sound on 1983’s Eliminator, ZZ Top pushed the formula even further away from their blues roots on Afterburner.

The Trips Festival began; the Jimi Hendrix Experience began recording their cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"; 'Saturday Night Fever' started a 24 week run at No. 1; Squeeze was the ...

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The MTV generation lapped up the leopard-print coats, Z-logo T-Birds, novelty guitars and leggy models. While ZZ Top grabbed the headlines, Thorogood was cleaning up on the roadhouse circuit. With his ...

Billy F. Gibbons says his new single, " Livin' It Up Down in Texas ," is the start of a spate of music he hopes to be ...

Check out ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons’ new solo song “Livin’ It Up Down in Texas,” which he co-wrote with 'Landman' stars ...

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Following a pair of underground albums that put them on the metalcore map, Avenged Sevenfold signed to major label Warner ...

Despite a prolific career composing soundtracks for hit movies and TV shows, one of Mark Mothersbaugh's most lucrative pieces ...

As MTV moved away from wall-to-wall music videos, they embraced making reality television on the cheap while unscripted shows were still a relatively new concept, finding their biggest success ...