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10 дек 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Collaborates With Austin Bootmaker ALVIES On First-Of-Its-Kind Boot |
5 дек 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Releases Animated Music Video For 'Jingle Bell Blues' |
11 ноя 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Releases 'Jingle Bell Blues' |
7 ноя 2021 : |
ZZ TOP Partner With Balcones Distillery For Tres Hombres Texas Whisky |
13 окт 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Reveals His Unlikely Love For British Synth-Pop Band DEPECHE MODE |
21 сен 2021 : |
ZZ TOP Warns Fans About Counterfeit DUSTY HILL Merchandise |
4 авг 2021 : |
DUSTY HILL's Widow Thanks Fans For Their Support Following ZZ TOP Bassist's Death |
4 авг 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS On DUSTY HILL: 'I'm Just Glad He's In A Good Spot' |
2 авг 2021 : |
Watch ZZ TOP Play First Show Following DUSTY HILL's Death |
2 авг 2021 : |
FOO FIGHTERS Pay Musical Tribute To ZZ TOP Bassist DUSTY HILL |
30 июл 2021 : |
ZZ TOP - Legendary 1980 German Concert Streaming In Full (Video) |
30 июл 2021 : |
OZZY OSBOURNE, PAUL STANLEY, DAVID COVERDALE, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND And More Pay Tribute To ZZ TOP Bassist DUSTY HILL - "Beautiful Soul" |
29 июл 2021 : |
ZZ TOP Will Carry On Following Bassist DUSTY HILL's Death |
29 июл 2021 : |
ZZ TOP Bassist DUSTY HILL Dead At 72 |
26 июл 2021 : |
ZZ TOP Performs Without Bassist DUSTY HILL In Illinois (Video) |
14 июн 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Drops Music Video For New Solo Single, 'She's On Fire' |
15 май 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Drops Music Video For New Solo Single, 'My Lucky Card' |
25 апр 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Drops Music Video For New Solo Single, 'Desert High' |
23 апр 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Releases New Solo Single, 'Desert High' |
26 мар 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Announces 'Hardware' Solo Album, Launches 'West Coast Junkie' Single |
13 фев 2021 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Releases Music Video For 'Rollin' And Tumblin''' |
4 фев 2021 : |
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22 дек 2020 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY F GIBBONS Announces New Year's Eve Livestream Concert With THE JUNGLE SHOW |
17 сен 2020 : |
ZZ TOP - Live From Texas Limited Edition 2LP Reissue Out Next Week; "Heard It On The X" Live Video Streaming |
22 июн 2020 : |
BILLY GIBBONS Discusses ZZ TOP's Next Album, Hints At JEFF BECK Guest Appearance |
13 июн 2020 : |
ZZ TOP's BILLY GIBBONS Collaborates With TIM MONTANA On 'Beez + Teez Whisker Bomb' Pepper Sauce |
14 фев 2020 : |
ZZ TOP’s BILLY GIBBONS Explains “Chancy” Move When Opening For JIMI HENDRIX |
13 фев 2020 : |
ZZ TOP Recall Playing Early Gig For One Person - "We Bought Him A Coke, 'Cause We Were Thankful He Stuck Around"; That Little Ol' Band From Texas Documentary Preview |
2 фев 2020 : |
ZZ TOP Working On New Album With Producer RICK RUBIN |
22 янв 2020 : |
ZZ TOP Release "Brown Sugar" Performance Video From That Little Ol' Band From Texas Documentary |
16 янв 2020 : |
ZZ TOP - New Clip Streaming From That Little Ol' Band From Texas Documentary |
14 дек 2019 : |
ZZ TOP: 'That Little Ol' Band From Texas' Documentary To Be Released On DVD, Blu Ray And Digitally In February |
24 май 2019 : |
ZZ TOP: 'Sharp Dressed Man' Rock Musical Coming To Las Vegas |
29 янв 2019 : |
ZZ TOP's '50th Anniversary Texas Bash' To Feature BAD COMPANY And CHEAP TRICK |
26 янв 2019 : |
ZZ TOP - The Howard Stern Show Posts 2013 Video Of Extended "La Grange" Performance |
1 сен 2018 : |
ZZ TOP Guitarist/Vocalist BILLY F GIBBONS: Lyric Video For 'Standing Around Crying' |
13 авг 2018 : |
ZZ TOP Guitarist/Vocalist BILLY F GIBBONS: Lyric Video For 'Missin' Yo' Kissin'' |
21 июл 2018 : |
ZZ TOP Guitarist/Vocalist BILLY F GIBBONS To Release 'The Big Bad Blues' Solo Album In September |
