For its glorious first four minutes and two seconds, ZZ Top‘s Afterburner achieves the impossible: flying higher than its big ...

If there is one place ZZ Top feels the most at home, it’s the stage. The band has been touring more or less nonstop since 1969, though they’ve also somehow managed to find time to record 15 studio ...

ZZ Top’s just-released 5-LP vinyl box set From the Top: 1971-1976 (Rhino Hi-Fi) sheds new light on the genesis of the most Dallas of all ZZ songs: “Tush.” The band’s only hit sung solely by ...

Just on the basis of their music, ZZ Top is a fascinating band. However, they are even more interesting than many fans know. The boogie-rock band from Texas has a special place in rock and roll ...

Christopher McKittrick takes a close look at the history of ZZ Top in the new biography Gimme All Your Lovin’: The Blues, Boogie, and Beard of ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons Credit: Photo by Brian Marks.