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ZZ TOP star BILLY GIBBONS still regrets 'taking Texas to the people' on tour - after discovering that rattlesnakes and buffalo don't make good stage companions.

Note: Part 1 of this interview is here ; part 2 is here . Rocks Off: Did the band think you had a hit record when you wrapped the album? Billy Gibbons: Yeah.

Billy Gibbons Pt. 2: Making Eliminator , Partying in Memphis, the Stories of "Legs" and "Under Pressure," ZZ Top and Punk Rock, "Texas Music," etc.

ZZ Top will appear in concert at 8 p.m. Friday in the Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St.

Houston has a significant birthday to celebrate. ZZ Top's Eliminator - which, as you can read in the paper next week, is Rocks Off's choice for the best Texas rock album ever - is 25 years old, and has been ...

TRES HOMBRES: "It's a funny thing, this imagery we've been tagged with," says Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.

Get movie showtimes & more! Now Showing: Igor A hunchbacked lab assistant seizes a chance to become an evil scientist by creating a monster of his own to enter in the kingdom's annual science fair.

You know fall has officially arrived when the Wichita Wagonmasters hold their annual Downtown Chili Cookoff.

ZZ Top is about riffs, not rifts. As one of a few bands that had its heyday during the 1970s and is still touring and making new music, ZZ Top is even more unique for having its original members.

In the heyday of MTV , one of its mostly unlikely draws came in the form of a bluesy trio of musicians from Houston.

After nearly 40 years, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard have plenty to look back on.

In several significant ways, ZZ Top is reconnecting with its storied but rather distant past these days.

Akron's Black Keys keep finding fans in higher places. The Akron blues-rock duo has been tapped to write material for ZZ Top's first album since 2003.

OWLS HEAD : The Cure: Hypnagogic States EP . The week of Sept. 9, The Cure accomplished the rare feat of having four singles in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot Singles sales chart at the same time.

Never did the Life Sherpa think a presidential campaign would be so time-consuming. With the major parties already finished with their conventions, my supporters asked when I was having my big wingding.

Posted September 16, 2008, 1:08 p.m. Contents: 1 - ' The ZZ Top Story: An Illustrated Rock Tale 2 - ' Tales of the Palms Hotel, Parts 1 & 2: Life Downtown Before It Was the Gaslamp 3 - ' The Day I Sold My ...

ZZ Top, Eliminator: Collector's Edition . One of the great rock records of any time, not just the '80s. And never mind all those red-eyed purists who decried the metamorphosis of a great Texas roadhouse blues ...

The Eliminator CD contains a remastered version of the album's first pressing, including the rare original album version of the Top 10 smash "Legs," which was replaced on subsequent pressings with a single ...

Beard watch 2008 began at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at the York Fair. Texas trio ZZ Top brought its blistering rock/blues blend and famous facial hair to the Toyota Grandstand.

Tickets for ZZ Top's Oct. 19 show at the Washington Pavilion's Great Hall are on sale, with prices ranging from $50 to $500. Blackberry Smoke will open the show.