25 янв 2018 : |
ZZ TOP Announce Vegas Residency |
7 окт 2016 : |
ZZ TOP Release “Sixteen Tons” Music Video Featuring JEFF BECK |
5 сен 2016 : |
ZZ TOP Streaming "Tush" From Live - Greatest Hits From Around The World |
16 апр 2016 : |
ZZ TOP Cancel Dates Due To DUSTY HILL Injury |
1 фев 2016 : |
Official ZZ TOP Documentary To Be Produced By BANGER FILMS |
27 окт 2015 : |
ZZ TOP Guitarist/Vocalist BILLY GIBBONS - “It’s A Wild Ride And We Have No Intention Of Getting Off Any Time Soon” |
12 июн 2013 : |
ZZ TOP’s Warner Bros. Studio Albums Mastered For iTunes; Original Mixes Of First 10 Albums Available Now, And As 10CD Boxed Set; Classic Videos Available On YouTube For The First Time |
22 май 2013 : |
ZZ TOP: The Complete Studio Albums (1970-1990) Due In June |
17 окт 2012 : |
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6 авг 2012 : |
ZZ TOP - Details zum neuen Album \'La Futura\' online! |
5 июн 2012 : |
ZZ TOP, \'Chartreuse\' |
28 июл 2011 : |
ZZ TOP - New Album Finished |
27 май 2011 : |
ZZ TOP Live In Germany 1980 CD Due This Month |
6 янв 2011 : |
STEVEN TYLER To Appear On ZZ TOP Tribute Album |
29 дек 2010 : |
ZZ TOP Among Artists To Lower Ticket Prices After \"Cruel Summer Of 2010\" |
26 окт 2010 : |
ZZ TOP Bring \'La Grange\' To Gothenburg; Photos, Setlist, Video Available |
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8 янв 2026
BILLY GIBBONS Confirms Members Of ZZ TOP Were Once Offered $1 Million Each To Shave Off Their Beards For A Commercial
When adjusted for inflation, one million dollars in 1984 is equivalent to approximately $3.1 million today.
Gibbons previously shared his reaction to the Gillette offer in a 2012 interview, saying that he never seriously entertained it. "No dice," Gibbons said. "Even adjusted for inflation, this isn't going to fly. The prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film — a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation."
Billy also aired sentiments about the Gillette offer during an interview with KLRU Public Television in Austin, Texas, saying, with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek: "We're too ugly. We don't even know what's under here. Not at this point."
A few years ago, Gibbons was asked by award-winning journalist Dan Rather how ZZ TOP's "beard" look was conceived. Billy responded: " One word: lazy." He went on to explain: "We started ZZ TOP in 1969. We carried on without stop up until the bicentennial year of '76. And at that time, we were looking at an invitation to join the ranks of the Warner Brothers Group. And it was the decision by management to take a brief break after literally seven years of nonstop touring. Maybe a 90-day hiatus would give us a little breathing room, which turned into 120 days later. It was one year, and we all kind of scattered, keeping in touch only by telephone. Now it's two years running and all the machinations to join the ranks of Warner Brothers were still underway. In the meantime, as I mentioned, the word 'lazy' came in. Now there's one telltale photograph. Our first official release for Warner Brothers contained a photograph on the little sleeve inside the 12-inch long-playing album — actually, the only evidence of [ZZ TOP drummer] Frank Beard with a beard is hiding inside of that 'Degüello' record. He quickly grabbed the razor and went to town. But Dusty and I — what started out as a disguise turned into a trademark."
The 72-year-old Hill died on July 28, 2021 in his sleep at his Houston, Texas home.
ZZ TOP played its first show following Hill's death on July 30, 2021 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
ZZ TOP's longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis, who had worked with the group for more than two decades, made his live debut as ZZ TOP's new bassist on July 23, 2021 at the Village Commons in New Lenox, Illinois after Hill was forced to return to Texas to address a hip issue.
Hill joined ZZ TOP a year after its formation in 1969.
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