<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in Zz-top ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/zz-top Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:30:56 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Always a pleasure to host BFG in my office, and even better when he decides to take one of my CEO builds on tour!” Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has made a stunning custom Explorer – and Billy Gibbons is playing it onstage with ZZ Top ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/cesar-gueikian-makes-custom-ceo11-explorer-and-zz-top-billy-gibbons-takes-it-on-tour ezfk5zU7szLHiwhwL4AZx4 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:30:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It is one of the most difficult guitar solos to mimic… I started playing it because I had gotten close, and Buddy Guy turned around, smiling. He knew it note for note”: Billy Gibbons on the tip Buddy Guy gave him after they jammed a T-Bone Walker classic ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/billy-gibbons-on-blues-icon-buddy-guys-advice ifpV8KMtn4w5zoVQpNbHLe Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:21:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even today, that instrument is fascinating. I’ve passed it around and players of all sorts have all come to the same conclusion – there is something magic in that instrument”: Billy Gibbons on why Pearly Gates is one of the greatest Les Pauls of all time ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/zz-top-billy-gibbons-on-pearly-gates-his-legendary-1959-gibson-les-paul-standard xf9iboZjaEzzvTFJLmxCcc Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Rick, you think we should take a break?’ And he goes, ‘Oh yeah, we got it on tape three hours ago – we just like hearing you guys play!’”: ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons describes Rick Rubin as a “peculiar” kind of producer ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-said-rick-you-think-we-should-take-a-break-and-he-goes-oh-yeah-we-got-it-on-tape-three-hours-ago-we-just-like-hearing-you-guys-play-zz-tops-billy-gibbons-describes-rick-rubin-as-a-peculiar-kind-of-producer nu7QBpRSUqQkcGv9E54Rvk Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:39:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was playing the Fender Strat that Jimi Hendrix gave me. We wound up plugging the guitar straight into the board. That’s why it’s such a clean tone on that track”: Billy Gibbons on the making of ZZ Top's greatest blues song ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/billy-gibbons-on-using-the-stratocaster-jimi-hendrix-gave-him-on-zz-top-greatest-blues-song V56wVboSj7fGVnusfByoZY Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:11:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We missed him and are looking forward to turning it up and rocking out with him”: ZZ Top confirm Frank Beard is back ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/we-missed-him-and-are-looking-forward-to-turning-it-up-and-rocking-out-with-him-zz-top-confirm-frank-beard-is-back aBFaursRpsZGZjp37WLAhc Fri, 30 May 2025 11:19:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “From scorching lead guitar to his own line of hot sauces, Billy Gibbons has never been afraid of a little extra heat”: Seymour Duncan and the ZZ Top frontman team up for some blazing new pickups for your Telecaster and Les Paul ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/from-scorching-lead-guitar-to-his-own-line-of-hot-sauces-billy-gibbons-has-never-been-afraid-of-a-little-extra-heat-seymour-duncan-and-the-zz-top-frontman-team-up-for-some-blazing-new-pickups-for-your-telecaster-and-les-paul DTRRS3g2S2AfaJPmJbKR3J Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:21:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I found it late at night while surfing on one of those Chinese websites. I couldn't believe they were making something like that”: How ZZ Top acquired their 17-string bass ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/i-found-it-late-at-night-while-surfing-on-one-of-those-chinese-websites-i-couldnt-believe-they-were-making-something-like-that-how-zz-top-acquired-their-17-string-bass mPVh3YYo6SWmnzfTpLMBNN Fri, 19 Jul 2024 07:30:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'm not the bass player. I'm not in the band. I'll never be in the band. I shouldn't be in the band”: Elwood Francis says he'll never replace ZZ Top's Dusty Hill ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/im-not-the-bass-player-im-not-in-the-band-ill-never-be-in-the-band-i-shouldnt-be-in-the-band-elwood-francis-says-hell-never-replace-zz-tops-dusty-hill u4JMb4rf5Uwabzo2vxyXSe Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:41:18 +0000 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 08:30:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dusty Hill’s crazy, brilliant, iconic fur-covered Dean bass from ZZ Top’s Legs video is heading to the auction block ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/dusty-hill-zz-top-sheepskin-fur-covered-bass-auction LWfum6SaJjgbPcWfhYdqDB Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:09:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Magnatone and Billy Gibbons have teamed up for one sharped dressed signature amp and cab ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/magnatone-billy-gibbons-super-fifty-nine-m80-signature-guitar-amp-and-cab UaFdMiqAAzUNSatXCBaiKA Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:58:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Metallica's Kill 'Em All played in the style of ZZ Top actually works really well ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/metallicas-kill-em-all-played-in-the-style-of-zz-top-actually-works-really-well JhL5v9hYMZQRiSgSfJCA25 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:20:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Billy Gibbons join Billy Joel onstage at Madison Square Garden to jam on ZZ Top classics La Grange and Tush ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/billy-gibbons-billy-joel-la-grange-tush-zz-top-msg gUHi8f4pPtAyNuWKZKEG3U Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:41:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Josh Homme says Billy Gibbons once played a harmonic with his beard ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/josh-homme-billy-gibbons-beard-harmonic 9qiJBfu5BNHFSCng6TxTC6 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:38:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Video: ZZ Top perform for the first time after Dusty Hill's death with long-serving tech Elwood Francis on bass ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/zz-top-live-dusty-hill-elwood-francis g7Z9JwA8EEpKnXutWTu2eP Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:39:14 +0000 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:49:43 +0000